Results for "Museums -- Study and teaching"
Forging a Legal Path: Marie Malaro
- Date: September 18, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Marie Malaro, 1933-2018, entered law in 1957 when few women were admitted to the bar, and then taught generations of museum professionals how law and ethics applied to their work every day.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Luvenia A. George
- Date: February 24, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
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Link Love: 7/9/2010
- Date: July 9, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="194" caption="Painting found in Yale Art Gallery's storage, Attributed to Diego Velázquez, The Education of the Virgin (detail shown), ca. 1617–18. Oil on canvas. Yale University Art Gallery."][/caption] Golly gee—sometimes some pretty incredible things are found in museum storage [via @museumnerd]. I worked peripherally on MIT’s
Happy 100th Birthday, S. Dillon Ripley
- Date: September 20, 2013
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Celebrate the life of the eighth Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, who was born on September 20, 1913, 100 years ago today!
William Henry Holmes
- Date: November 29, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The multi-talented William Henry Holmes contributed to the Smithsonian as an artist, explorer, geologist, archeologist and museum director.
The Puget Sound Biological Station
- Date: August 25, 2022
- Description: We’re exploring the storied history of Friday Harbor Labs, a MarineGEO site, in Washington State.
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Par for the Course
- Date: July 18, 2011
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: This post is the third in a series this month that honor the anniversary of the famous Scopes Trial held in Tennessee from July 10–21, 1925. We're highlighting a set of rare and newly digitized photographs from the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections, of witnesses at the trial, which have been added to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons. On Wednesday afternoon, July 15,
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The Archives of Visibility
- Date: February 11, 2010
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Some Archival Career Advice
- Date: April 26, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Commonly asked questions and answers about becoming an archivist.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Stephanie Norby
- Date: December 8, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Some Conservator Career Advice
- Date: July 11, 2019
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: So you want to be a conservator? In this continuation of our series on career advice, one of our conservators shares some advice for those looking to explore the professional field of cultural heritage conservation.
So Where Do You Park Your Lunar Lander?
- Date: July 16, 2019
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: If you took a trip to the moon, where would you park your lunar lander?