Results for "Music -- Performance"
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Smithsonian Gardens
- Date: September 4, 2018
- Description: During debates about the Smithsonian’s founding, the idea of using James Smithson’s bequest for a botanic garden was included in several drafts of the bill considered by Congress. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore commissioned America’s preeminent landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing to design plans for the National Mall, including grounds around the Smithsonian Castle,
Here At The Smithsonian: Celebrating the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- Date: June 22, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The 2021 Smithsonian Folklife Festival begins this weekend. Let’s take a look back at past festivals.
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SIA Acc. 95-159, Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs, News Releases, 1993-1994
- Date: 1993 1993-1994
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Description: Folklife presentation, education, and research began at the Smithsonian Institution in 1967 with the first annual Festival of American Folklife held on the National Mall. To this day, the festival features performers, crafts people, and community groups from the United States and foreign countries. The festival was started by folklorist Ralph C. Rinzler (1934-1994). Originally
The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!
- Date: June 28, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9592,size=200,left]Did you know the Smithsonian was an early adopter of the telephone? In June of 1878, a system of electronic bells and telephones was installed throughout the Smithsonian Castle. The system connected several workrooms and offices to provide instant communications within the building. At that time, there were only 187 telephone lines
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SIA Acc. T90054, Smithsonian Institution Division of Performing Arts, Audiovisual Records, 1978-1979
- Date: 1978 1978-1979
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 18-028, Smithsonian Institution Office of Planning, Management and Budget, Smithsonian Issuances, 1962-2010
- Date: 1962 1962-2010
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Planning, Management and Budget
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA RU007348, Emlong, Douglas R. 1942-1980, Douglas Ralph Emlong Papers, 1943-1980
- Date: 1943 1943-1980
- Creator: Emlong, Douglas R., 1942-1980
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia, 1940 TRT92 : 35 (VHS)
- Date: 1940 1940 1940
- Creator: Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986
- SI History Bibliography
Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Culture Of, By, and For the People
- Date: 1998
- Creator: Kurin, Richard 1950-
- Creator: Kurin, Richard 1950-
Welcome Secretary Skorton!
- Date: October 20, 2015
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution welcomes it’s thirteenth Secretary, David J. Skorton with an installation ceremony.
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SIA Acc. 02-010, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Department of Education, Public Programs Files, 1987-1998
- Date: 1987 1987-1998
- Creator: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Education
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives