Results for "Music at the Smithsonian"
- SI History Chronology
SI Press Takes Over Recording Division
- Date: 1982
Link Love: 11/20/15
- Date: November 20, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: In anticipation of its Fall 2016 opening, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) did something beautiful. A film, by Stanley J. Nelson and Marcia Smith, was projected on NMAAHC's new building representing the history of African Americans in the U.S. You can check out all the images from the projection mapping on their Pinterest
- Blog Post
Link Love: 11/5/2010
- Date: November 5, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="346" caption="Cockpit of the Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross, National Air and Space Museum, Image Number: WEB11659-2010, Courtesy of the Air and Space Museum Blog."][/caption] We’re usually dealing with paper, photos, and whiteboards over here at SIA, but the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum gives a nice overview of the hard
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 84-012, Smithsonian Institution Division of Performing Arts, Records, 1967-1983
- Date: 1975 1975-1983 1967-1983
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Link Love: 3/30/2018
- Date: March 30, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Women's History Month edition, continued!The story of fossil seller and paleontologist Mary Anning (for whom the "She Sells Seashells" rhyme was possibly written), in Peeps. [via The Last Word on Nothing]A look at the WWI Women's Land Army composed of "farmettes" who went outside the home to address the national food shortage. [via LOC Blog]For 25 cents an hour, less than
Welcoming Smithsonian Secretaries
- Date: November 5, 2019
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Lonnie G. Bunch III was installed as the Fourteenth Secretary of the Smithsonian on November 1, 2019 in the historic Arts and Industries Building. To celebrate this new day in Smithsonian history, let’s take a look back at installations past!
- Blog Post
Behind the Portrait: Frances Densmore and Mountain Chief
- Date: April 28, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Mountain Chief, Chief of Montana Blackfeet, in Native Dress With Bow, Arrows, and Lance, Listening to Song Being Played On Phonograph and Interpreting It in Sign Language to Frances Densmore, Ethnologist, March 1916, by Harris & Ewing, Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives"][/caption] I received an interesting
- Document
3252 or MAH-X3252
Link Love: 1/15/16
- Date: January 15, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Harvard's pigment collection. [via Collossal]Also with gorgeous colors, a 700+ page Dutch book from 1692 documenting "every color in the spectrum." [via Open Culture] A new online exhibit examining what it's like to work in the U.S. on a H-1B visa from the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center. [via Smithsonian Magazine] Later this year, scientists (including our own
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 09-055, Smithsonian Productions, Productions, 1967-2000 and undated
- Date: 1967 1967-2000 1967-2000 and undated
- Creator: Smithsonian Productions
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, Nashville, 1897
- Date: 1897
- Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
Link Love: 2/5/16
- Date: February 5, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The New York Times just released previously unpublished photos documenting black history. [via New York Times]The wait is nearly over: Opening day of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is September 24th, 2016. [via Washington Post]Just released: A new guide to help artists preserve their studio archives. [via Artists' Studio Archives]A
