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    1. Selection of horns mounted for musical instruments exhibit in the United States National Museum.

      Sneak Peek 6/10/2019

      • Date: June 10, 2019
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Selection of horns mounted for musical instruments exhibit in the United States National Museum, 1880s, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-8224.

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    3. Robert E. Sheldon aka “The Band Man” Works on a Composition for the French Horn

      Sneak Peek 2/11/2019

      • Date: February 11, 2019
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Robert E. Sheldon aka “The Band Man,” museum specialist in the Division of Musical Instruments at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, works on a composition for the french horn, 79-5900-32.

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    5. Cynthia Adams Hoover, Curator of Musical Instruments, National Museum of American History

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Cynthia Adams Hoover

      • Date: June 15, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Cynthia Adams Hoover was Curator of Musical Instruments, National Museum of American History, for over 40 years, co-founded the American Musical Instrument Society, and is an expert on the history of the piano. #Groundbreaker

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    7. Young girl playing a violin with a piano and yellow electric guitar in the background.

      Turn up the Volume - The Electric Guitar

      • Date: March 5, 2019
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In November of 1996, the electric guitar, its history and its makers, were the focus of attention at the National Museum of American History.

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      See Here: 6/8/2010

      • Date: June 8, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Henry Steinway and Van Cliburn inspect Paderewski piano on display in NMHT (NMHT), now the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Musical Instruments Hall, 9 December 1975, by Dale Hrabak, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2, Negative Number: 76-17811-28."][/caption]

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    11. Link Love: 07/31/2020

      • Date: August 3, 2020
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    13. Exhibit cases In a large hall. A hanging sign reads: “History of the United States.” Visible in the cases are busts, vases, models of sailboats.

      Archives Puzzles: HBD, AIB

      • Date: April 12, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each Monday, sit back, relax, and ease into the work week with puzzles created from images in our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse these images as part of Smithsonian Open Access, launched in 2020.In honor of the anniversary of the groundbreaking of the Arts and Industries Building, then known as the

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    15. 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

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    17. sea slug with white sheep-like face with several magenta-tipped green arms on its back, resting on green sea plants

      Link Love: 1/26/2018

      • Date: January 26, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: There's a new sea slug on the block, the leaf sheep, aka Shaun the Sheep. If you can't get enough sea slugs, we have several illustrations of these fantastical creatures! [via My Modern Met]Our Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery will display 6 outdoor, large-scale artworks from Burning Man, including a five-ton cast cement bust, “Maya’s Mind” paying homage to

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    19. Christine Smith and Gary Sturm Ice Dancing, 1981, by Dane Penland, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. No. 80-19963-36.

      Skating Smithsonian

      • Date: February 6, 2014
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: You don’t have to go to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia to learn about ice dancing. Check out the Smithsonian ice dancers who used the sport as a great way to unwind and stay warm in the winter.

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    21. How Many Objects does the Smithsonian Have?

      • Date: January 25, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12123,size=250,left]It is a simple answer really: We counted. From 1978 to 1983, the Smithsonian undertook a comprehensive inventory of its collections. It was the first time the Smithsonian had ever tried to count each object in its collections and it was a massive task. Over five years, staff from every museum and research center spent thousands of

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      Here at the Smithsonian: Black Pride at Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: February 23, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: To celebrate Black History Month, we’re sharing two recently-digitized video clips featuring exhibitions from the Anacostia Community Museum in the 1980s.

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