Results for "Nation of Nations (1976 : Smithsonian Institution)"
- Document
76-2687-26A
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009589, Forrest C. Pogue Oral History Interview, 1986
- Date: 1986
- Creator: Pogue, Forrest C., interviewee
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Harry Houdini Escapes the Smithsonian II: Magic by Numbers
- Date: February 2, 2012
- Description: Details of a Smithsonian anthropometric measurement sheet made by physical anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička for escape artist Harry Houdini in 1926.
- SI History Bibliography
Gallery of Air Transportation in the New National Air and Space Museum
- Date: 1976 4th Quarter
- Creator: Boyne, Walter J. 1929-
- Creator: Boyne, Walter J. 1929-
- SI History Chronology
"Scandinavia Today" Programs Held
- Date: 1982
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/29/2010
- Date: March 29, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="In April of 1913, East African lions, from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition (1909-1910) and mounted by George B. Turner, are placed on display in mammal hall in the new United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1915, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
- SI History Chronology
Demolition of Air Building in South Yard
- Date: December 1975 - January 1976
- Gallery
National Museum of American History
- Date: September 16, 2013
- Description: The National Museum of American History first opened to the public in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology. In 1980, a bill signed by President Jimmy Carter changed the museum’s name to the National Museum of American History. The postcards in this gallery show objects on display at the museum, as well as views of the building. Some objects that are now in the National
- Blog Post
Collections in Context
- Date: March 22, 2010
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12311,size=250,right]Walking into the rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History one immediately comes face to face with the Fénykövi Elephant (also affectionately known as Henry). Taken at a glance, the African elephant is impressive and imposing, standing over guests to a tune of 13 feet and 2 inches when measured at the shoulder. The Fénykövi
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Janice Majewski
- Date: May 19, 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.
Hope for the Holidays: A Civil War Season in DC
- Date: December 22, 2011
- Description: First hand account of Mary Henry, daughter of Joseph Henry, about what Washington DC was like during the holidays in the time of the Civil War.
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1965-
- Date: 1965 1965-
- Creator: Smithsonian Associates