Results for "National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Curator's Choice Program"
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Breaking Ground and Blessing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
- Date: September 21, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: On September 28, 1999, representatives of dozens of tribes from across the hemisphere gathered on the National Mall for the groundbreaking of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. On the overcast morning, several hundred people packed under three tents during a ceremony that featured blessings from the four cardinal directions. After the ceremony, some
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‘Oh, I’m Glad That’s on the Mall’: NMAAHC Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary
- Date: September 23, 2021
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The National Museum of African American History and Culture marks its fifth anniversary.
Here at the Smithsonian: Modern Japanese Art
- Date: May 25, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Watch a recently-digitized video clip featuring Japanese Ceramics Today, an exhibition at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in 1983.
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Volunteer Appreciation: Peter Finkel
- Date: January 17, 2011
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="attachment_10960" align="aligncenter" width="376" caption="Peter Finkel, volunteer at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. "][/caption] Here at the Archives, we have 25 fulltime staff members, and half as many volunteers and interns at any given moment.
Another Smithsonian Gem
- Date: November 19, 2019
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Archives also preserves ecological research.
“Ding” Darling’s Ducks and What’s Good for the Earth
- Date: May 7, 2020
- Description: Throughout his twenty-five years as a Science Service journalist, Frank Thone maintained an active correspondence with fellow scientists and conservationists. His letters in the Smithsonian Institution Archives both preserve his wit and offer a glimpse at the informal networking that helped shape how Americans perceived the natural world. One of Thone’s correspondents was a
American Women of Science: Recovering History, Defining the Future
- Date: October 6, 2020
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Attend this year’s Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Virtual Symposium!
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Documenting a Life of One’s Own
- Date: March 24, 2022
- Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.
Born Digital - Video Recording in the 21st Century
- Date: October 5, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2022
- Date: July 21, 2022
- Description: We're highlighting a few topics explored by Smithsonian Institution Archives researchers this summer.
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Science Service, Up Close: Of Princes, Princesses, and Science
- Date: June 12, 2018
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: As editor E. E. Slosson began setting up the Science Service news office, his mail was flooded with inquiries from potential contributors. Writers and photographers described their accomplishments and submitted samples of their work. One such letter, from Albert Harlingue on April 13, 1921, must have piqued Slosson’s interest, for it coincided with the Washington visit of “a
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Television and the Smithsonian: Worldly Success
- Date: December 18, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.