Results for "National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Dulles Extension"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 11-216, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Space History Division, Chairperson's Records, 1983-2005
- Date: 1983 1983-2005
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Digital Video Preservation: Identifying Containers and Codecs
- Date: July 26, 2011
- Description: In addition to a rich collection of analog moving image material currently being digitized, the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) accessions large quantities of born-digital video from various hard drives, CDs, DVDs, and websites across the Institution. And just as digitization is a method of preserving moving image content before it degrades on an analog carrier, digital
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 07-049, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Department of Aeronautics, Udvar-Hazy Center Planning Records, 1969-1972, 1983-1994
- Date: 1969 1969-1972 1969-1972, 1983-1994
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum, Dept. of Aeronautics
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 09-162, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Office of the Registrar, Exhibition Records, 1999-2004
- Date: 1999 1999-2004
- Creator: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Registrar
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Gallery
National Postal Museum
- Date: September 18, 2013
- Description: The National Postal Museum was established by an agreement between the Smithsonian and the United States Postal Service in 1990. However, its extensive collections of stamps and other philatelic materials date back to 1886. The Postal Museum is housed in the lower level of the former Washington City Post Office Building, which was built in 1914. The postcards in this gallery
- Blog Post
Link Love: 8/20/2010
- Date: August 20, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="South Beach, Miami, Florida, 2004, Courtesy of the TypArchive: www.typarchive.com."] [/caption] A visual archive of hand-painted and cool old signage [via @leetranlam]. Check out the Smithsonian Libraries’ extensive links to online exhibitions created by libraries and archives. Catch the spirit! The Gospel Music History
- Document
Torch 08/1958
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1958 Box 1 Folder 8
Digitization and Exploration: An Intern Works with the Exposition Records
- Date: December 10, 2020
- Description: Learn about the digitization process and some fun Smithsonian history from a fall internship project!
- Webpage
Appraising Research Records
- Date: May 8, 2018
- Description: Research records refer to any materials created or collected while conducting research as part of a Smithsonian employee's official duties. They may exist in many formats including sheets of paper, notecards, field books, maps, databases, spreadsheets, audiovisual materials, and images. Research records can typically be divided into three broad categories: 1) secondary
- Blog Post
Are You There?
- Date: July 29, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx, from "Egypt, Sinai and Jerusalem" Portfolio, 1858, Francis Frith"][/caption] The first examples of travel photography are almost simultaneous with the invention of photography itself. In 1841, following an extensive trip through the Middle East, wine merchant and early photographer,
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JHP_Science_Adviser.pdf
- Blog Post
Another Wonderful Winter of Wetmore
- Date: January 12, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: On this day, 72 years ago, ornithologist Alexander Wetmore became Smithsonian Secretary--continuing his life-long dedication to field research! Help transcribe Wetmore’s extensive research and make it available for a new generation of field scientists.