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      Harriet Lane Johnston: First Lady of the National Collection of Fine Arts

      • Date: August 8, 2019
      • Description: Learn about Harriet Lane Johnston: First Lady, globetrotter, and founding donor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum!

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    3. Fishing nets and a Giant Octopus hang from the ceiling of the Fisheries Exhibit in the U.S. National Museum.

      Fishing for Collections at the U.S. National Museum

      • Date: December 10, 2019
      • Description: Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes quirky, contacts from the U.S. Fish Commission to fill exhibit cabinets in the U.S. National Museum.

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    5. Vertically oriented poster of abstract fabric in blue, orange, pink, and white.

      A Look into NCFA Exhibition Posters

      • Date: October 24, 2017
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has undergone many name changes over the years. One of these – the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) – was in use from 1937 to 1980. During this time, the NCFA underwent several exciting changes. After years of being housed in multiple locations and several failed attempts to build a permanent building, the collection moved to

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    7. printed page with 12 pointed star color spectrum, as well as a bar of colors below.

      Link Love: 6/1/2018

      • Date: June 1, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A graphic designer's delight — a new exhibit at the Cooper Hewitt explores color perception. [via Smithsonian Libraries]33 museums from 7 countries, including our own Smithsonian Archives of American Art, have produced the largest collection of Frida Kahlo art and ephemera with Google Arts & Culture. [via Remezcla]A key figure in LGBQT activism who organized the first pride

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      Heart of Glass

      • Date: October 5, 2017
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Since our move to Smithsonian Institution Support Center, in the fall of 2015, the Archives have been able to work on longer-term projects using the photographic negatives stored in our cold storage vault. One of these projects is systematically scanning the collection of glass plate negatives from the United States National Museum, Division of Graphic Arts Photograph

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      Science Service, Up Close: Charles Bittinger and the Worlds of Science and Art

      • Date: December 6, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: The work of painter Charles Bittinger, bridging the worlds of science and art.

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    13. A large crowd gathers in the streets of Chicago near government buildings. The people are well dressed. Because of the type of print, the image is tinted blue.

      Archives Puzzles: Feeling Blue in the Windy City (But Only Because the Print is a Cyanotype)

      • Date: August 11, 2020
      • 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.Today’s feature is from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Smithsonian coordinated all of

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    15. Exterior of the original Corcoran Gallery of Art (now Renwick Gallery) designed by architect James Renwick, Jr. The c. 1930s image shows the building when it served as the U.S. Court of Claims.

      Revisiting Renwick

      • Date: January 27, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: While closed for renovations, here is a look at some historic images of the Renwick Gallery on the anniversary of its opening to the public.

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    17. Diana of the Tides’ vibrant colors are reminiscent of paintings by Maxfield Parrish. Diana’s creator John Elliott knew Maxfield and his father Stephen from visits to the artists colony in Cornish, New Hampshire. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Archives.

      Diana of the Tides: A Sensation of Her Time

      • Date: January 25, 2011
      • Description: This post originally appeared on the National Museum of Natural History's blog, Unearthed.Who would think that behind the west wall of NMNH's paleontology hall is a painting of a goddess that created a sensation when installed in 1910? Some of you who visited the museum fifty years ago may remember the captivating Diana of the Tides as she surveyed the hall.Diana was painted

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      What Smithsonian Animals Think of National Hug Day

      • Date: January 21, 2014
      • Description: Today is National Hug day! If you are feeling a little hug deprived don’t worry, we have scoured our collections to find you the best image of animals embracing the day.

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      Science Service, Up Close: Telephone Books, Wax Turkeys, and Talking Chickens

      • Date: March 8, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Exhibits, Margaret Jane Russell Roller (1888-1973) had begun to specialize in fabricating lifelike wax models of food and animals.

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    23. Poster with a black background and astronaut.

      Design + Archives: Posters

      • Date: February 11, 2020
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Posters at the Smithsonian display a wide range of exhibitions and programs, each with a design that is visually intriguing and purposeful in conveying information.

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