Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Model of the proposed Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, designed by the firm McKim, Mead and White, and the successor firm Steinmann, Cain, and White, c. 1958, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="426" caption="Rendering of the north front of the Museum of History and Technology (MHT), now the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (NMAH), photographed from a colored drawing made by Elliot Glushak in 1961, 1961, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="413" caption=" George Washington statue, sculpted by Horatio Greenough, encased in its support system sits outside the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, waiting to be moved inside, 1962, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 276 Box 97
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="374" caption="A reproduction of the facade of a 19th century instrument shop of Benjamin Pike of New York City in the Hall of Physical Sciences, The exhibit opened in March 1966 in the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, 1966, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print,
Description: To mark American Indian Heritage Month this year, staff members from the Photo Archive at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), filled us in on the history of the collections recently made available on the NMAI Collections Search website. As a follow-up, they are sharing their personal favorites from the archive. Today we hear from Lou Stancari,
Description: Whole new world - The Audubon Mural Project is a collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery to commission murals of climate-threatened birds surrounding the old neighborhood of John James Audubon. [via Colossal]Barriers to entry - The exhibition, Y.C. Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding
Description: We wish you a Happy National Inventors Day and invite you to check out the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History!
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.
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.