Results for "National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Smithsonian Art Index"
Queue the Quadrangle - South Mall Transformation
- Date: November 20, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A look at the Quadrangle complex of the Smithsonian that encompasses the Enid Haupt Garden, the National Museum of African Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
Election Collection: William Howard Taft
- Date: October 11, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In celebration of our friends at the National Archives’ #ElectionCollection campaign, we are sharing some unique photos of U.S. Presidents in our collection.
Link Love: 4/12/2013
- Date: April 12, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Karen Y. Lemmey
- Date: December 6, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Dr. Karen Y. Lemmey is the Smithsonian American Art Museum's curator of sculpture, the largest collection of American sculpture in the world, and won a 2017 Secretary's Research Prize.
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Now you see it, sometimes you don’t, but thank goodness for archives
- Date: May 13, 2010
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="370" caption="Churchill High School Pep Rally, 1978, Geoff Winningham, Gelatin silver print on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1667."][/caption] Years ago, when the National Endowment for the Arts had a Visual Arts Program to give out individual artist grants, a week
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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Discoveries Don’t Happen in an Armchair
- Date: November 27, 2018
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: The 19th century was a transformative time for the natural sciences. New discoveries didn't just happen in an armchair. Scientists adventured into unfamiliar territory by land and sea on expeditions, and their new findings fed new theories. Groups like the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences formalized America's place
Dr. Donald Fleming Squires (1927-2017)
- Date: February 13, 2018
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14492,size=500,center]Dr. Squires was a pioneer in the application of computer technology in science museums and the founding father of data processing at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). He died on his 90th birthday, December 19, 2017 in Tasmania, Australia, after a short illness. Squires received an B.A. from Cornell
Link Love: 8/19/2016
- Date: August 19, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Science Service, Up Close: Elegant Transparency
- Date: May 26, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: A slide show of photographs of laboratory interiors from the Science Service collection.
Elisabeth West FitzHugh, a Driving Force in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Scientific Research
- Date: July 6, 2021
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Learn about FitzHugh’s over 50-year career in conservation science at the Smithsonian.
Link Love: 10/28/2016
- Date: October 28, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Beautiful 19th century images of vegetables found at a flea market, by Charles Jones. [via Hyperallergic]Saving Langley Research Center's records, and in turn, American aviation history. [via NASA]The Smithsonian National Museum of American History's Archives Center and Libraries has acquired Jane and Michael Stern's ephemera from their foodie roadtrips. [via O Say Can You