Results for "National Museum of Engineering and Industry"
- Blog Post
A Well Engineered Photograph
- Date: November 20, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Construction of the Pension Building, Designed by Montgomery Meigs, c. 1883, by Unknown photographer, Albumen print, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Image ID: AFS 182."][/caption] One of the first collections that I encountered during my travels through the photography collections of the
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Tricia Edwards
- Date: April 25, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Tricia Edwards, Interim Associate Director for Smithsonian Affiliations, spearheaded Spark!Lab, an interdisciplinary space at the National Museum of American History where educators use art, science, and engineering to engage kids and families with hands-on invention.
Architect Victor Lundy at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 1, 2013
- Description: As the architect Victor Lundy turns 90, we look back at the redwood shade structures he designed in the mid-1960s for the terrace of the new Museum of History and Technology (today the National Museum of American History).
Science Service, Up Close: Honors and Honorees
- Date: August 4, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: A selection from thirty years of engineering and scientific awards from the Science Service biographical morgue.
Digital Dilemma: Preserving Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files
- Date: December 1, 2011
- Description: Smithsonian Institution museums, buildings, electronic records preservation, CAD files, PDF/E
Archives Puzzles: A Centennial Celebration
- Date: July 5, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 7/4/2014
- Date: July 4, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
The Smithsonian Seismological Institute
- Date: August 26, 2014
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
The Path Taken and the Role of Mentors
- Date: November 15, 2012
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Oral history interviews sometimes reveal the central role that a mentor can play in the life of a young person, changing the road taken in that person’s life.
Sneak Peek 8/5/2019
- Date: August 5, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States National Museum, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-41054.
More of Our Favorite (Digital) Things
- Date: November 12, 2020
- Description: It’s time to add to our list of our favorite digital items from the Archives.
Twenty-Six and Blooming!
- Date: May 22, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Today is the anniversary of the opening of the Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Quad near the Smithsonian Institution Building.