Results for "Natural History Updates (Television series)"
Television and the Smithsonian: The Moon Party and "Instant History"
- Date: November 27, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: On July 20, 1969, television broadcasters and Smithsonian visitors joined in watching history in the making when astronauts stepped onto the Moon.
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Television and the Smithsonian: Worldly Success
- Date: December 18, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.
Television and the Smithsonian: The Allure of Objects
- Date: October 15, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Television often uses museum artifacts to impart reality within illusion, but the real objects retain their power and relevancy.
Doris Holmes Blake and Her Natural History
- Date: March 21, 2019
- Creator: Tatiana Swann
- Description: Doris Holmes Blake's devotion to her passion for entomology made her a treasure to natural history and the Smithsonian Institution.
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100 Years of the Natural History Building
- Date: June 17, 2010
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="U.S. National Museum, May 3, 1917, seen from the National Mall, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 45, Box 79, Folder: 10, Neg. SIA2009-2203."][/caption] As part of my work as the historian for the history of the Smithsonian, I’ve been working for the past year on
Archives Puzzles: Constructing the National Museum of Natural History
- Date: September 7, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: This summer, 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.
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William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American Natural History
- Date: July 17, 2018
- Description: Ron Vasile teaches AP U.S. History, U.S. History and Anthropology at Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Illinois.We bring to you the story of a dedicated naturalist turned museum pioneer.
Join us on Facebook Live: Dyar's Law Revisited at the National Museum of Natural History
- Date: July 20, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Join us on Facebook Live tomorrow at 12 p.m., as we visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History's Department of Entomology to learn how archival collections are being used in modern research.
“It Won’t Be Easy to Leave after 40 Years”: Sophie Lutterlough’s Career at the National Museum of Natural History
- Date: February 16, 2016
- Description: This post discusses the contributions of Sophie Lutterlough to the National Museum of Natural History.
Here at the Smithsonian: Modern Japanese Art
- Date: May 25, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Watch a recently-digitized video clip featuring Japanese Ceramics Today, an exhibition at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in 1983.
Here at the Smithsonian: Tusks and Tentacles
- Date: July 27, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: As Smithsonian museums reopen this summer, let’s revisit two main attractions at the National Museum of Natural History.
Reconstructing William Temple Hornaday’s 1888 Extermination Series
- Date: March 2, 2017
- Description: A look at taxidermist turned conservationist William Temple Hornaday's "Extermination Series" highlighting the environmental impact of man on North American mammals.