Results for "Natural history museums"
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.
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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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
“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.
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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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.
Sneak Peek 3/16/2020
- Date: March 16, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 22339.
Link Love: 5/26/2017
- Date: May 26, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Entertaining "Page Not Found' 404's from museums. [via Hyperallergic]Paleontologist Nick Pyenson, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, used museum collections to determine the reason baleen whales became gigantic. Plus you can help transcribe specimen labels from our Fossil Marine Invertebrates collection! [via NY Times] Harvard archivists found what they believe
Link Love: 5/29/2020
- Date: May 29, 2020
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- 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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheila Mutchler
- Date: March 31, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Bringing out the Animal in Art
- Date: December 22, 2015
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: On National Visit the Zoo Day, a look at a unique exhibition at the National Zoological Park, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Animal In Art,” an exhibit and series of “sketch-ins,” part of an international campaign for the World Wildlife Fund.
Hold your fire! Fire prevention in archives, museums, and libraries
- Date: February 7, 2012
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Discussion of fires and fire prevention in museums, libraries, and archives, with resources.