Results for "Out of This World (Online exhibition)"
The World Is Yours: Unheralded American Inventors
- Date: November 17, 2020
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Did you know that Joseph Francis invented the first metal life-saving boat? Or that Gail Borden invented the process for creating condensed milk? Neither did I until I heard The World Is Yours episode titled “Unheraled American Inventors,” which originally aired on April 4, 1937.Where most of the episodes I’ve listened to begin with the host walking up to two people while they
Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Date: December 8, 2020
- Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
- Blog Post
Making Sense of Data That’s Linked and Open
- Date: June 23, 2011
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: If you are a regular reader, or someone who works for a museum, library, or archive, you intimately understand the difficulty in managing big collections. If you’re not in this world, you do understand how hard it is to manage family photographs, a collection of email love letters, or the folder tucked in the bottom of your closet with old college papers. When you multiply
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 14-059, National Postal Museum (U.S.), Website Records, 2012-2013
- Date: 2012 2012-2013
- Creator: National Postal Museum
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Making the Most of Vacation Memories
- Date: June 24, 2014
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Summer means family vacations and making memories. Here are some ideas for before and during the trip.
New Orleans Street Parade
- Date: December 12, 2017
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Every year at its annual conference, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) hosts an event called Archival Screening Night (ASN). ASN is a chance for moving image archivists around the world to showcase films and videos from their collections, particularly items that have recently been preserved, restored, or remastered.This film depicts the Onward Brass Band
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AVInsider: VanCamp
- Blog Post
Link Love: 10/29/2010
- Date: October 29, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 8/5/2011
- Date: August 5, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: The Freer Sackler Gallery’s efforts to make their large collection of squeezes (paper molds that capture the inscriptions of ancient monuments) into an easy-to-use Web resource received a nice write-up on The Atlantic’s Tech blog [originally posted on the Smithsonian Collections Blog]. David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, talks about “balancing access and
- Blog Post
The Whole World's Watching: Photography & Terrorism
- Date: March 16, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Privacy And Control, by Michael Pickard, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] It’s a sign of the times that we’re being watched often and everywhere. Surveillance, a word that once summoned up all things intrusive and sneaky, is part of everyday lexicon and experience.
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Torch 06/1967
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1967 Box 1 Folder 6
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SIA Acc. 96-006, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities, Subject Files, circa 1985-1992
- Date: 1985 1985-1992 circa 1985-1992
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives