Results for "Performances"

     
    Showing results 37 - 48 of 146 for Performances

    1. Link Love: 1/25/2013

      • Date: January 25, 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.

    2.  
    3. Harry Houdini, c. 1920, by Unidentified photographer, National Portrait Gallery,

      Houdini Escapes the Smithsonian

      • Date: December 26, 2011
      • Description: Harry Houdini visits Aleš Hrdlička at the National Museum to get measured and declines giving his remains to the Smithsonian.

    4.  

    5. Highlighting Diane Arbus: "A box of ten photographs"

      • Date: March 29, 2018
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: Opening on April 6, 2018, A box of ten photographs highlights the portfolio of Diane Arbus, an American photographer known for her black-and-white images of marginalized individuals, including the mentally ill, circus performers, and transgender people. The exhibition, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) until January 21, 2019, traces the history of Arbus's

    6.  
    7. JoGayle Howard at Dissecting Microscope, 1982.

      JoGayle Howard: Pioneer in Endangered Species Reproduction

      • Date: March 28, 2017
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Theriogenologist JoGayle Howard was a pioneer in the assisted reproduction of many endangered species.

    8.  
    9. Blog Post

      #InspireHer: Museum Day Live!

      • Date: March 3, 2016
      • Creator: Anne Van Camp
      • Description: This is Women’s History Month and the Smithsonian Institution is making History for Women! On March 12, a special edition of Museum Day Live! will feature amazing programs and activities designed to inspire women and girls of color.

    10.  
    11. Blog Post

      Colors of photography – digital conservation on faded prints

      • Date: December 18, 2018
      • Creator: Charles Zange
      • Description: A few attempts to roll back the color shift on faded prints from 1955

    12.  
    13. Black and white photograph of SAO staff, including Nancy Prichard, then referenced to as Miss McCandlish, and Gladys T. Bond, referred to as Mrs. Bond.

      Early 20th-Century Women Computers at the Smithsonian

      • Date: August 12, 2021
      • Description: Learn about Florence A. Graves, Gladys Thurlby Bond, and Nancy Prichard, three 20th century women computers who advanced solar research.

    14.  
    15. Promotional black and white photograph of The Beatles, c. 1964, as seen in even, non-raking visible light. Courtesy of E. Keats Webb, Museum Conservation Institute. Accession 2014.02 - Harry Lynn Collection, Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington.

      But all I've got is a photograph . . . or an autograph?

      • Date: April 29, 2014
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Watch how we make invisible Beatles’ autographs visible with Reflectance Transform Imaging, a technique for forensic document examination.

    16.  
    17. Variety of record formats that are commonly found in archives.

      Some Archival Career Advice

      • Date: April 26, 2012
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Commonly asked questions and answers about becoming an archivist.

    18.  
    19. Two graphics of one large and one small folder. The color of the top of the folder is small but the lower later reveals a map.

      World of Maps Project - Preventive Conservation Actions

      • Date: February 26, 2019
      • Description: Explore our interns’ new techniques for preservation of maps at NMNH: a map transportation tool, a rehousing plan, and training for volunteers.

    20.  
    21. Rube Goldberg and wife Irma interacting with the machine exhibits and attendees riding a bicycle. Photographs being taken of Goldberg sitting near his cartoons speaking to the press. Also, dinner table seating with the Goldbergs, Smithsonian Institution Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and NMHT Director Daniel Boorstin.

      Do It the Hard Way, Like Rube Goldberg

      • Date: November 24, 2020
      • Description: Rube Goldberg, the subject of a 1970 exhibition at the National Museum of American History, produced thousands of drawings and comic strips, as well as, films, photographs, and over-the-top machines. A true celebrity in his time, Goldberg set standards in political cartooning and contributed to the development of thousands of extravagant and entertaining contraptions that have

    22.  
    23. Atatürk Bust, San Posta, 23 Temmuz 1931, SALT Research, https://www.flickr.com/photos/saltonline/14482745040/.

      You Asked, We Answered: 2014 Archives Facebook Q&A

      • Date: November 4, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and

    24.  
    Showing results 37 - 48 of 146 for Performances

    Pages