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.
Description: In honor of the Heritage Preservation organization’s annual MayDay initiative to protect cultural heritage from disasters, the Archives will be highlighting how we deal with emergencies and how you can prepare yourself in a series of blog posts. Throughout the year, the Smithsonian Institution Archives reviews our plans for how we will deal with emergencies in Smithsonian
Description: A brief look at the history and attitudes towards women and Latin Americans at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute amplifies the significance of Dr. Oris I. Sanjur’s formal appointment as acting director in 2020.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Men preparing the Wright 1909 Military Plane to be moved out of the North Hall of the Arts and Industries Building, August 1975, The Lunar Module can be seen on the left, by Richard Farrar, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 32 Folder 32, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Former President Gerald Ford at the unveiling of his presidential portrait in a ceremony in the National Portrait Gallery's (NPG) Hall of Presidents, June 1988, The portrait was painted by Everett Raymond Kinstler, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="The Center Market, on B Street, now Constitution Avenue, north of the new United States National Museum Building, now the National Museum of Natural History, c. 1909, by Unidentified photographer, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder 16, Negative Number: 21933."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="A cart filled with plate glass from the E. J. Murphy Co. sits in front of the nearly completed Natural History Building, c. 1910, by Leet Brothers, Washington DC, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 532, Box 104, Folder: Natural History Building, 1912, Negative Number:
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="Owls, named "Increase" and "Diffusion", lived in the West Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, 1977, by Michael Johnson, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder June 1977, Negative Number:96-929."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Aerial photo from the Washington Monument showing the newly completed Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, the construction of the West Wing of the Natural History Building, The National Mall, Constitution Avenue, the Capitol in the distance, and the Smithsonian Institution
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416" caption="A luncheon given by friends in honor of the retirement of Miss Nellie H. Smith at Ye Old Inn on Thursday, July 31, 1930, She was appointed in March 1890 and spent 40 years at the Smithsonian, 1930, by Unidentified photographer, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7177 Box 13 Folder 16, Negative Number:
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="428" caption="At the Chicago Worlds Columbian Exposition in 1893, visitors ride in a gondola in the ‘Court of Honor.’ The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition, 1893, by Unknown
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="A giraffe mannequin, before the skin was put on, is being assembled in the taxidermy shop of the new United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, c. 1911, by Unidentified photographer, Cyanotype, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7074, Box 35, Folder 06, Negative Number: