Results for "Picturing Natural History (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)"
Link Love: 8/23/2019
- Date: August 23, 2019
- 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.
Link Love: 9/8/2017
- Date: September 8, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.
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See Here: 3/23/2010
- Date: March 23, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="436" caption="Clerks of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance occupying the Natural History Building, now the National Museum of Natural History. On the request of President Wilson, the Board of Regents closed the museum to the public on July 16, 1918, making available to the government the ground and two exhibition floors (138,600 sq.
The Miscellaneous Materials of Oscar Cartwright
- Date: May 30, 2017
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Our series Miscellaneous Adventures dives into the Oscar L. Cartwright Papers and materials from Washington D.C.'s Cosmos Club.
Link Love: 7/23/2021
- Date: July 23, 2021
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
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See Here: 11/12/2010
- Date: November 12, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="A painting from the exhibition "Centennial Exhibition of Painting by Edmund C. Tarbell" hangs in the Foyer Gallery of the Natural History Building, 1962, by Unidentified photographer, Smithsonian Institution Archives,Negative Number: MNH-920-A. Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 19, "][/caption]
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A History of Celebrating the Insect Zoo
- Date: August 23, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: When you think of the National Museum of Natural History, what comes to mind are probably inanimate things—rocks and dinosaur bones, cultural objects, and stuffed animals. But did you know that the museum has a collection of live insects? Today is the 35th anniversary of the opening of the permanent installation of the Insect Zoo, though the Zoo actually began as a temporary
Link Love: 07/03/2020
- Date: July 3, 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.
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.
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Unity for International Migratory Bird Day
- Date: May 10, 2018
- Creator: Matt Peterson
- Description: The theme of this year’s International Migratory Bird Day is unity. The Smithsonian has a longstanding history of commitment to the natural world. No figure in the Institution’s history better exemplifies the theme of unity surrounding migratory species than sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. He knew the importance of the role that birds play in
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See Here: 12/27/2010
- Date: December 27, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- 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
Trees of Christmas
- Date: December 19, 2019
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: On December 19, 1977 the Trees of Christmas exhibition opened at the National Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History). This was the first exhibition of the Office of Horticulture (now Smithsonian Gardens) and featured trees with handcrafted ornaments representing a variety of countries and cultural traditions.