Results for "Plant World"
- Historic Pictures
Smithsonian Gardens
- Date: September 5, 2018
- Description: Smithsonian Gardens was established in 1972 as the Horticultural Services Division of the Office of Plant Services to provide appropriate landscaping outside of Smithsonian museums and decorative greenery inside Smithsonian buildings. Today, Smithsonian Gardens is an accredited museum that provides living classrooms and urban sanctuaries for Smithsonian visitors.History of
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 04-012, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Botany, Correspondence, 1963-2003
- Date: 1963 1963-2003
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Link Love: 11/19/2010
- Date: November 19, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Ever heard of The Impossible Project? When Polaroid announced they would stop production of instant film, these folks saved the last Polaroid production plant in the Netherlands, and started to develop new instant film with a small team of former Polaroid employees. Check out some shots of Smithsonian museums taken by Aaron Dunn and created with the fruits of their labor. What
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000220, United States National Museum Division of Plants, Correspondence, 1870-1893
- Date: 1870 1870-1893
- Creator: United States National Museum. Division of Plants
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
Eva J. Pell
- Date: February 26, 2020
- Description: Eva J. PellSmithsonian Institution Archives Oral History Collection, SIA009640Eva J. Pell (1948- ), Smithsonian Undersecretary for Science from 2010 to 2014, cracked a glass ceiling by becoming the highest-ranking woman to serve as a science manager at the Smithsonian. She was born in New York City to immigrant parents who, from the start, encouraged her to pursue and value
- Authority Record/EAC
Carleton, Mark Alfred, 1866-1925
- Date: 1866 1925
- Webpage
Historic Pictures of the Smithsonian
- Date: October 3, 2017
- Description: Follow the Smithsonian's growth through photographs from its founding to the world's largest museum complex today.
Margaret Sordahl, Collecting Flora and Fauna at a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Station
- Date: December 2, 2021
- Description: We’re taking a glimpse into the work and life of Margaret Sordahl and other women at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory stations around the world.
- Blog Post
A Living Exhibition
- Date: July 19, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey
- Authority Record/EAC
Peary's Summer Voyage (Peary's 4th Trip to Greenland) - Northwest Greenland (1896)
- Date: 1896 - 1896
- Creator: Peary's Summer Voyage (Peary's 4th Trip to Greenland) - Northwest Greenland (1896)
Flattened Between the Pages
- Date: July 2, 2013
- Description: Memorable illustrations, photographs, and plant and animal specimens found pressed between the pages from the Field Book Project.
- Authority Record/EAC
Cinchona Missions Expedition (1942-1944)
- Date: 1942 - 1944