Results for "Popular culture"
- Blog Post
Television and the Smithsonian: Worldly Success
- Date: December 18, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.
The Education of George C. Wheeler - Part III
- Date: February 7, 2013
- Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.
What Our Experts Want You to Know About Preservation
- Date: April 29, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: For Preservation Week, our team answered our burning, often ignorant questions about their biggest challenges, what they consider when treating objects, and beyond.
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The Smithsonian in Television
- Date: July 10, 2013
- Description: A list of television shows where the Smithsonian is referenced.
Sharing A Love of Birds: Roxie Laybourne
- Date: January 5, 2017
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_308449,size=250,left]Though Roxie Laybourne may be a well-known topic here in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, there is a good reason she is so popular. From good advice to her pioneering career to modern day inspiration, her work offers new insight each time we turn to it. Laybourne’s interest in natural history began long before she began her
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 07-086, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Cultural History, Curatorial Records, 1958-1973, 1997
- Date: 1958 1958-1997 1958-1973, 1997
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 90-083, Washburn, Wilcomb E, Wilcomb E. Washburn Papers, c. 1985-1988
- Date: 1985 1985-1988 c 1985-1988
- Creator: Washburn, Wilcomb E
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Where in the World Is That Field Book?
- Date: July 28, 2016
- Creator: Andrew Whitesell
- Description: Field books are now on our website. Not only that, but they are becoming full text searchable.
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SIA Acc. 00-051, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, Grant Records, 1990-1995
- Date: 1990 1990-1995
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 15-341, Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Director's Administrative Records, 1967-2013
- Date: 1967 1967-2013
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
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
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William Stimpson and the Smithsonian’s First Aquarium
- Date: July 14, 2015
- Description: William Stimpson and the first aquarium at the Smithsonian Institution.