Results for "Renwick Gallery"
Tips and Lessons from the Opening of the Renwick Gallery
- Date: June 11, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: In the midst of Smithsonian's busy season, we’re providing tips for visitors through the lens of photographs from the opening of the Renwick Gallery in 1972.
Archives Puzzles: Claiming the Renwick Gallery
- Date: October 5, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- 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.
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From Defense to Decoration: the Renwick Gallery in the Civil War
- Date: August 22, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Revisiting Renwick
- Date: January 27, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: While closed for renovations, here is a look at some historic images of the Renwick Gallery on the anniversary of its opening to the public.
The Renwick Rises Again
- Date: November 19, 2015
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The Renwick Gallery has just reopened after a two-year renovation, reinventing itself yet again. Its history has mirrored the history of the nation.
Design + Archives: Craft Multiples
- Date: May 10, 2016
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A look at the design and style of selected letterhead from entries into the Renwick Gallery's exhibition, Craft Multiples.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Elizabeth Broun
- Date: December 18, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Dr. Elizabeth Broun, Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, 1989–2016, oversaw major renovations, welcomed groundbreaking exhibitions, and diversified the museum’s collections. She served as the museum’s Chief Curator and Assistant Director, 1983–88. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Glessner Lee
- Date: November 8, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Frances Glessner Lee crafted the “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death” detailing miniature crime scenes (now on exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery)—to train homicide investigators revolutionizing the emerging field of homicide investigation. #Groundbreaker
Design + Archives: Objects for Preparing Food
- Date: December 1, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Design + Archives takes a look at an exhibition from the Renwick, "Objects for Preparing Food," from 1973.
Link Love: 10/7/2016
- Date: October 7, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Art-inspired pumpkins. [via Hyperallergic]Gif's turned art. [via Wired]Our neighbor, the National Gallery of Art, just reopened their beautiful east wing and it has a stunning blue friend. [via Washington Post]Loved the Renwick Gallery's Wonder exhibit? You can now experience it in VR! [via DCist]The powerful symbolism in Nat Turner's bible. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Nashville
Link Love: 12/16/2016
- Date: December 16, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Japanese are taking fall to a new level! [via Bored Panda]The 25 most instagrammed museums includes the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. [via Hyperallergic] Ireland's National Web Archive in Ireland let the public choose 10 websites to preserve. [via Info Docket]There's a podcast for everyone, including research librarians...check out the episode on Global Web Preservation.
Link Love: 1/26/2018
- Date: January 26, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: There's a new sea slug on the block, the leaf sheep, aka Shaun the Sheep. If you can't get enough sea slugs, we have several illustrations of these fantastical creatures! [via My Modern Met]Our Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery will display 6 outdoor, large-scale artworks from Burning Man, including a five-ton cast cement bust, “Maya’s Mind” paying homage to