Results for "Science museums"
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/25/2011
- Date: July 25, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Bill Withuhn (l.), deputy chairman of National Museum of American History's Science and Technology Department, in Annapolis, Maryland in July to greet captain and crew of a British Army sailing yacht carrying a 60 lb. iron plaque from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum in Shropshire for NMAH's transportation collections, 1986,
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/8/2011
- Date: April 8, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="374" caption="A reproduction of the facade of a 19th century instrument shop of Benjamin Pike of New York City in the Hall of Physical Sciences, The exhibit opened in March 1966 in the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, 1966, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print,
- Blog Post
See Here: 10/18/2010
- Date: October 18, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="427" caption="After three years at the National Portrait Gallery, (l-r) William Trossen, Terry Conable, Lina Best and David Price are moving the Gilbert Stuart portraits of George and Martha Washington for shipment to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where they will be displayed under an alternating exhibition plan worked out in 1980
- Blog Post
See Here: 7/5/2010
- Date: July 5, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="George S. Switzer, first Chairman of the Department of Mineral Sciences, 1963-1968, and Associate Curator, 1948-1956, with some objects from the collections at the National Museum of Natural History, Date unknown, c. 1960s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95,
- Blog Post
See Here: 6/11/2012
- Date: June 11, 2012
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- Blog Post
See Here: 6/8/2012
- Date: June 8, 2012
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/12/2012
- Date: March 12, 2012
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/3/2011
- Date: March 3, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="253" caption="Edgar A. Mearns, an ornithologist, research associate, and honorary associate in zoology, with the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, was one of three naturalists from the National Museum chosen go on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition with Theodore Roosevelt to
- Blog Post
See Here: 2/7/2011
- Date: February 7, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="305" caption="Award-winning artist-in-residence at the National Museum of Natural History, Don Tenoso (Hunkpapa), with three of his Lakota dolls, is crouching in a niche outside the National Museum of Natural History above a sign that reads "Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History and National Museum of Man," 1991,
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/8/2010
- Date: November 8, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="Smithsonian's pilot aluminum-can recycling program started early in February 1990. Forty-four containers like the one pictured were placed at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), National Air and Space Museum, and the Museum Support Center, 1989, by Jeff Tinsley,
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/16/2011
- Date: March 16, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="The Southern Railroad car arrives at the new Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, The car arrives while the museum is still under construction, c. 1961, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 6, Folder: 6, Negative
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/30/2009
- Date: December 30, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Visit of Muhammad Ali to the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, March 17, 1976, when he donated a pair of gloves and a robe to the museum for the "Nations of Nations" exhibition, 1976, Richard K. Hofmeister,