Results for "Second Nature (Television program)"
Here At The Smithsonian: Celebrating Earth Optimism with Some Community Science
- Date: April 27, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Since April is both Earth Month and Citizen Science Month, we’re highlighting two clips that make us optimistic for the future.
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? It's at the Smithsonian!
- Date: June 1, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Take a trip back to Sesame Street and the Smithsonian's ten year exhibition about the show in 1979.
Archives Conservation in Haiti, Part 2: Audio and Video Collections
- Date: December 21, 2011
- Creator: Sarah Stauderman
- Description: Current conditions of audiovisual archives in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: October 9, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Topics researched at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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Down at the Drive-In
- Date: August 4, 2009
- Description: [caption id="attachment_1679" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Untitled (Drive-In: Circle Theatre), Steve Fitch, 1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection"][/caption] Media and transportation seem forever linked. As I wrote in a previous post, the portable camera and the bicycle made a very nice pairing in their early years at the turn of the 20th century.
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A Recipe: Elephant Hide and Ivory
- Date: April 21, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Hot Topics in Archival Research, Fall 2022
- Date: November 3, 2022
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields thousands of questions per year.
Takin' Care of Records
- Date: April 17, 2018
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Did you know April is Records and Information Management Month? Did you also know that the Smithsonian Institution has over 154 million objects, 10 million digital records, and 156,830 cubic feet of archival materials in its collections? It is mostly thanks to amazing record keeping that we are able to locate, care, and give access to millions of fascinating objects.We look at
Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions
- Date: March 9, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: An introduction to the newest Field Book Project Digital Imaging Technicians.
Throwback Thursday, Smithsonian-Style
- Date: December 20, 2018
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Slide back through time by exploring historic Smithsonian spaces in these before-and-after shots
The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part I
- Date: April 26, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: A look at the characteristics of the thirteen individuals who have led the Smithsonian.
Travel to the Tropics, Archives-style!
- Date: January 30, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Travel with us to the Galapagos and the Marshall Islands as we launch some warm-weather scientific field books, diaries, and correspondence. While it’s not very wintery in Washington D.C., we’re hoping this will offer an escape to those entering the long remaining months of snow, sleet, and ice. And if you’re avoiding the cold, what a better way to spend your time than helping