Results for "Smithsonian Associates. Development Program"
The Smithsonian Seismological Institute
- Date: August 26, 2014
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
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.
The Oval Office meets the Castle: Presidents at the Smithsonian
- Date: November 8, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: The Smithsonian Castle sits just over a mile away from Washington D.C.’s most notable address,1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We are more than just a short walk away from the White House, however—we are directly tied to it and its occupants. Not only does the Smithsonian collect the history of United States Presidents (including, yes, Lincoln’s top hat and even the hair of a few
Summertime on the Mall - Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- Date: June 13, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Come out to the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival celebrating Hungarian culture, endangered languages, and African American style.
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The Anniversary of the National Museum of African Art: A Gift in August
- Date: August 13, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: On August 13, 2012 the National Museum of African Art, founded by Warren M. Robbins, became a part of the Smithsonian Institution.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Stephanie Norby
- Date: December 8, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
- Blog Post
‘Oh, I’m Glad That’s on the Mall’: NMAAHC Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary
- Date: September 23, 2021
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The National Museum of African American History and Culture marks its fifth anniversary.
Link Love: 4/8/2016
- Date: April 8, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Reading never looked so cool with the American Library Association. [via Open Culture]Libraries join the fight against homelessness. [via InfoDocket]NYPL and The Moth join forces to make their audio more accessible with Together We Listen. [via NYPL labs]Teen art museum programs have a lasting impact. [via Smithsonian.com]A peek into Vincent VanGogh's personal life from his
Understanding growth in insects: Dyar’s Law revisited
- Date: March 21, 2017
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: How Smithsonian entomologist Harrison Dyar's field notes, now available on the Smithsonian Transcription Center, are improving present-day research done by Smithsonian Resident Research Associate Dr. Jorge Santiago-Blay.
- Blog Post
Merging Chemistry and Nutrition: Pauline Gracia Beery Mack
- Date: March 17, 2011
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="284" caption="Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891-1974), by Underwood & Underwood, Date unknown, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, SIA Acc. 90-105 (SIA-SIA2008-5750)."][/caption] For the month of March, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be
Lucy Hunter Baird: Much More Than a Devoted Daughter
- Date: March 5, 2020
- Description: Lucy Hunter Baird did not shy away from her father’s towering legacy in American science, she embraced it. As the only child of Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lucy Baird developed a passion for her father’s discipline of ornithology (the study of birds) and strove to chronicle his extraordinary life in a biography. Although she was
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Brandie Smith
- Date: November 17, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.