Description: As head of the Center for African American Media Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture, curator Dr. Rhea Combs leads effort to collect, preserve, and make accessible an extensive collection of films, photographs, and recordings documenting African American history. #Groundbreaker
Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="251" caption="Veiled Woman with Pearls, c. 1890, by Antoin Sevruguin, Gelatin silver print, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Myron Bement Smith Collection, Gift of Katharine Dennis Smith, 1973–85, Image ID: 2.07."][/caption] The Archives of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery contain a collection of
Description: Ron Vasile teaches AP U.S. History, U.S. History and Anthropology at Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Illinois.We bring to you the story of a dedicated naturalist turned museum pioneer.
Description: Alphonso Lorenzo Jones joined the Smithsonian in 1924 as a mechanic. He retired 41 years later as the chief of the Institution’s duplicating office.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Lafayette Park seen from the Old Executive Office Building, 1919, by Martin A. Gruber, Black-and-white photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, Local Number: SIA2010-1943."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Views of the National Zoological Park in Washington, DC, showing Peacock, 1919, by Martin A. Gruber, Black-and-white photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, Local Number: SIA2010-2345."][/caption]