Results for "Smithsonian Collections Blog"
Link Love: 1/29/2016
- Date: January 29, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The original, well-loved stuffed animals the characters in Winnie the Pooh books are based upon, from NYPL. [via Open Culture]If you live in Wisconsin, you'd better return those overdue library books. [via Info Docket]Art Nouveau posters, interactive lessons on WWI, silver plate photography; some of the 48,796,394 artworks, artefacts, books, videos and sounds from across
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Everything Always Looks Good Through Here
- Date: February 9, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: John Waters’s 1998 movie Pecker is the coming-of-age story about a young man who can’t stop himself from taking pictures. “Man, everything always looks good through here!” Pecker exclaims, squinting through his viewfinder and throughout most of the film, it does. Photography is all about looking, and when it was time to invite someone to address the subject of voyeurism for
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Do You See What I See?
- Date: August 13, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_1872" align="aligncenter" width="263" caption="Eyeball 1, by loonyhiker, 2009."][/caption] At some point, everyday, I scan the Internet for stories about photography’s role and impact in culture. It turns out that in addition to all the images that are out there to be seen, there are surprising numbers of reports circulating about the power of those
Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger
- Date: November 18, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Paleontologist Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger was the founder of the field of paleoneurology, the study of brain evolution, and discovered that mammalian brains left imprints on fossil skulls, allowing paleoneurologists to discern their anatomy. #Groundbreaker
Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek
- Date: March 18, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Awarded the Marie Curie Marie Curie Fellowship by the American Association of University Women, Astrophysicist Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek studies the physics of accretion disks and jets, and multi wavelength studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. She has published over 100 articles. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Christine Mullen Kreamer
- Date: July 6, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Dr. Christine Mullen Kreamer, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, National Museum of African Art, is an expert on both traditional and contemporary African art. #Groundbreaker
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Picture Perfect? Not All the Games We Play
- Date: June 9, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: While we at the Photography Initiative like to argue that photography changes everything, it’s not always the case. On June 2nd, in a controversial ninth inning call, baseball umpire Jim Joyce denied Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Armando Galarraga a shot at making history for pitching a “perfect” game. Joyce—from his point of view behind first base—saw a batter hit a ball, make it
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Women in Science Wednesday: Wikipedia Edition, Part 3!
- Date: March 23, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey now has a Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers. Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey now has Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers.
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Facebook Q&A Recap: How to Preserve Your Treasures
- Date: October 23, 2012
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: A summary of the October 17, 2012 Facebook Q&A about preserving your treasures.
The World Is Yours: Unheralded American Inventors
- Date: November 17, 2020
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Did you know that Joseph Francis invented the first metal life-saving boat? Or that Gail Borden invented the process for creating condensed milk? Neither did I until I heard The World Is Yours episode titled “Unheraled American Inventors,” which originally aired on April 4, 1937.Where most of the episodes I’ve listened to begin with the host walking up to two people while they
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Ellen Roney Hughes
- Date: April 26, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Cultural historian, Dr. Ellen Roney Hughes, National Museum of American History, was a nominating committee member for the Women's Sports Hall of Fame and procured Muhammad Ali's robe and gloves from his "Rumble in the Jungle" fight against George Foreman for the museum. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Lucille St. Hoyme
- Date: February 1, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Dr. Lucille St. Hoyme, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, worked her way up from clerk to curator of physical anthropology researching variations of human traits from region to region over time. #Groundbreaker