Results for "Smithsonian Collections Blog"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 19-098, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Political History, Curatorial Records, 1977-2015
- Date: 1977 1977-2015
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Division of Political History
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 20-185, Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project, Website Records, 2019
- Date: 2019
- Creator: Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
MayDay as Earth Day
- Date: April 30, 2020
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: As I write this crossover Preservation Week/MayDay post so close to Earth Day 2020 (the fiftieth anniversary), stunning news continues to break across the globe due to the coronavirus. Shining through the fog of worry, there have been surprising gains in a period of forced inactivity due to reduced emissions, such as record-breaking solar energy capture in Germany, and cleaner
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 19-159, National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), Website Records, 2016
- Date: 2016
- Creator: National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Joseph Henry Hypes Hypsometers
- Date: October 29, 2019
- Description: Although initially skeptical about the effectiveness of the hypsometer, Secretary Joseph Henry soon recognized the value of the instrument, which he discovered from his colleagues in the scientific field.
Science Service, Up Close: Journalists, Cancer Research, and Public Education
- Date: March 6, 2018
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Cancer, James T. Patterson observed in The Dread Disease, serves as a powerful metaphor in American culture, where the malady mirrors the “manifestation of social, economic, and ideological divisions” in modern life. In the decades since publication of Patterson’s book, medical research has made great strides in methods of detection and treatment. But the challenge for science
- Blog Post
Science Service, Up Close: Emma Reh Paints Fruits and Flowers with Words
- Date: July 10, 2018
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_306419,size=200,left]During World War II, Science Service correspondent Emma Reh (1896-1982) spent several years living and working in Paraguay. Her letters home, like the ones written when she worked in Mexico and the American West, typically combined personal and professional news with her colorful descriptions of the countryside and people.Emma had
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Tuliza Fleming
- Date: December 26, 2018
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Dr. Tuliza Fleming, Curator of American Art at the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2007, worked to build the museum's foundational American art collection, served as the lead curator for the inaugural exhibition Visual Art and the American Experience, curated Clementine Hunter: Life on Melrose Plantation, and co-curated the traveling exhibition
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 20-009, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Website Records, 2017-2018
- Date: 2017 2017-2018
- Creator: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 20-194, National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), Website Records, 2019-2020
- Date: 2019 2019-2020
- Creator: National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
“A Very Fine and Unusual Statue”: Fruits of the Freer Gallery Field Expeditions in China
- Date: May 5, 2016
- Description: Carl Whiting Bishop’s expedition to China for the Freer Gallery of Art and the Cosmic Buddha.
Between Science and Empire: Oldfield Thomas and Anglo-American Zoology
- Date: January 19, 2016
- Description: How the British empire’s reach and influence impacted late 19th century taxonomy and biological study.