Results for "Smithsonian Exhibits"
Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection
- Date: July 14, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!
Sneak Peek 12/16/2013
- Date: December 16, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Sculptor Theodore Mills and unidentified man in studio working on models for Smithsonian exhibits.
Sneak Peek 5/6/2019
- Date: May 6, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Tree O'Donnell and Mike Friello of Office of Exhibits Central provide a fiberglass and pigmented polyester resin facial to Uncle Beazley, a 22-foot long replica of a dinosaur triceratops, 81-6787-23A.
Smithsonian Open Access-iversary
- Date: February 25, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Take a look at CC0 content we have posted in the year since the Smithsonian Open Access launch!
Sneak Peek 11/3/2014
- Date: November 3, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Exhibits staff at work in the Natural History Building, June 26, 1962, by Jack Scott, Image Number: MNH-863F.
Sneak Peek 5/18/2015
- Date: May 18, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Rolland O. Hower, exhibits specialist at the Museum of Natural History, at freeze dry chamber with animal specimens, OPA-1087-15A.
Sneak Peek 2/12/2018
- Date: February 12, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Exhibits staff prepare exhibition material for Hall 8, "Peoples of the Pacific," at Museum of Natural History, June 26, 1962, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-863F.
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New Feature! Sneak Peek
- Date: May 18, 2011
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: [caption id="attachment_13094" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="Jefferson Memorial Cherry Blossoms at the Tidal Basin, 1983, by Jeff Tinsley, Color slide, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative Number 83-4105."][/caption] Today, we’re starting a new weekly feature that highlights images from the Archives’ historic Smithsonian Photographic Services collection.
The Woman Behind the Camera
- Date: March 28, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: A closer look at Smithsonian's first woman photographer, Louisa Bernie Gallaher.
Unlocking the Vault
- Date: February 28, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives manages the cold storage vault at the National Museum of American History where approximately 3 million negatives are stored.
Sneak Peek 6/16/2014
- Date: June 16, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and two unidentified administrators with the Resolute desk, on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in 1966 and 1967.
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Walking on Broken Glass
- Date: July 22, 2010
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: [caption id="attachment_7450" align="aligncenter" width="379" caption="A broken glass plate negative, Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] We are in the throes of summer here in Washington DC, and that means three things: heat, more heat, and interns. Interns not only allow us to share expertise and experience with newcomers to the field, but also allow