Results for "Smithsonian Experiences (Website)"
- Blog Post
Tips from Smithsonian Photographers on Photographing Fireworks
- Date: June 28, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Note: This blog post borrows heavily from the article, “Shooting Fireworks: Capture the Spectacle,” from former Smithsonian employee, Jim Wallace (originally published on the Smithsonian staff photographer’s website in 1995), with valuable additions from Ken Rahaim. The 4th of July is coming up next week, promising picnics, gatherings, and of course, fireworks. You may have
Celebrating the Smithsonian Latino Center
- Date: September 17, 2020
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Documenting the history, programs, and activities of the Smithsonian Latino Center through the capture of their websites and their other online sites.
Exploring Oral History at the Smithsonian
- Date: April 6, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: A brief history and exploration of oral history collections at the Smithsonian.
New History App: "Castle of Curiosities"
- Date: January 7, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: We are pleased to announce a new mobile experience produced by the Archives, Castle of Curiosities. The Smithsonian's first building, the Castle, opened its doors in 1855. While the Norman architectural style evoked "learned university," it was bordered by fetid canals and rather isolated from the rest of Washington D.C. Check out an app about iconic stories in the history of
- Blog Post
Location! Location! Location!
- Date: July 6, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Happy National Chemistry Week!
- Date: October 25, 2012
- Creator: Kirsten Tyree
- Description: Here are some of the scientific discoveries made while conserving Joseph Henry’s Record of Experiments Book I on electromagnetism.
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General Public
- Date: February 9, 2011
- Description: Find resources for the general public on the Archives' website.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 19-028, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Office of Education and Visitor Experience, Program Records, circa 1980-2016
- Date: 1980 1980-2016 circa 1980-2016
- Creator: National Portrait Gallery. Office of Education and Visitor Experience
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Smithsonian Gardens
- Date: September 4, 2018
- Description: During debates about the Smithsonian’s founding, the idea of using James Smithson’s bequest for a botanic garden was included in several drafts of the bill considered by Congress. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore commissioned America’s preeminent landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing to design plans for the National Mall, including grounds around the Smithsonian Castle,
Television and the Smithsonian: The Allure of Objects
- Date: October 15, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Television often uses museum artifacts to impart reality within illusion, but the real objects retain their power and relevancy.
Wikipedia & Women in Science: Smithsonian Groundbreakers Edit-a-thon
- Date: August 24, 2020
- Description: Help us increase the representation of women in science on Wikipedia!
Link Love: 12/16/2016
- Date: December 16, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Japanese are taking fall to a new level! [via Bored Panda]The 25 most instagrammed museums includes the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. [via Hyperallergic] Ireland's National Web Archive in Ireland let the public choose 10 websites to preserve. [via Info Docket]There's a podcast for everyone, including research librarians...check out the episode on Global Web Preservation.