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      Looking Wayback on the Smithsonian’s Sesquicentennial

      • Date: August 10, 2020
      • Description: The Smithsonian marked its 150th birthday with a huge celebration and special website in 1996.

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    3. An older man sits at a booth as people wait in line. Banners are visible. They read: Why do research?; What is conservation?; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and Frog Voices.

      Festival of American Folklife 1996: Working at the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 2, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.

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    5. B&W photo of interior with fireplace, a portrait of a woman on an easel, and highly ornate wood furniture.

      Studios and Cottages of a D.C. Socialite

      • Date: December 5, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On December 5, 1961, the Smithsonian announced the gift of the Barney House Studio. We have written previously about Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931); artist, actor, playwright, and Washington D.C. socialite at The Bigger Picture. Barney donated her artwork and her D.C. residence which became part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection. In 1999, however, the house

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    7. Stamp with a red-ish brown tone that features the Smithsonian Institution Building. The text reads: “3 cent sign, 1846 Smithsonian Institution 1946.

      Celebrating the Smithsonian Centennial

      • Date: July 20, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In August 1996, the Smithsonian marked its 150th anniversary with a huge birthday celebration on the National Mall. For its sesquicentennial, a term which this author constantly forgets no matter how many times she looks it up, the Institution threw itself a two-day birthday party, sprinkled with special exhibit tents, concerts, nineteen birthday cakes, a special website, and

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    9. Washington Monument, c. 1920-1924, by Martin A. Gruber.

      Many Happy Returns to the Washington Monument!

      • Date: October 22, 2013
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: The Washington Monument marks its 125th anniversary on October 9, 2013.

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      Wartime in Washington—Mary Henry on the First Manassas

      • Date: July 21, 2011
      • Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will feature posts related to the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. On July 21, 1861, the First Battle of Manassas raged just thirty miles southwest of Washington DC and the Smithsonian Institution Building that housed Secretary Joseph Henry and his family.

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    13. A young woman in a blue t-shirt interviews a man with a beard and long hair in a tented area. The man is sitting in front of a microphone. Panels about Smithsonian history are in the background.

      Smithsonian Memories

      • Date: September 9, 2021
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: Learn a little more about a collection that both challenges and celebrates the history of the Smithsonian.

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    15. Aerial view of the National Museum of the American Indian from September 21, 2004, by Carl C. Hansen, Accession 11-019 - Smithsonian Photographic Services Collection, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2004-53062.

      National Museum of the American Indian in Washington Marks 10th Anniversary

      • Date: September 18, 2014
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: NMAI opened 10 years ago with a large gathering of native peoples in Washington, D.C.

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      The Smithsonian’s First Garden

      • Date: May 31, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9273,size=500,center]Have you ever heard of Smithsonian Park? If you are visiting the Smithsonian today, probably not. But if you had visited the Smithsonian in the 1850s, it would have been one of the first things you experienced.Smithsonian Park occupied the area between the Smithsonian Institution Building, or the Castle, and Downtown Washington,

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    19. “The Proper Thing to Do": James Smithson’s Journey to Washington

      • Date: June 27, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: On the 190th anniversary of the death of Smithsonian founding donor James Smithson, we’re taking a look back at his posthumous journey, led by Alexander Graham Bell, to his final resting place in Washington, D.C.

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      Help us ID Old Washington DC Photos on the Commons!

      • Date: August 31, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Celebrate American Archives Month with the Smithsonian

      • Date: September 20, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="232" caption="The flag pole on the top of the Flag Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building with the American flag and the new flag of the Smithsonian Institution, 1996, by Eric Long, Color photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 97-074, Box 1, Folder, Birthday Party on the Mall Bell and Flag, Negative Number:

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