Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="393" caption="From the Land of the Bible Exhibition, 1954, Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 312 Box 35 Folder 8, Negative Number:94-9283. "][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="261" caption="Richard Rathbun at His Desk, c. 1880, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 19 Folder 6, Negative Number:27361."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Court of Neptune Fountain, 1919, by Martin A. Gruber, Black-and-white photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, Local Number: SIA2010-1994."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Cybill Shepherd at the "Castle" during the filming of "Chances Are," where she plays an SI curator, 1988, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Negative Number: 88-10752-31. "][/caption] The frequency with which the words “curator” and “curating” pop up continues to
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9246,size=500,center]THE BIGGER PICTURE's “Wonderful Women Wednesday” series profiles the female curators, directors, and research scientists who have risen to prominence in their careers at the Smithsonian.These stories of broken glass ceilings are fascinating, but they barely scratch the surface of the Smithsonian’s female workforce through the
Description: The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (NPG) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2018. Ahead of next year’s festivities, NPG unveiled an exhibition commemorating its May 1968 opening. The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) provided several pieces for this gallery, including a photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s dedication speech on May 3rd. Check out the full