Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Center for Asian Art"
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The Enid A. Haupt Garden
- Date: January 20, 2015
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A look at the Enid A. Haupt Garden as it was established in 1987.
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Documenting the Smithsonian’s Pandemic Response
- Date: March 16, 2021
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: While teleworking for the last year, the Archives has been busy capturing web content that documents the Smithsonian’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Volunteers and the Smithsonian: A History
- Date: April 5, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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A Living Exhibition
- Date: July 19, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey
Happy Birthday, Smithsonian Magazine!
- Date: April 21, 2015
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A look back at the first issue of Smithsonian Magazine for its 45th anniversary.
To Preserve or Not to Preserve: Social Media
- Date: June 13, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A quick overview of how the Archives decides what social media to preserve to document the Smithsonian’s history.
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Records and Information Management Month: The Registrar
- Date: April 23, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Did you know that April is Records and Information Management Month? What is records and information management? Glad you asked! [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Dan Brown Books, by Federico Filacchione, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] Information is collected data, thoughts, ideas, or memories. Records are documents that contain information
The Electronic Smithsonian
- Date: May 7, 2015
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A look back at the first Smithsonian home page, launched 20 years ago.
Crafting from the Collections: Fingerprint Animals
- Date: December 20, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Archives staff makes fingerprint animals based on craft activity found in zoo publication from 1970s.
Where is the Smithsonian?
- Date: January 2, 2014
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The simple question, "Where is the Smithsonian?," has always been a difficult one to answer.
Love a Tree (Every)Day
- Date: May 16, 2019
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: On Love a Tree Day, the Archives discusses the Smithsonian's dedication to trees throughout the world.
The Smithsonian and the Poor People's Campaign
- Date: January 17, 2017
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian served as neighbor to the Poor People's Campaign in 1968 and still tells its story almost 50 years later.