Description: "Information Age: People, Information and Technology" exhibition at National Museum of American History, October 1990, by Rick Vargas, SIA Acc. 11-009, 90-14532-03A.
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
Description: Virginia Beets was instrumental in the early years of the National Museum of American History as an Administrative Officer, 1963–73, and Registrar, 1973–83. She initially joined the Smithsonian as a secretary in the Division of Insects at the National Museum of Natural History in 1949. #Groundbreaker
Description: Laura L. McKie, Assistant Director for Education, 1987–2001, planned, coordinated, and conducted educational activities at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She began her career with the museum as a docent in 1969, and in 1971, she was hired as an Anthropology Education Specialist . #Groundbreaker
Description: Aircraft restoration specialist Pat Williams works on aircraft at National Air and Space Museum's Silver Hill facility, July 7, 1977, by Richard Farrar, RU000371, 77-8912-08.
Description: Effects of milk on rodent skeletons from "Public Health" exhibition in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, circa 1930s, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-30884C.
Description: Mount of ground sloth skeleton in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology lab during preparation for exhibition at the United States National Museum in the Natural History Building, 1946, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-37289.
Description: Lynn Volpi demonstrates "By-Word" wand sound system in a mineralogy exhibit at National Museum of Natural History, November 26, 1975, by Harry Neufeld, SIA RU000371, 75-16336-11.
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