Description: [view:sia_slideshow==71908]By the late 1960s, curators at the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), now the National Museum of American History, were focusing on how to present aspects of the American experience to visitors of the museum in different ways. Instead of using "sterile techniques which have too frequently given visitors the false impression that all
Description: Thirty-six years ago today, M*A*S*H: Binding Up the Wounds opened at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and the response was overwhelming.
Description: The life of Betty J. Meggers, an Anthropologist, who speciailized in pottery identification, conducted extensive field work in Amazon Rainforest region of South America, and was associated with the Smithsonian for more than five decades.
Description: Many of us read, write and send emails every day, but when did it all start at the Smithsonian? In 1980 Smithsonian staff had typewriters and telephones on their desk, with one or two FAX machines per office. The Smithsonian operated a single general purpose computer, the Honeywell mainframe, for all Smithsonian data processing applications and which did not include an email
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="431" caption="Exhibit of Contemporary Hungarian Artists under auspices of the American Federation of Arts and the American-Hungarian Foundation, at the National Gallery, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in the Museum of Natural History, April 23-May 31, 1930, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: Tracing the history of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, created in 1966 to raise funds to support the Institution, especially its educational programs.
Description: DAY Without ArtSince 1989, December 1 has been observed as Day Without Art, coinciding with World AIDS Day.December 1 is the Day Without Art, coinciding with World AIDS Day. Join us as we explore how the Smithsonian has “celebrate[d] the lives and achievements of lost colleagues and friends.”
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="399" caption="Ziphius (a whale) skeleton on display in front of the Arts and Industries Building, A person sits in the window in the upper right of the building, c. 1910, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7074, Box 35, Folder 2, Negative Number: SIA2010-0185."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="403" caption="Portraits by Bernard Osterman, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, at the National Gallery, now NPG, in the MNH, Jan.10-24,1928, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311 Box 32 Folder 11, Negative Number: 2002-32209."][/caption]
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