Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Foreign Currency Program"
- Blog Post
The Vanishing Board: Governance at the Smithsonian during Civil War
- Date: June 2, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
The Smithsonian Institution in the 1884 New Orleans World’s Fair
- Date: October 3, 2017
- Description: It does not take long for today’s visitors to one of the Smithsonian Institution’s nineteen museums to find themselves engulfed within the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex. The flood of world’s fairs in the late nineteenth century played a central role in placing the Smithsonian en route to that unparalleled distinction. The New Orleans World’s
- Blog Post
Going Back to the Smithsonian’s Future
- Date: February 8, 2018
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Today on The Bigger Picture, we are highlighting the anniversary of the 1927 Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian which brought together people from across the country – scientists, academics, politicians, and private citizens – to advise on the future role of the Smithsonian. For this, we bring you a piece from Smithsonian Archives Program Assistant Lisa Fthenakis,
- Blog Post
ATMs & Virtual Wallets—What Did We Do Before Them?
- Date: August 28, 2012
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: How money was transferred in the 19th century before the era of the ATM.
The Smithsonian's Top 6 Archives Myths
- Date: October 26, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: The top five myths about the archives at the Smithsonian Institution.
- Blog Post
To Market, To Market
- Date: August 14, 2009
- Description: [caption id="attachment_1885" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="U.S. National Museum, Street vendors at Center Market, by unknown photographer, 10/16/1909, Smithsonian Institution Archives RU79 Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum, SIA2009-1992."][/caption] Interns and staff at the Smithsonian Institution Archives are digitizing historic
The Warren Robbins Papers
- Date: October 13, 2011
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
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,
- Blog Post
Watch Now: Today is Archives Fair
- Date: October 19, 2012
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Tune into a live webcast of the Smithsonian's 2012 Archives Fair to watch the lecture series on "Revealing Hidden Treasures."
Wish you (or your image) were here
- Date: August 7, 2009
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
Smithsonian's Photo Summit
- Date: October 12, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Installation View of Smithsonian Photography Exhibition Art Section, by Thomas Smillie, c.
The Life Behind the Smile
- Date: December 1, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.