Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="A baby calf resting on the lawn of the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle," as part of the Department of Living Animals around 1887, Live animals were kept in the South Yard for exhibit and study by the taxidermists before the National Zoological Park was founded in 1889, 1887, by
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Agnes Chase (1869-1963), Honorary Curator of the United States National Herbarium at the Smithsonian Institution and Botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture, is seated at a table holding up a herbarium sheet with a grass specimen, Chase specialized in the study of grasses and conducted extensive field work
Description: Formal portrait photographs of scientists tend to preserve the stiffness of the moment, rather than capture the sitter’s personality. Perhaps that is the reason that candid photographs of celebrities like Albert Einstein stick in public memory.A 1931 photograph of three Nobel laureate physicists illustrates why we tend to remember the informal photos of scientists more than
Description: Note: This blog post borrows heavily from the article, “Shooting Fireworks: Capture the Spectacle,” from former Smithsonian employee, Jim Wallace (originally published on the Smithsonian staff photographer’s website in 1995), with valuable additions from Ken Rahaim. The 4th of July is coming up next week, promising picnics, gatherings, and of course, fireworks. You may have
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="313" caption="Georgia O'Keefe at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) with Rene Magritte's sculpture "Delusions of Grandeur," 11 November 1977, by Richard Farrar, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder December 1977, Negative Number: 92-1789."][/caption] It is always fascinating
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="411" caption="Visitors viewing "Transparent Woman" at the opening of the Hall of Health. This display was part of the Exhibits Modernization Program and was located in the Arts and Industries Building. Assistant Secretary A. Remington Kellogg is the second from the right. Using electronics, sound, and light, the figure of a woman
Description: In a 1991 issue of the Prophet, the Smithsonian African American Association’s newsletter, Claudine Kinard Brown called on staff to support Black museums across the country.
Description: Did you know that before the Smithsonian existed, there were two other institutions created for the promotion of science and diffusion of knowledge? Exploring the fate of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science.
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