Description: As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Museum of American History, I’ve spent months in the Smithsonian Institution Archives researching a book tentatively titled, Not Naturally a Grass Country: Environment, Plant Genetics, and the Quest for Agricultural Modernization in the Humid World. It’s largely a story about global attempts to replace one form of agriculture—the
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="426" caption="Helen Stephens is checking jewelry at National Museum of History and Technology Museum Shop, 1975, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Negative Number: 75-9071-8."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="attachment_13490" align="aligncenter" width="428" caption="Installation of the Jose de Rivera sculpture, "Infinity," in front of the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, 1967, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic negative, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative number: OPA-1020.16"][/caption]
Description: How photos from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Gardens help preserve the memory of gardens (such as the Middlegate Japanese Gardens pictured above) that are now gone. The Museum of the Future has a great roundup of videos and blogs about museums, technology, and media. An update on earthquake damage at the Smithsonian, and hear Smithsonian Secretary (and earthquake
Description: Last week, on December 17 and 18, folks from across the Smithsonian and the public gathered to listen, learn, and discuss at "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study," a two-day symposium, organized by the American Women’s History Initiative. Presenters celebrated women working at the Smithsonian and explored how they represent the broader experience for
Description: Geologist Sharon Purdy, Center for Earch and Planetary Sciences at the National Air and Space Museum, investigates the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed and (or) modified by surface water. #Groundbreaker
Description: Dr. Mary Baker, Research Organic Chemist & Museum Conservator, Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute (1987–2000), used differential scanning calorimetry to determine the extent of crystallization in order to establish proper storage and handling procedures for spacesuits. #Groundbreaker
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="422" caption="Mounted Cyanotypes, the Working Proofs for Eadweard Muybridge's Animal Locomotion, Plate 55, "Walking, Turning Around, Action of Aversion" (Miss Larrigan, July 28, 1885), by Eadweard Muybridge, Cyanotype, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications,
Description: Exterior view of the National Air Museum, Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, and the Arts and Industries Building featuring Rocket Row, as seen from Independence Avenue, 77-2273.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="351" caption="Dr. Donald J. Ortner, a physical anthropologist in the National Museum of Natural History, is examining a skull, He studied 500 unusual pathological skeletons in the Smithsonian's collection, 1986, Dane A. Penland, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-016, Box 1, Folder: Research Reports
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