Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Museum Support Center"
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A Recipe: Elephant Hide and Ivory
- Date: April 21, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Documenting the Smithsonian’s Pandemic Response
- Date: March 16, 2021
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: While teleworking for the last year, the Archives has been busy capturing web content that documents the Smithsonian’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Living Exhibition
- Date: July 19, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey
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Volunteers and the Smithsonian: A History
- Date: April 5, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian
- Date: June 9, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific
Records Management Resources
- Date: October 11, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Documenting the Opening of a Museum
- Date: September 27, 2016
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A look at how documenting the opening of a museum has changed in the age of social media.
Smithsonian Now Using Archive-It to Crawl Websites
- Date: February 26, 2013
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives announces its use of Archive-It to crawl websites.
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The Enid A. Haupt Garden
- Date: January 20, 2015
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A look at the Enid A. Haupt Garden as it was established in 1987.
"Scrolling" Through Museum Processes
- Date: September 12, 2013
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Two almost forgotten scrolls document the automation of museum processes at the Cooper-Hewitt.
The World is Yours: Smithsonian on the Radio
- Date: June 8, 2017
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian's "The World is Yours" series was one of the most successful educational radio programs of of the 1930s.
Some Creepy Crawly Recipes in Time for Halloween
- Date: October 30, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Just in time for Halloween, more insect recipes found in the Archives.