Description: In honor of Women’s History Month, we’d like to revisit an important and inspiring exhibition circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in 1961. “The Magnificient Enterprise: Education Opens the Door” was a photographic exhibition based on the 100 years of higher education for women. Sponsored by Vassar College in observance of its
Description: In honor of Women’s History Month and the 50th anniversary of Smithsonian Libraries, let’s learn about Leila Gay Forbes Clark (1887-1964), the second woman to direct the Smithsonian’s library. She was beloved by the researchers she worked with (really loved in one case….) and began the restructuring of the many small libraries across the Smithsonian.
Description: Readers of The Bigger Picture will be familiar with the Hungerford Deed, a 1787 property contract dividing a lucrative land inheritance between the mother and aunt of the Smithsonian’s founding donor, James Smithson. Over the last three years I have been able to take a deep dive into the content of the Deed and strengthen our understanding of Smithson’s choice to leave his
Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Image of a wall case displaying specimens from the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee, Arizona, The case, part of the Exhibits Modernization Program, is located in the Hall of Gems and Minerals in the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, 1958, by Unidentified photographer,
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: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Three exhibit workers, Harry C. Harden kneeling, Charles R. Aschemeier standing left and Watson M. Perrygo standing on ladder, preparing the White-tailed Deer in Cypress Swamp group during the Exhibits Modernization Program in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), during the 1950s, by Unidentified photographer,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Larry Hagman, from the television show "Dallas," presented Carl Scheele, Curator of National Museum of American History's Division of Community Life with his hat from the television show in the Cannon House Office Building caucus room, February 28, 1984, by Jeffrey Ploskonka, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) riding a scooter at the 1974 Folklife Festival in the Mississippi delta section, with a cotton field behind him, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 613, Box 269, Folder: SDR Photos, Negative number:
Description: While only two years old, World Migratory Bird Day is just one of the latest evolutions in conservation awareness. Related celebrations go back more than twenty-six years and draw on over a century of research.
Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!
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