Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Office of Membership and Development"
Preserving Smithsonian World, The First Steps
- Date: May 21, 2019
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: As a result of a generous grant, the Archives will soon catalogue and rehouse around 1,750 at-risk audiovisual media related to Smithsonian World.
Here At The Smithsonian: The History of Aviation
- Date: September 28, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Let’s take a look at some of the collections at the National Air and Space Museum.
Caught on Film: Archives Fair 2012 Film Festival
- Date: October 18, 2012
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The Smithsonian’s 2012 Archives Fair will feature a film festival this year where films fitting the theme “Hidden Treasures” will make their debut.
Here At The Smithsonian: Traveling Exhibitions
- Date: November 30, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: As we close out this blog series, let’s take a look at two past traveling exhibitions.
Here At The Smithsonian: Celebrating Earth Optimism with Some Community Science
- Date: April 27, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Since April is both Earth Month and Citizen Science Month, we’re highlighting two clips that make us optimistic for the future.
Here At The Smithsonian: Celebrating the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- Date: June 22, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The 2021 Smithsonian Folklife Festival begins this weekend. Let’s take a look back at past festivals.
New Orleans Street Parade
- Date: December 12, 2017
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Every year at its annual conference, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) hosts an event called Archival Screening Night (ASN). ASN is a chance for moving image archivists around the world to showcase films and videos from their collections, particularly items that have recently been preserved, restored, or remastered.This film depicts the Onward Brass Band
Twenty-Six and Blooming!
- Date: May 22, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Today is the anniversary of the opening of the Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Quad near the Smithsonian Institution Building.
The Miscellaneous Materials of Oscar Cartwright
- Date: May 30, 2017
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Our series Miscellaneous Adventures dives into the Oscar L. Cartwright Papers and materials from Washington D.C.'s Cosmos Club.
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Unlocking the History of the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute
- Date: October 9, 2018
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: A couple of months ago, a few members of the Archives staff went out to the Smithsonian Conversation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, to collect some records that are being accessioned into our collections. One of the items we were given on this trip was a book detailing the facilities located on the property in Front Royal prior to it being used by the
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Sybil Hamlet’s History of the National Zoo
- Date: May 17, 2018
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Did you know that the first beaver came to the National Zoological Park in 1894? Or that the first animals on the official zoo grounds were two Indian Elephants, Dunk and Gold Dust? Surely, you knew that the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok donated an albino Asiatic turtle to the National Zoo in 1966? You didn’t know that? Well, thanks to the work of Sybil Hamlet in 1985, you can now
The Alice Pike Barney Studio House
- Date: December 4, 2014
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: A look at the Alice Pike Barney's Studio House that was donated to the Smithsonian on December 5, 1961.