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  1. NMAI Architectural Plan, April, 2001, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accessio

    Digital Dilemma: Preserving Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files

    • Date: December 1, 2011
    • Description: Smithsonian Institution museums, buildings, electronic records preservation, CAD files, PDF/E

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  3. Painting of the Renwick Gallery, by Briggs, Frederic Schuler, c. 1870, Smithsonian Archives - History Div, SIA2011-1143 and 50444 CN and 2002-12221.

    The Renwick Rises Again

    • Date: November 19, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Renwick Gallery has just reopened after a two-year renovation, reinventing itself yet again. Its history has mirrored the history of the nation.

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  5. The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Spring 2016.

    Viewing the Smithsonian in a Different Way

    • Date: January 31, 2017
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: The Smithsonian Architectural History and Historic Preservation office serves as curator of the Smithsonian buildings.

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  7. Protection of Collections during Retrofit or Renovation

    • Date: May 2, 2019
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: Yesterday, we celebrated MayDay2019 by reviewing the contents of Nora’s PRICE team go-bag, which you can explore in this Facebook Live, courtesy of the Foundation for the Advancement of Conservation!This MayDay post comes to you at a time when cultural heritage disasters on a mass scale are fresh in people’s minds. Paying attention to high visibility events offers opportunity

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    Battle for the Castle

    • Date: November 15, 2011
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  11. Preliminary plan for exhibition layout for Civil War Experience Civil War Photography: From the Home Front to the Battlefront.

    More of Our Favorite (Digital) Things

    • Date: November 12, 2020
    • Description: It’s time to add to our list of our favorite digital items from the Archives.

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  13. View of the Smithsonian Castle in the distance behind a wall of trees, from downtown Washington

    The Smithsonian Castle Construction Begins

    • Date: March 19, 2019
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Building, or the “Castle,” is the most iconic of all the Smithsonian’s 769 facilities, which include its nineteen museums, nine research centers, National Zoo, and all of its other establishments. The Castle was the first building constructed specifically for the Smithsonian after it was founded in 1846. On March 19, 1847, a contract was signed with

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  15. Here at the Smithsonian: Planes, Design, and Time

    • Date: August 31, 2021
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: As Summer 2021 winds down, we'll take a look at some examples of the breadth of work and collections that are represented at the Smithsonian Institution.

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    Revisiting the Construction of the Freer Gallery of Art

    • Date: September 29, 2016
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Some new insights from the construction records of the Freer Gallery of Art, celebrating 100 years since groundbreaking.

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  19. Fire at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, February 7, 2011.

    Hold your fire! Fire prevention in archives, museums, and libraries

    • Date: February 7, 2012
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: Discussion of fires and fire prevention in museums, libraries, and archives, with resources.

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    ‘Oh, I’m Glad That’s on the Mall’: NMAAHC Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary

    • Date: September 23, 2021
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: The National Museum of African American History and Culture marks its fifth anniversary.

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    From Wright Memorial to Museum for the Space Age

    • Date: November 2, 2017
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14760,size=200,left] On July 1, 2016, the current National Air and Space Museum (NASM) building, covered with a Tenessee pink marble façade and recessed glass bays, celebrated its 40th anniversary. For this, NASM reopened its central exhibition, the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall, and hosted various events including greetings from Mars and from

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