Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx, from "Egypt, Sinai and Jerusalem" Portfolio, 1858, Francis Frith"][/caption] The first examples of travel photography are almost simultaneous with the invention of photography itself. In 1841, following an extensive trip through the Middle East, wine merchant and early photographer,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Cybill Shepherd at the "Castle" during the filming of "Chances Are," where she plays an SI curator, 1988, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Negative Number: 88-10752-31. "][/caption] The frequency with which the words “curator” and “curating” pop up continues to
Description: Snow and its flakes: appreciated by some and despised by others, dreaded and welcomed at the same time, here today and gone tomorrow; such would not be the case for one particular snowflake, thanks Wilson Bentley.
Description: To celebrate Black History Month, we’re sharing two recently-digitized video clips featuring exhibitions from the Anacostia Community Museum in the 1980s.
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="248" caption="Gown and cape worn by Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of President John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963, to the Inaugural Ball, c. 1960s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 53, Folder 4, Negative number: 50202."][/caption]
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="Passenger pigeon group exhibit in Bird Hall in the National Museum of Natural History after the Exhibits Modernization Program, 1956, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 44 Folder 5, Negative number:
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="Secretary Charles G. Abbot's Solar Cooker at Mt. Wilson, CA, Date unknown, Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005 Box 189 Folder 1, Negative Number: MAH 11020-B."][/caption]
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="403" caption="Cages line each side of the interior of the Pachyderm House or elephant house at the National Zoological Park, 1938 or later, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 35, Folder 17, Negative number:
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Wright Brothers standing outside carriage after receiving Langley Medal for Aerodromics, February 10, 1910, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 56 Folder 11, Negative number: 82-3350."][/caption]
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Scientists on Bikini Atoll during the 1946-47 Operation Crossroads to conduct a biological survey of Bikini prior to testing the atomic bomb there, 1947, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222 Box 24, Negative
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