Description: Need a new book to read? Look no further than these recommendations from Smithsonian Science Service staff writers during the 1920s and 1930s.
Description: A brief biographical sketch of Thomas R. Henry, who served in WWI, was a War Correspondent in the field during WWII, participated in the “Operation High Jump” exploration of Antarctica (1946-1947,) served the Smithsonian as a press writer, and The Washington Evening Star as a science writer.
Description: This American Archives Month, we teamed up with archivists and conservators around the Smithsonian for five Instagram takeovers to highlight the breadth of the Institution's audiovisual collections.
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10199,size=500,center]Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1984 to 1994. He succeeded S. Dillon Ripley who had overseen a period of remarkable expansion from 1964 to 1984. Dr. Dr. Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1984 to 1994. An
Description: Watch a recently-digitized video clip featuring Japanese Ceramics Today, an exhibition at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in 1983.
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: Throughout May and June, we are inviting people throughout the Smithsonian to talk about photography and astronomy. This is the first installment from Megan Watzke, Press Officer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Most people think of a telescope as something in a backyard or the dome at the local planetarium. And it’s true that many telescopes are designed to
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