Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Meteorological Project"
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The Field Book Project: Uncovering Hidden Gems at the Smithsonian
- Date: September 21, 2010
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Field Book Project Highlights Scientific Exploration with New Flickr Commons Photos
- Date: November 17, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Going Back to the Smithsonian’s Future
- Date: February 8, 2018
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Today on The Bigger Picture, we are highlighting the anniversary of the 1927 Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian which brought together people from across the country – scientists, academics, politicians, and private citizens – to advise on the future role of the Smithsonian. For this, we bring you a piece from Smithsonian Archives Program Assistant Lisa Fthenakis,
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How Hot Was It At Bull Run?
- Date: July 20, 2011
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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The Smithsonian: Recycling Since 1862
- Date: April 22, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Project SEARCH Comes to the Archives
- Date: June 16, 2015
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: This spring, the Archives welcomed Heather Weiss, a Project SEARCH intern, and as her time with us comes to an end, we wanted to highlight her accomplishments.
Flickr Commons: Summertime Set from the Field Book Project
- Date: June 26, 2012
- Creator: Susannah Wells
- Description: To ring in the summer months, the Field Book Project contributed a set of grasses and other plants photographed by Brazilian botanist, André Goeldi.
Growing a National Museum – the Curators’ Annual Reports
- Date: May 19, 2016
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: The United States National Museum Curators’ Annual Reports will be added to the Smithsonian Transcription Center, beginning the first week of June.
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Google Halts an Archiving Project
- Date: June 8, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Newspapers, by Quinn Cowper, Creative Commons: BY-NC-ND 2.0."][/caption] On May 20th, a flurry of reports took note of Google’s decisions to halt its ambitious efforts to digitize the contents of newspaper archives and make them online and at no cost.
Smithsonian Crowdsourcing Since 1849!
- Date: April 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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The Smithsonian’s First Radiometers
- Date: April 25, 2019
- Description: When curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History looked at seven radiometers in storage, they learned the instruments had been at the Smithsonian for nearly one hundred fifty years.
World of Maps Project - Preventive Conservation Actions
- Date: February 26, 2019
- Description: Explore our interns’ new techniques for preservation of maps at NMNH: a map transportation tool, a rehousing plan, and training for volunteers.