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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. 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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    5. 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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      A Well Engineered Photograph

      • Date: November 20, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Construction of the Pension Building, Designed by Montgomery Meigs, c. 1883, by Unknown photographer, Albumen print, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Image ID: AFS 182."][/caption] One of the first collections that I encountered during my travels through the photography collections of the

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    9. Suggestion submitted by W. G. Homer, Chief of the Cabinet Shop, to the Efficiency Awards Committee, dated September 20, 1951. Record Unit 50: Office of the Secretary, records, 1949-1964, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      Miscellaneous Adventures: Awarding Excellence

      • Date: April 9, 2015
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Another Miscellaneous Adventures explores the work of Smithsonian employees and the quest for their work to be awarded.

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    11. 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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    13. Boring Samples in the Victorian Garden

      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.

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    15. 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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    17. E. A. Goldman near Porto Bello, Panama, c. 1912, Seth Meek, photographer, Field Museum of Natural History Archives, neg. no. 38659.

      Connecting the Oceans: 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal

      • Date: August 14, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: 100 years ago in August of 1914, the Panama Canal opened to commercial shipping. Smithsonian scientists knew the canal would create major environmental changes and have spent the last 100 years documenting them.

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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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    21. 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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    23. 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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