Results for "Souvenir Nation: Relics, Keepsakes, and Curios from the National Museum of American History (Online exhibition)"
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000261, National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Domestic Life, Records, circa 1955-1977 and undated
- Date: 1955 1955-1977 circa 1955-1977 and undated
- Creator: National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Domestic Life
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Document
Torch 05/1967
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1967 Box 1 Folder 5
- Document
Torch 03/1969
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1969 Box 1 Folder 3
- Historic Pictures
Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle
- Date: February 4, 2011
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution’s first building, the Castle, was designed by architect James Renwick. Until 1881, it housed all aspects of Smithsonian operations, including research, administration, lecture and exhibit halls, library, laboratories, collections storage, and living quarters for the Secretary. Today, the Castle houses administrative offices and the Smithsonian
- Webpage
Arts and Industries Building, 1911-1950
- Date: June 20, 2013
- Description: The history of the Arts and Industries Building from 1911-1950.
Link Love: 6/17/2016
- Date: June 17, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The ever curious story of mailing children by U.S.P.S. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The 2016 American Alliance of Museums MUSE tech award winners were announced, and the Smithsonian Transcription Center won! [via Center for the Future of Museums]A behind-the-scenes look at Google Cultural Institute. [via Wired UK]A super interesting project, Display at Your Own Risk, examining
- Document
Torch Summer/1972
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1972 Box 1 Folder Summer
- Document
Torch 03/1968
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1968 Box 1 Folder 3
- Gallery
National Zoo
- Date: September 19, 2013
- Description: The National Zoological Park was conceived by William Temple Hornaday and established by an act of Congress in 1889. The Smithsonian’s collection of living animals was originally intended to aid taxidermists’ studies, but Smithsonian Secretaries Spencer F. Baird and Samuel P. Langley helped expand the small menagerie’s purpose. Today it houses over 2,000 animals of around 400
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. T91021, United States National Museum, Records, circa 1898-1963
- Date: 1898 1898-1963 circa 1898-1963
- Creator: United States National Museum
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Link Love: 7/29/2011
- Date: July 29, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: An important part of the museum story that we often forget: how the objects got there in the first place. Donors’ stories often reveal the fascinating and complicated path that object take before they come into the Smithsonian’s collections. Here’s a great read on a family who collected celluloid (plastic) souvenirs, jewelry, products, and knick-knacks, that now reside at the
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000252, National Museum of History and Technology Division of Political History, Records, circa 1950-1969
- Date: 1950 1950-1969 circa 1950-1969
- Creator: National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Political History
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives