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: On January 19, 1858 renovations to the library located in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building to increase space for books were completed.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="427" caption="After three years at the National Portrait Gallery, (l-r) William Trossen, Terry Conable, Lina Best and David Price are moving the Gilbert Stuart portraits of George and Martha Washington for shipment to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where they will be displayed under an alternating exhibition plan worked out in 1980
Description: We’re taking a look at the various watercolors the Smithsonian Institution has collected both past and present, highlighting the diversity in artists, technique, unique painting effect, and versatility to create anything from insects to cityscapes.
Description: In 2016 Lonnie G. Bunch donated his personal papers to the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The collection covers a wide variety of topics and spans the breath of Bunch's career from being an Education Specialist at the National Air and Space Museum to being Founding Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.