Results for "Technology"
- Blog Post
Neither Snow nor Rain: a West Virginia Post Office in the Smithsonian
- Date: September 13, 2016
- Creator: Patrick Milhoan
- Description: [view:sia_slideshow==71908]By the late 1960s, curators at the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), now the National Museum of American History, were focusing on how to present aspects of the American experience to visitors of the museum in different ways. Instead of using "sterile techniques which have too frequently given visitors the false impression that all
Link Love: 9/4/2020
- Date: September 4, 2020
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
- SI History Bibliography
Wired Wilderness, Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife
- Date: 2010
- Creator: Benson, Etienne 1976-
- Creator: Benson, Etienne 1976-
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Audrey B. Davis
- Date: November 7, 2018
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Dr. Audrey B. Davis, Curator of Medical Sciences, National Museum of American History, 1967-1993, led the Smithsonian Institution Women's Council and authored Medicine and Its Technology among other works. #Groundbreaker
Sneak Peek 6/18/2018
- Date: June 18, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Construction of Angelica Van Buren mannequin for First Ladies Hall exhibition at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History, November 1972, SIA Acc. 11-009, 73-1221-25A.
Sneak Peek 2/11/2019
- Date: February 11, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Robert E. Sheldon aka “The Band Man,” museum specialist in the Division of Musical Instruments at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, works on a composition for the french horn, 79-5900-32.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Asma Naeem
- Date: April 4, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Media Arts, Dr. Asma Naeem, was an attorney and public servant prior to studying art history, and researches the history of technology and the sensorial imagination of both artist and beholder. #Groundbreaker
- Gallery
National Museum of American History
- Date: September 16, 2013
- Description: The National Museum of American History first opened to the public in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology. In 1980, a bill signed by President Jimmy Carter changed the museum’s name to the National Museum of American History. The postcards in this gallery show objects on display at the museum, as well as views of the building. Some objects that are now in the National
Link Love: 4/27/2018
- Date: April 27, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: You can now step inside a Klimt painting in these large-scale immersive environments brought to you by projection technology. [via Artsy]Don't be surprised if you encounter an inquisitive robot on your next visit to the Smithsonian. [via Digital Trends]U.S. National Archives is now publishing a public dashboard which logs any notices received of unauthorized records
Sneak Peek 10/1/2018
- Date: October 1, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Donation of Betty Ford dress to collection of First Ladies gowns at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, with Frankie Welch, fashion designer, First Lady Betty Ford, and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, 76-7870-11A.
Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection
- Date: July 14, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!
Revisiting The Right to Vote
- Date: October 29, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: With the election only days away, we’re taking a look back at The Right to Vote at Smithsonian’s National Museum of History and Technology, 1972–74.