Results for "The Harmonious Craft: American Musical Instruments (Exhibition) (1978-1979: Washington, D.C.)"
Turn up the Volume - The Electric Guitar
- Date: March 5, 2019
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In November of 1996, the electric guitar, its history and its makers, were the focus of attention at the National Museum of American History.
Sneak Peek 8/26/19
- Date: August 26, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Removal of orchestrion from Arts and Industries Building after three years featured in the "1876: A Centennial Exhibition," April 10, 1979, by Rolfe Baggett, SIA RU000371, 79-4530-33.
17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)
- Date: August 10, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!
- Blog Post
What’s in a Name? The Anacostia Community Museum
- Date: June 16, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: On June 16, 2006, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum changed its name for the third time, signaling a renewed focus on local Black history and beyond.
- Blog Post
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.