Results for "United States National Museum. Division of Mineral Technology"
History and Chronologies
- Date: July 5, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: As the National Museum of American History's new director, John Gray, begins his tenure we take a look back at those who proceeded him.
Smithsonian Open Access-iversary
- Date: February 25, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Take a look at CC0 content we have posted in the year since the Smithsonian Open Access launch!
- Blog Post
Science Service, Up Close: White House Science Advisors, from Roosevelt to Nixon
- Date: May 11, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: May 11 is the anniversary of establishment of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). That 1976 legislation further ratified the influence of scientists on national policy, positioning them to provide ready advice to the President.
Leonard Carmichael, Seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian
- Date: July 7, 2022
- Creator: Tatiana Swann
- Description: Dr. Leonard Carmichael led the Smithsonian Institution through many changes during his tenure as the seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian. He presided over new museums and facility openings, special acquisitions, and exciting exhibitions. Because Carmichael was hired from outside of the Smithsonian, he brought a new perspective, his academic background, and skills to thrust
Science Service, Up Close: Technology and Political Conventions
- Date: July 19, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In a Presidential election year, political news coverage can sometimes seem almost too instantaneous and continuous. Thanks to smartphones with cameras and microphones, journalists and citizens can relay images and sound from almost anywhere inside campaign activities. There was a time, however, when live broadcasting from political conventions and rallies was novel.Starting
Growing a National Museum – the Curators’ Annual Reports
- Date: May 19, 2016
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: The United States National Museum Curators’ Annual Reports will be added to the Smithsonian Transcription Center, beginning the first week of June.
A Suffrage Protest at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 4, 2020
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: In 1917, police detectives arrested two suffragists suspected of planning a pro-suffrage demonstration at the United States National Museum.
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
- Date: June 9, 2016
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: A before-and-after look at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Mall.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website
- Date: April 16, 2019
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
Summer In The City
- Date: June 27, 2017
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: A before-and-after look at the the entrances and rotundas around the Smithsonian.
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/25/2010
- Date: May 25, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="An exhibit of rocks and minerals in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, The exhibit includes Balls of Brecciated Marble from Japan in the middle case and other samples of rocks and minerals in the other cases next to it, 1900s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
Skating Smithsonian
- Date: February 6, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: You don’t have to go to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia to learn about ice dancing. Check out the Smithsonian ice dancers who used the sport as a great way to unwind and stay warm in the winter.