Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="President Richard Nixon, with his wife Patricia and daughter Julie to his right and daughter Trisha and her husband Edward Finch Cox to his left, addresses the crowd at his Inaugural Ball in the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, 1973, Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Bill Withuhn (l.), deputy chairman of National Museum of American History's Science and Technology Department, in Annapolis, Maryland in July to greet captain and crew of a British Army sailing yacht carrying a 60 lb. iron plaque from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum in Shropshire for NMAH's transportation collections, 1986,
Description: Photos in the Science Service collection documenting Herbert Hoover's historic acceptance of the Presidential nomination with live radio coverage.
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.
Description: On June 11, 1927, 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh, and his plane Spirit of St. Louis, arrived back in the United States, and Washington, D.C. threw a party.
Description: When it comes to the Smithsonian Transcription Center, there’s always more to discover, more material with which to engage. It can be easy to lose track of just how much our crowd of #volunpeers accomplished and why it is so important to us. We’re not done yet, but after four years, it’s a good time to take a step back and see what has been accomplished through the effort of
Description: To celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month, we would like to recognize Marianne Green, a volunteer in the Digital Services Division who digitizes and reviews documents, letters, and photographs requested by researchers, helping provide access to our collections.
Description: In February 1975, twenty Smithsonian scientists gathered at the National Zoo's Conservation Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia to talk about their research and the future of science at the Smithsonian.
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10193,size=175,left]Fifty years ago the Smithsonian embarked on a new venture to bring the culture on display in the museum to life with the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then called the Festival of American Folklife, it set out to show that the crafts shown inside museums are also still alive and well across the country.
Description: Roxie Collie Laybourne pioneered the field of forensic ornithology through her study of bird feathers, which has meant improved aviation safety.
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