Results for "Visual communication"
- Blog Post
Link Love: 7/9/2010
- Date: July 9, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="194" caption="Painting found in Yale Art Gallery's storage, Attributed to Diego Velázquez, The Education of the Virgin (detail shown), ca. 1617–18. Oil on canvas. Yale University Art Gallery."][/caption] Golly gee—sometimes some pretty incredible things are found in museum storage [via @museumnerd]. I worked peripherally on MIT’s
- Blog Post
Dear Diary…
- Date: September 22, 2020
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has a lot of diaries. And they offer researchers a glimpse into the daily lives of scientists doing their work in the field and sometimes the joy and tragedy of family life.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 15-267, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Home and Community Life, Curatorial Records, 1893, 1915, 1964-2006
- Date: 1964 1964-2006 1893, 1915, 1964-2006
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Division of Home and Community Life
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Introduction
- Date: December 5, 2016
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_8768,size=300,left] The Smithsonian has been the home to creative individuals since its founding in 1846. Scientific illustrators sketched insect wings, taxidermists prepared dioramas of life groups, expedition photographers captured the majestic geology of the American West, and designers arranged objects in exhibit displays.Many of the Smithsonian
- Blog Post
A First Sight
- Date: December 24, 2009
- Description: [caption id="attachment_3939" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Prehistoric paintings, Lascaux caves, France. Photo courtesy of Prof saxx, Wikimedia Commons."][/caption] Roger Shattuck, teacher, writer, and cultural critic (The Banquet Years, his study of turn of the 20th century French avant-garde stands as one of the best cultural histories ever produced), once wrote
Ask an Archivist: Bring Your Questions Thursday, October 22
- Date: October 15, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: In honor of Archives Month, it’s time for the Smithsonian’s annual Facebook Q&A where the public can ask questions about preserving and organizing their own collections!
- Blog Post
Digitized Photos and Back Stories
- Date: October 22, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Discovering the “back story” behind a unique digitized image in the Science Service collections.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 02-132, Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications, Productions, 1979-1989
- Date: 1979 1979-1989
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 94-009, Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction, Project Files (Microfiche and Microfilm), 1993
- Date: 1993
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 11-065, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Office of Community Services, Exhibition Records, 1999-2004
- Date: 1999 1999-2004
- Creator: National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Community Services
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009544, Medical Imaging Videohistory Collection, 1989
- Date: 1989
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
You Asked, We Answered: 2014 Archives Facebook Q&A
- Date: November 4, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and