Results for "Washington City Museum"
Link Love: 9/9/2016
- Date: September 9, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: New to the interwebs: a massive archive of 150 years of photography capturing Russian life from more than 40 institutions and collections. [via Hyperallergic]Nominate your favorite .gov website for the U.S. Federal Government End of Term Web Archive! [via The Signal, Library of Congress]Why save a computer virus, indeed?! [via The Conversation]Giant pandas are no longer
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Save Our African American Treasures
- Date: March 29, 2011
- Description: [caption id="attachment_12162" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="A participant discusses a lock of hair from a member of her family with NMAAHC staff at a Save Our African American Treasures event held in Detroit, Michigan, by Michael Barnes, Courtesy of The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture."][/caption] [caption
Exhibiting the Enola Gay
- Date: June 25, 2020
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, controversy surrounded the context in which the Enola Gay was to be displayed.
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James Smithson, c. 1765–1829
- Date: June 27, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: On June 27, 1829 James Smithson passed away in Genoa, Italy. His remains were later to rest in the Smithsonian Institution Building.
Link Love: 11/27/15
- Date: November 27, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Who doesn't love giant treasure-troves of historic photographs? Check out some amazing shots from the history of the Field Museum in Chicago. [via Wired]History detective: Researchers in Amsterdam used Google Maps to pinpoint the exact location of the house depicted in Johannes Vermeer's painting, “The Little Street.” [via Hyperallergic]Want to contribute to public history
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Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian
- Date: August 18, 2020
- Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.
Happy 100th Birthday, S. Dillon Ripley
- Date: September 20, 2013
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Celebrate the life of the eighth Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, who was born on September 20, 1913, 100 years ago today!
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Link Love: 9/14/2018
- Date: September 14, 2018
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- 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.
Smithsonian Staff Work Together to Help During World War I
- Date: July 22, 2014
- Description: A look at the often forgotten people you can find in archives and what we can learn from them.
The David Crockett Graham Field Book Collection: A Portal for Chinese Culture and Biodiversity
- Date: June 21, 2012
- Description: A closer look into the life and work of biologist, anthropologist and missionary David Crockett Graham.
We Apologize for the Inconvenience: Shutting Down the Smithsonian
- Date: November 14, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: In 2019, the Smithsonian faced the repercussions of the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, but the institution is no stranger to the dreaded furlough.
Hearing the Unheard: the Smithsonian and the Riots of 1968
- Date: September 20, 2016
- Description: The riots following King’s assassination in 1968 transformed Smithsonian’s relationship to black history and culture.