Results for "Wells Historical Museum"
- Authority Record/EAC
U.S. Japan Expedition Commodore Matthew C. Perry - (1852-1854)
- Date: 1852 - 1854
- Creator: U.S. Japan Expedition Commodore Matthew C. Perry - (1852-1854)
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007227, Smithsonian Institution, Toward our Third Century Bicentennial Awards Program, Prize Winning Entries, 1975-1976
- Date: 1975 1975-1976
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Harry Walters - Director of the Diné College Museum, 1973-2008
- Date: July 30, 2020
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Before becoming the Director of the Diné College Museum in Arizona, Harry Walters spent three months at the Smithsonian learning techniques for the care and handling of artifacts, including their identification, description, conservation, storage, and exhibition.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: April 1, 2021
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time
- Date: August 2, 2018
- Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.
- Gallery
Arts and Industries Building
- Date: September 12, 2013
- Description: The Arts and Industries Building (A&I) was designed by two Philadelphia architects: Adolph Cluss and Rudolph Schulze. It first opened in 1881 as the United States National Museum, the Smithsonian’s first building dedicated solely to the research, care, and display of collections. After the natural history collection moved into its own building in 1910, the Arts and Industries
Link Love: 5/25/2012
- Date: May 25, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
- Webpage
United States National Museum, 1881-1911
- Date: June 20, 2013
- Description: The history of the United Stats National Museum from 1881-1911.
- Historic Pictures
National Museum of Natural History
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Description: Natural history specimens and ethnographic artifacts were among the earliest collections of the US National Museum. In 1910, the National Museum of Natural History building opened to showcase these collections. Wings were added in the 1960s, and a collections storage facility in Maryland opened in 1983 to help house the National Museum of Natural History’s 126 million objects.
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.
Design + Archives: Anacostia Community Museum
- Date: February 21, 2017
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Celebrating 50 years in 2017, the Anacostia Community Museum opened on September 15, 1967.
- Webpage
Lonnie Bunch
- Date: August 23, 2016
- Description: Historian Lonnie Bunch is the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Smithsonian’s 19th museum. Growing up with a love of history and a sense that African Americans deserved “a voice,” his education and early career gave him the research, museum, and management experience that allowed him to successfully develop an idea into a