Artists are nominated by a Smithsonian research staff member and then selected by a panel of Smithsonian art curators and representatives from the science, history and culture communities. More than ...

Philately in the Americas : October 10, 11 and 12, 2008 Radisson at the Los Angeles Airport and Sheraton Gateway Hotels / co-sponsored by Federación Interamericana de Filatelia and Federated ...

In the late 1880s, American engineer Herman Hollerith saw a railroad punch card when he was trying to figure out new ways of compiling statistical information for the U.S. Census. His first punch card ...

April is Arab American Heritage Month. Americans of Arab heritage have advanced the nation’s achievements in diplomacy, science, technology, as well as in art and culture. In 1962, Dr. Alixa Naff set ...

About Cooper Hewitt is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design, and is the steward of one of the most diverse and comprehensive design ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

Object Details Author Xiao mang cang cang zhai (Beijing, China) Zhongguo li shi bo wu guan Subject Tian, Jiaying Art collections Notes Based on a 1991 exhibition of Tian Jiaying's collection in ...

When you dine or shop with the Smithsonian, your purchase helps us bring exciting learning opportunities to everyone. Each museum features unique merchandise, so be sure to visit them all or shop ...

A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in his majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a ...

The development of a master plan for the programs of industrial technology in the federal universities of technology in Nigeria / by John Nwabueze Ogbazi ...

Rooted in barbarous soil : people, culture, and community in Gold Rush California / editors, Kevin Starr and Richard J. Orsi ; illustrations editor, Anthony Kirk ; associate editor, Marlene ...

Object Details Author Smith, Archibald William 1897-1962 Stearn, William T (William Thomas) 1911-2001 Leighton, Ann 1902?-1985 Notes First ed. published in 1963 under title: A gardener's book of plant ...