Grab a copy of the September issue of Smithsonian Magazine and head to the Allentown Art Museum on Saturday. The Museum is offering free admission, for the fourth year in a row, as part of Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day On...4 Vote(s)
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While Smithsonian Channel has been toiling away trying to get its station on more carriers, the time has finally come for it to focus on more original programming for the providers that already have it. This summer, producers of Aerial America will set out to record each of the 50 states [...]
Our third day in Washington, DC was spent entirely in going around the Smithsonian museums and the National Mall.We passed by the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. We didn't know until then that it was also part of the Smithsonian museums but is one of those that are housed farther from the National Mall.Early in the morning, we left our hotel and rode a train going to th
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Thursday, 26th June, 2008Time: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
A celebration of cultural democracy, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an annual event on the National Mall put on by the institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. As an exploration of "community-based cultural exemplars," the affair encourages visitors to learn by interaction, and pulls from the r
Come celebrate the beginning of the polo season and officially kick off the 2nd Annual Smithsonian Young Benefactors Cup at this exclusive event at the Embassy of Argentina. The evening, which is sponsored by Capitol File, will feature a selection of Argentine wines and cuisine, Tango performances, music, and more!Location: Embassy of Argentina1600 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DCValet par
My Plane Book (Smithsonian) (Board book)By Ellen Kirk
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Horse Raid: An Algonquian Camp in the 1800’s (Odyssey (Smithsonian Institution).) (Hardcover)By Susan Korman
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The Smithsonian has taken on the task of finding the best places to retire. Ann Arbor was named in the guide to Cultured Retirement. Initially naming 15 cities throughout the United States, I was...
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Anak kelas 5 SD lebih cerdas dari ilmuwan Museum Smithsonian
Apa benar anak kelas 5 SD lebih pintar dari Museum Smithsonian? Kenton Stufflebeam beberapa waktu lalu bersama keluarganya jalan-jalan ke Museum Nasional Smithsonian, sebuah museum tersohor di Amerika, bahkan di dunia.
Saat itulah anak laki-laki berusia 11 tahun dari Michigan mengetahui sebuah kesalahan tulisan yang [...]
On Thursday, April 10, don’t miss the 26th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show. From 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. the National Building Museum will be packed with 120 artists selling their latest work, including basketry, ceramics, furniture, jewelry and more! Admission at the door is $15.If you enjoy the show, there are more chances to get your craft on during a reception for young professionals on Friday, April 11. There will be drinks and hors d’oeuvres served, and you can plan on picking up some tips on starting your own craft collection from Jane Milosch, curator at the James Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. Tickets are $20 and available at the door.The Smithsonian Craft Show, Thursday, April 10 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, 202.272.2448Curtesy of D
Voices from the Smithsonian Associates is an educational website that publishes audio lectures delivered by renowned professionals on a wide range of topics. It is especially helpful for advanced ESL students seeking practice in listening to English. Features: • 5 broad categories of subject matters: history, literature, current affairs, the performing arts and personal development • Streaming audio, mostly in Real format • Selected lectures recorded on audio cassettes available for purchase Site URL:
For the past four years, Smithsonian editors have judged a total of 58,500 photographs from more than 90 countries around the globe. As we enter our fifth year, we have a clear sense of what makes a photograph a Smithsonian winner. Technical quality, clarity and composition are all important, but so too is a flair for the unexpected and the ability to capture the right moment. We are excited when we can see the photograph through your eyes—through your skill, your passion, your vision. Contestants can enter photographs in five categories, The Natural World, Americana, Altered Images, Travel and People, that represent subjects of special interest to the magazine. Fifty finalists will be selected, ten for each of the five categories. Smithsonian will notify the 50 finalists by March 31, 2008. From these 50 finalists, five category winners and a grand prize winner will be selected. The entries of all winners and finalists will be published on the magazine's Web site on April 1, 2008. A
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it will be honored this evening with the Corporate Achievement Award from Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Presented as part of the 2007 National Design Awards, the Corporate Achievement Award recognizes corporations that help advance the relationship between design and quality of life. The award will be presented to Adobe at a gala dinner at Cooper-Hewitt in Manhattan.
“All of this year’s honorees represent the very best of design in a broad range of fields,” said Cooper-Hewitt director Paul Warwick Thompson. “Adobe’s pioneering applications have revolutionized the way professional designers and everyday consumers approach design, and have touched nearly every type of imagery in the world today.”
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Historic American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, 1. NORTH FRONT (ELEVATION) HABS DC,WASH,520B-1 Larger reference image (JPEG - 100K bytes) Highest resolution image (TIFF - 17600K bytes).Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth & Twelfth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC.CALL NUMBER: HABS DC,WASH,520B- REPRODUCTION NUMBER: [See Call Number] MEDIUM: Measured Drawing(s): 27 (18 x 24) Photo(s): 127 (5 x 7 in. and 8 x 10 in.) Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page. Color Transparencies: 1DATE: Documentation compiled after 1933. CREATOR: Historic American Buildings Survey, creator. Material in these collections is generally considered to be in the public domain. Publication and other forms of distribution: The original measure drawings and most of the photographs and data pages in HABS/HAER/HALS were created for the U.S. Government and are considered to be in the public domain.NOTE: Survey number HABS DC-141, Unprocess
Superstar Michael Jackson brought his three children on a private tour of Washington D.C.'s Smithsonian museum on Wednesday (18Jul07). The Thriller singer took Prince Michael I, 10; Paris Michael, nine; and Prince Michael II (Blanket), five; to the National Air and Space and American Indian museums before they were opened to the public. The star's spokeswoman Raymone Bain says, "He wanted to show them the sights." In recent weeks, Jackson has been spotted hunting for a vacation home on America's East Coast, focusing on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Since the star's aquittal he has been living in Bahrain with his three children writing music. At the end of this year Jackson is expected to release a comeback album, title unknown, and it's rumoured that there may be several collaborations with stars such as 50 Cent, Akon and Chris Brown. It was also reported this week that the star asking Prince to do a joint tour but the pint size singer, who has just released his new album free
One of the comments made earlier this week in relation to "Sketching for Real", is that one of the things that can hold people back from trying to keep a sketchbook is the belief that all images in a sketchbook are perfect. However, anybody who keeps a sketchbook on a regular basis will tell you all about the false starts, the wonky perspective and all manner of dud drawings and notes and
A beautifully illustrated guide to every species of whale, dolphin and porpoise. Covers their identification, evolution, biology, behaviour, reproduction and social lives. Includes tips on how and where to watch whales, dolphins and porpoises, and information on their conservation.
From the great illustrations and quick-reference title bar that includes taxonomic, habitat and population
A beautifully illustrated guide to every species of whale, dolphin and porpoise. Covers their identification, evolution, biology, behaviour, reproduction and social lives. Includes tips on how and where to watch whales, dolphins and porpoises, and information on their conservation.From the great illustrations and quick-reference title bar that includes taxonomic, habitat and population information, to the range maps and behavioral information, this book was such a steal. I received this book shortly before starting cetacean surveys in the south pacific and it was an incredible source of information. I have used many field guides and, although I never tested its 'water-proofness", it is simultaneously concise yet complete. It not only gives identification keys for individual species, but also keys to identifying individual animals. If you are a teacher, student, biologist or enthusiast, get it, wherever you are in the world.
A beautifully illustrated guide to every species of whale, dolphin and porpoise. Covers their identification, evolution, biology, behaviour, reproduction and social lives. Includes tips on how and where to watch whales, dolphins and porpoises, and information on their conservation.From the great illustrations and quick-reference title bar that includes taxonomic, habitat and population information, to the range maps and behavioral information, this book was such a steal. I received this book shortly before starting cetacean surveys in the south pacific and it was an incredible source of information. I have used many field guides and, although I never tested its 'water-proofness", it is simultaneously concise yet complete. It not only gives identification keys for individual species, but also keys to identifying individual animals. If you are a teacher, student, biologist or enthusiast, get it, wherever you are in the world.
A beautifully illustrated guide to every species of whale, dolphin and porpoise. Covers their identification, evolution, biology, behaviour, reproduction and social lives. Includes tips on how and where to watch whales, dolphins and porpoises, and information on their conservation.From the great illustrations and quick-reference title bar that includes taxonomic, habitat and population information, to the range maps and behavioral information, this book was such a steal. I received this book shortly before starting cetacean surveys in the south pacific and it was an incredible source of information. I have used many field guides and, although I never tested its 'water-proofness", it is simultaneously concise yet complete. It not only gives identification keys for individual species, but also keys to identifying individual animals. If you are a teacher, student, biologist or enthusiast, get it, wherever you are in the world.http://www.diveaway-fiji.com/
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A beautifully illustrated guide to every species of whale, dolphin and porpoise. Covers their identification, evolution, biology, behaviour, reproduction and social lives. Includes tips on how and where to watch whales, dolphins and porpoises, and information on their conservation.From the great illustrations and quick-reference title bar that includes taxonomic, habitat and population information, to the range maps and behavioral information, this book was such a steal. I received this book shortly before starting cetacean surveys in the south pacific and it was an incredible source of information. I have used many field guides and, although I never tested its 'water-proofness", it is simultaneously concise yet complete. It not only gives identification keys for individual species, but also keys to identifying individual animals. If you are a teacher, student, biologist or enthusiast, get it, wherever you are in the world.
The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum. Among other things, the script, or official text, of last year's exhibit was rewritten to minimize and inject more uncertainty into the relationship between global warming and humans, said Robert Sullivan, who was associate director in charge of exhibitions at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Also, officials omitted scientists' interpretation of some research and let visitors draw their own conclusions from the data, he said. In addition, graphs were altered "to show that global warming could go either way," Sullivan said.really? back to this whole idea that there is any debate about humans causing global warming? believe it or not, there is not two sides to this issue. it's here. we caused it. now we gotta deal. it's a sad day when an institution like the smithson
When Chloe Dao wrote to us last May with an update on her life post-Project Runway, she mentioned that she had been invited to showcase her work at The Smithsonian Institute. Here's the latest from the Vietnamese American Heritage Project:
The exhibit entitled "Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon" will open January 19, 2007 at the Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley Center, Concourse Gallery. This is the first Vietnamese American historical exhibit at the Smithsonian. The exhibit tells the story of the Vietnamese American experience in America, from the significant influx in 1975 to the present.
Chloe's emigration from Laos and Vietnam with her 7 sisters, where her parents smuggled their remaining money in their shoes, is a classic American Dream story and serves as an inspiration to Asian Americans.
Chloe will have one of her gowns and a biography included in this exhibit. Runway fans in our nation's capital will want to check it out. The exhibit runs through March 31, then will g
A new report (see below) from the U.S. House of Representatives has condemned officials at the Smithsonian Institution for imposing a religious test on scientists who work there. And it suggests their attacks on a scientist who just edited an article on intelligent design are just the tip of the iceberg of an industry-wide fear of anything that suggests man might not have come from a puddle of sludge.
The report, which cited a 'strong religious and political component' in the dispute (info), was prompted by a complaint from Dr. Richard Sternberg (homepage), who holds biology doctorates from Binghamton and Florida International universities and has served as a research associate at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
It was prepared for U.S. Representative Mark Souder, R-Ind., chairman of the subcommittee of criminal justice, drug policy and human resources, and easily confirmed Sternberg's harassment and discrimination allegations that his managers criticized him,
