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The Smithsonian Museum of American Art became an active partner in the SOS! project, making SOS! material available online as part of the Inventory of American Sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [6] "Some of the most-requested materials" are available via the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation. [7]
MCI's staff combine state-of-the-art instrumentation and scientific techniques with the knowledge of materials and the history of technology to provide technical research studies and interpretation of art, as well as historical and anthropological objects, to improve the conservation and collections storage capabilities at the Smithsonian.
[1] [2] [4] The Triceratops, named Uncle Beazley, becomes too big, so the boy brings him to the Smithsonian Institution. [2] Beazley is first kept at National Museum of Natural History, but is eventually transferred to the National Zoo's Elephant House because there is a law against stabling large animals in the District of Columbia. [1] [2]
The channel was launched as a joint venture of Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution as Smithsonian On Demand in 2006, and later became Smithsonian Channel in 2007. [4] Smithsonian Channel Plus , a US$5 monthly subscription also offering access to the channel's past content library, and incorporating the former Smithsonian Earth ...
The first advertisers in Kids were The Walt Disney Company, Minolta, Nintendo, Scholastic Corporation, and Tony's Pizza. [3] A spinoff, National Geographic Explorer, continues to focus on classroom use. [4] In 2007, National Geographic Little Kids began publishing six times a year, aimed at preschoolers 3–6 years of age. [5]
Children's museums are institutions that provide exhibits and programs to stimulate informal learning experiences for children. In contrast with traditional museums that typically have a hands-off policy regarding exhibits, children's museums feature interactive exhibits that are designed to be manipulated by children.
Spencer Fullerton Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1823. [3] His mother was a member of the prominent Philadelphia Biddle family; he was a nephew of Speaker of the Pennsylvania Senate Charles B. Penrose and a first cousin, once removed, of U.S. Senator Boies Penrose and his distinguished brothers, Richard, Spencer, and Charles.
The Anacostia Community Museum (known colloquially as the ACM) is a community museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States.It is one of twenty museums under the umbrella of the Smithsonian Institution and was the first federally funded community museum in the United States. [2]