Steven Lubar is chairman of the history of technology department at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.
The recording is among the earliest held by the Smithsonian Institution, which runs the National Museum of American History.
And yet "we only know the tip of the iceberg, " says ecologist Benoit Fontaine of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
He is a senior research associate of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History.
Ten Henson puppets from the 1950s TV show "Sam and Friends, " including the original version of Kermit the Frog, were donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in 2010.
"People gripe and moan about the penny, but they still want to keep it, " says Richard Doty, senior curator of the Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.
He discovered that the fabled watch had been at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History since 1958, so he called a curator there last month to ask if his ancestor's story was true.
Before meeting with the President, in an award ceremony today at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Science and Technology Advisor John Holdren conferred the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) to the 96 outstanding researchers.
The author of the Handbook, international expert on conservation of paper-based documents, Mr. Antonio Mirabile (Italy) introduced the publication to the invited specialists from Tashkent Islamic Institute, National Library of Uzbekistan, Museum of History, Institute of Oriental Studies, media and public.
She is also immersing herself in a new assignment: the National Museum of African American History and Culture, scheduled to open in Washington, D.
Next month, amid great fanfare, the National Museum of American Jewish History opens its doors on Independence Mall, a whisper away from the Liberty Bell.
Two new libraries opened this year, both designed by the architect David Adjaye, who is also on the team designing the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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He was a public defender in Washington before helping to establish the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and then going to work for nine years in private practice.
"Rising Up" will be at the High through Sept. 2, 2012, after which it will travel to the 80WSE Gallery at New York University, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American Culture and History in Washington, and four other museums.
It's the Iraqi National Museum -- 500, 000 years of history, the most complete timeline of civilization that existed in any museum in the world.
The institution said it remained committed to delivering key projects, including the redevelopment of St Fagans: Natural History Museum and providing a National Museum of Natural Sciences.
Exuberantly, he submitted the results to the Young Naturalist Awards, a national contest run by the American Museum of Natural History.
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Mountain View just added 20 US museums to its battery of 10, 000 indoor schematics, including the de Young Museum in San Francisco, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cincinnati Museum Center, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, 17 Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo in DC.
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It is also worth popping in to Al Ain National Museum for an overview of the region's history.
Artefacts from the Wood Quay excavations are also displayed at the archaeology and history branch of the National Museum of Ireland.
The findings were presented during the second meeting of Historic Archaeology, in Mexico's National History Museum.
He took the tusk home and stored it in the bath overnight before contacting experts at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, who then alerted London's Natural History Museum.
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Are also invited directors and high level experts from other European museums, professional institutions or international organizations to allow for an exchange of ideas and best practices (Peace Memorial in Caen, Museum of Europe in Brussels, German Historical Museum in Berlin, National Museum of the Risorgimento in Turin, Council of Europe, International Association of Museums of History, ICOM South-East European Regional Alliance).
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