America's Smithsonian

Fülszöveg

This colorful red sandstone building, known as the Castle,
symbolizes the Smithsonian to many visitors. Here, visitors
enter on the south side, through the Enid A. Haupt Garden.
Reaching back to prehistory and forward into space, pursuing the lessons of the natural world and
the record of human achievement, the Smithsonian Institution is unsurpassed in the breadth of its
k. interest and endeavors. Over the course of 150 years, the generous bequest of Englishman James
Smithson has been transformed into research institutes, a zoological park, and museums of art, science, avi-
ation, industry, history, craft, design, and cultures from across the globe.
Reflecting this vast cornucopia, Americas Smithsonian accompanies an unprecedented traveling exhibi-
tion of the best of the Institution's collections. Commemorating the Smithsonian's sesquicentennial, the
exhibit and book arrange artifacts and objects into galleries that honor the impulses of discovery, imagina-
tion, and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

This colorful red sandstone building, known as the Castle,
symbolizes the Smithsonian to many visitors. Here, visitors
enter on the south side, through the Enid A. Haupt Garden.
Reaching back to prehistory and forward into space, pursuing the lessons of the natural world and
the record of human achievement, the Smithsonian Institution is unsurpassed in the breadth of its
k. interest and endeavors. Over the course of 150 years, the generous bequest of Englishman James
Smithson has been transformed into research institutes, a zoological park, and museums of art, science, avi-
ation, industry, history, craft, design, and cultures from across the globe.
Reflecting this vast cornucopia, Americas Smithsonian accompanies an unprecedented traveling exhibi-
tion of the best of the Institution's collections. Commemorating the Smithsonian's sesquicentennial, the
exhibit and book arrange artifacts and objects into galleries that honor the impulses of discovery, imagina-
tion, and memory that underlie the missions of the Smithsonian's museums.
Gathering together dinosaur fossils, Lewis & Clark's compass, Audubon drawings, and an Apollo lunar
module, one gallery illustrates the record of human exploration and discovery. In another, handmade quilts,
Native American pottery, Frank Lloyd Wright-designed furniture, royal Benin sculpture, and masterpieces
of painting and photography showcase human creativity and imagination. A third gallery recalls momen-
tous events as well as everyday lives. Objects such as Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet, Thomas Edison's light bulb,
an i86os-era Pennsylvania farm wagon, and Abraham Lincoln's hat reveal a shared history as they reinforce
a sense of community.
With a foreword by I. Michael Heyman, the current Secretary of the Smithsonian, and a brief history of
the Institution's founding, America's Smithsonian offers readers the chance to savor the extraordinary objects
that embody our collective desire to commemorate our national experience and understand the world
around us. Vissza