Recent Posts Tagged With 'history'

• Monument Monday – Joseph Henry, The Smithsonian’s First Director and Master American Scientist

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 04:25 in art, history, Attractions, smithsonian, museums, national mall, washington-dc, family friendly, freebies - free or no cost

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• Follow Admiral Perry’s Race for the North Pole

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 05:07 in arctic, outdoors, events, history, washington-dc, family friendly, explorers, national-geographic

  A hundred years ago, in 1909, Admiral Robert Perry and his team were the first explorers to reach the North Pole. To mark the hundred year anniversary of Perry’s conquest of the North Pole, Tom Avery, a British explorer and mountaineer, will sh...

• 17th Century Dutch Life on Canvas

  Posted on Wednesday March 4th, 2009 at 06:21 in art, history, smithsonian, museums, national gallery, washington-dc

  Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, showcases 48 paintings and 22 maps, atlases and illustrated books which tell the story of urban life in the Netherlands during the 1800s. From wide p...