WebDie Smithsonian Institution veranlasste 1963 eine Modernisierung, 1972 wurde sie Eigentümerin des Museums. 1976 erfolgte ein Umbau durch das Büro Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, 2014 eine Renovierung für rund 91 Millionen US-Dollar. Geschichte der Sammlung. Das „Museum for the Arts & Decoration at Cooper Union“ wurde 1897 eröffnet und …

WebFrederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory …

WebHidden Expedition: Smithsonian Castle. Hidden Expedition: Smithsonian Castle is the eighth game in the series. The Collector's Edition of the game was released on December 24, 2014, for PC and Mac, and later also made available for iOS and Android. It is the second game in the series developed in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution.

WebElise Meitner (/ ˈ l iː z ə ˈ m aɪ t n ər / LEE-zə MYTE-nər, German: [ˈliːzə ˈmaɪtnɐ] (); 7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who was one of those responsible for the discovery of the element protactinium and nuclear fission.While working on radioactivity at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Chemistry in Berlin, she …

WebGeorge Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary …

WebSutter's Mill was a water-powered sawmill on the bank of the South Fork American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California. It was named after its owner John Sutter.A worker constructing the mill, James W. Marshall, found gold there in 1848.This discovery set off the California Gold Rush (1848–1855), a major event in the history of the United …

WebLake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills an 8 by 11 km (72 km 2 or 28 sq mi) volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments. The caldera, which contains the second largest lake in the country and is immediately east of the capital city, San Salvador, has a scalloped 100 m (330 ft) to 500 …

WebHe has held appointments in history at the Smithsonian Institution, as a Senior Associate Member at St. Antony's College (University of Oxford), a visiting scholar at the Harvard University Russian Research Center, a Senior Fellow of the Annenberg Foundation, and a Montgomery Fellow and Dorsett Fellow at Dartmouth College. Since 2014, he has been …

WebPBS was established on November 3, 1969, by Hartford N. Gunn Jr. (president of WGBH), John Macy (president of CPB), James Day (last president of National Educational Television), and Kenneth A. Christiansen (chairman of the department of broadcasting at the University of Florida).. It began operations on October 5, 1970, taking over many of the …

WebA lawn is an area of soil-covered land planted with grasses and other durable plants such as clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawnmower (or sometimes grazing animals) and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes. Lawns are usually composed only of grass species, subject to weed and pest control, maintained in a green color (e.g., …