me Listening to Black Women’s Voices By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:19:01 +0000 What do diversity and inclusivity mean in a museum-based digital interactive installation? This question was central to the design of our Women’s Voices exhibit, a wall of touchscreens that allow visitors to explore individuals, groups, and events spanning New York State and City women’s history. Our goal was to balance the appeal of biographies while... The post Listening to Black Women’s Voices appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article General Women's History black history month Center for Women's History women's history Women's Voices
me The Edmonson Sisters: Teaching Black Women’s Activism in the 19th Century By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:26:39 +0000 Americans have a long history of advocating for their rights and principles. With our Women and the American Story (WAMS) curriculum, teachers can trace this narrative of activism through the women reformers of the 1800s who worked for social change alongside and apart from men—inspiring their students, both boys and girls, to be engaged citizens... The post The Edmonson Sisters: Teaching Black Women’s Activism in the 19th Century appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article General Women's History abolitionist black history month Center for Women's History Education Slavery
me “Where have all the comments gone?”—Visitor Thoughts on the Vietnam War By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:42:14 +0000 Our groundbreaking exhibition The Vietnam War: 1945–1975 is now in its fourth month on display. As its name implies, the exhibition begins the story of the Vietnam War at the end of World War II—but don’t be misled into thinking the exhibition ends when the troops were called home in 1975. It actually continues into... The post “Where have all the comments gone?”—Visitor Thoughts on the Vietnam War appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions Now on View democracy Exhibition military museum Protest service vietnam war visitors
me Leaders Among Us: Inspiring Women on Inspiring Women By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:04:23 +0000 Last year at the New-York Historical Society, we opened the Center for Women’s History—the first initiative within the walls of a major U.S. museum dedicated to sharing the untold stories of women throughout American history. It’s been an honor to share stories on the life and legacies of leaders, from Billie Jean King to Harriet... The post Leaders Among Us: Inspiring Women on Inspiring Women appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions Women's History Center for Women's History equality leadership women women leaders women's history
me Putting the “Fight” in the “Fighting 69th”: Louis Lang and the Historic Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:58:12 +0000 One of the highlights of our North Gallery in our 4th-floor Luce Center, which reopened last April, is the magnificent painting Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment, N.Y.S.M. from the Seat of War, painted by Louis Lang (1812-1893) in 1862. The painting depicts the regiment marching off the ship and into the Battery in Lower Manhattan,... The post Putting the “Fight” in the “Fighting 69th”: Louis Lang and the Historic Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article General
me Resurrecting the Regiment: The Return of Louis Lang’s Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:48:33 +0000 One of the highlights of our North Gallery in our 4th-floor Luce Center, which reopened last April, is the magnificent painting Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment, N.Y.S.M. from the Seat of War, painted by Louis Lang (1812-1893) in 1862. The painting depicts the regiment marching off the ship and into the Battery in Lower Manhattan, welcomed by... The post Resurrecting the Regiment: The Return of Louis Lang’s Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Collections Now on View Paintings Art Conservation Civil War conservation irish Irish American museum N-YHS permanent collection now on view painting
me Remember Dr. King Through Sculpture By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 19:00:25 +0000 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, and Robert F. Kennedy on June 6, 1968, our exhibition Rebel Spirits: Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. showcases photographs and artifacts honoring these visionary leaders who irrevocably changed the United States. Sixty images taken by some of the... The post Remember Dr. King Through Sculpture appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions Anniversary Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Rebel Spirits
me A Letter to Ms. Meghan Markle: Advice from America to a New British Royal By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 17 May 2018 19:44:13 +0000 Dear Ms. Markle, We have learned that you will soon be cramming (or as they say in the UK, “swotting”) for the British citizenship test, an exam that is typically flunked by one-third to one-half of all applicants. To pass the test, you will have to correctly answer 75 percent of 24 questions, like How... The post A Letter to Ms. Meghan Markle: Advice from America to a New British Royal appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Education General American History citizenship George Washington museum New-York Historical Society
me Spring Tech Scholars Explore Women’s History By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:50:08 +0000 This spring, the Tech Commons @ N-YHS welcomed our second cohort of Tech Scholars. Young women grades 9-12 from four of the five boroughs came every day for a week to the Tech Commons to explore the intersections of women’s history and web development. The group was tasked with building websites to share not only... The post Spring Tech Scholars Explore Women’s History appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Education Technology Teens Women's History Tech Commons Tech Scholars women's history
me Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow: “It Is About What We Remember” By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:52:37 +0000 This fall, we opened a powerful new exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, which explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment. On September 7, to open the exhibition, we welcomed Dr. Brenda... The post Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow: “It Is About What We Remember” appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions african american history Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow citizenship Civil War reconstruction
me From Cotton Fields to Laundry Strikes: Black Women’s Labor During Reconstruction and Jim Crow By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:38:13 +0000 If you were watching television in the 1990s, you are probably familiar with the jingle “the touch, the feel, of cotton. The fabric of our lives.” In many ways, cotton has also long been the fabric of our country. Many correctly associate the growing of cotton in the United States with the institution of slavery.... The post From Cotton Fields to Laundry Strikes: Black Women’s Labor During Reconstruction and Jim Crow appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions Now on View Betye Saar Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow black history month Jim Crow women artists women's labor
me Meet Phoebe Snow, the Fictional Woman Who Gave Glamour to Train Travel—and Coal?! By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:04:33 +0000 Phoebe Snow lives up to her surname. She has pale skin and is dressed entirely in white. From the pristine ostrich plumes that adorn her hat to the spotless boots that protect her feet, Phoebe Snow is obsessively, almost compulsively, clean. She’s also a fictional character, invented by an advertising firm in an early push... The post Meet Phoebe Snow, the Fictional Woman Who Gave Glamour to Train Travel—and Coal?! appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Collections Ephemera General black and white photography Board Games collections Liman Collection trains
me The Bible, America’s First Book: ‘In God We Trust’ at New-York Historical By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:37:56 +0000 Most Christian and Jewish Americans, reading about Christ’s resurrection or the Jewish exodus from Egypt during the upcoming Easter and Passover holidays, will not consider the Bible to be an American book. And yet, the Bible was our first American book; its earliest printings, translations, and interpretations reflected the experiences of the first Europeans to... The post The Bible, America’s First Book: ‘In God We Trust’ at New-York Historical appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions Manuscripts American colonies American History book Exhibition immigration Installation special installation
me The Palisades in Peril: Meet the Forgotten Women Who Fought to Save the Great Cliffs of the Hudson River By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:04:52 +0000 The champion racing yacht Marietta set sail from Pier A in lower Manhattan on the chilly late morning of September 22, 1897. Mrs. Edith Gifford was aboard along with fellow members of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs (NJSFWC) and their male allies from the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (ASHPS). This... The post The Palisades in Peril: Meet the Forgotten Women Who Fought to Save the Great Cliffs of the Hudson River appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions General Now on View Women's History Exhibition exhibitions Hudson Rising Hudson River now on view women's history
me The Fascinating Story of the First American Bible, a Native American Language Translation from 1663 By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Tue, 14 May 2019 13:45:16 +0000 The first Bible to be printed in America was special for many reasons, but perhaps the most remarkable is this: It was translated into a language that most English colonists couldn’t read. A Geneva Bible, it was printed in Natick, an Algonquin language spoken by the Massachusett people who lived on the land surrounding the... The post The Fascinating Story of the First American Bible, a Native American Language Translation from 1663 appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article Exhibitions General Manuscripts Now on View america American colonies Exhibition exhibitions religion special installation
me The destruction of memory / Vast Productions USA presents By grammy.mit.edu Published On :: Thur, 12 Jan 2017 Rotch Library - HM554.D47 2016 Full Article
me Junction 48 / a Metro Communications ... [and others] production ; screenplay, Oren Moverman & Tamer Nafar ; director, Udi Aloni By grammy.mit.edu Published On :: Thur, 18 May 2017 Rotch Library - PN1997.2.J86 2017 Full Article
me Frame by frame / a film by Alexandria Bombach, Mo Scarpelli ; a Red Reel & Rake Films production ; in association with CoPilot Pictures, Exposure Labs & Rampante ; a Time Inc. presentation ; directed by Alexandria Bombach, Mo Scarpelli ; producer By grammy.mit.edu Published On :: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 Rotch Library - TR113.A3 F733 2015 Full Article
me 4th International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications: Delft, The Netherlands, October 16 -18, 2017 / editors, H. Paul Urbach and Qifeng Yu By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 07:23:59 EST Online Resource Full Article
me EXTREME PARTICLE ACCELERATION IN MICROQUASAR JETS AND PULSAR WIND NEBULAE WITH THE MAGIC TELESCOPES By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 07:23:59 EST Online Resource Full Article
me Measuring time: frequency measurements and related developments in physics / Masatoshi Kajita By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 07:20:53 EST Online Resource Full Article
me Probes of multimessenger astrophysics: charged cosmic rays, neutrinos, y-rays and gravitational waves / Maurizio Spurio By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:54:47 EST Online Resource Full Article
me Extensions of f(R) gravity: curvature-matter couplings and hybrid metric-Palatini gravity / Tiberiu Harko (University College London), Francisco S.N. Lobo (Universidade de Lisboa) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:12:16 EST Online Resource Full Article
me Five photons: Remarkable Journeys of Light Across Space and Time / James Geach By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:12:16 EST Online Resource Full Article
me High time-resolution astrophysics / edited by Tariq Shahbaz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), Jorge Casares Velázquez (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), Teodoro Muñoz Darias (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 13:08:03 EST Hayden Library - QB460.C356 2018 Full Article
me Proceedings of the International Conference of Young Astrophysicists and Astronomers (ICYAA 2018): conference date, 8 June 2018: location, Padova, Italy / editors, Eugenio Bottacini and Elena Orlando By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:08:57 EDT Online Resource Full Article
me Einstein's monsters: the life and times of black holes / Chris Impey By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:08:57 EDT Hayden Library - QB843.B55 I47 2019 Full Article
me Exotic nuclei and nuclear/particle astrophysics (VII): physics with small accelerators: proceedings of Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2016 (CSSP18): conference date, 1-14 July 2018: location, Sinaia, Romania / editors, Livius Trache and Alexandra Spi By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 07:31:59 EDT Online Resource Full Article
me Fundamentals of galaxy dynamics, formation and evolution / Ignacio Ferreras By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:26:57 EDT Online Resource Full Article
me Strategic investments in instrumentation and facilities for extraterrestrial sample curation and analysis / Committee on Extraterrestrial Sample Analysis Facilities, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:25:40 EDT Online Resource Full Article
me Review of the commercial aspects of NASA SMD's lunar science and exploration initiative / Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:25:40 EDT Online Resource Full Article
me Hypersonic meteoroid entry physics / Gianpiero Colonna, Mario Capitelli and Annarita Laricchiuta By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 5 May 2019 07:22:22 EDT Online Resource Full Article
me Understanding the Enrichment of Heavy Elements by the Chemodynamical Evolution Models of Dwarf Galaxies / Hirai Yutaka By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 19 May 2019 07:20:37 EDT Online Resource Full Article
me Heavenly numbers: astronomy and authority in early imperial China / Christopher Cullen (Needham Research Institute and Darwin College, Cambridge, CRCAO, Paris, Sometime scholar of University College, Oxford, and Research Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 26 May 2019 07:18:08 EDT Hayden Library - QB17.C853 2017 Full Article
me Comets in the 21st century: a personal guide to experiencing the next great comet! / Daniel C. Boice, Thomas Hockey ; with a foreword by Walter F. Huebner By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 07:10:36 EDT Online Resource Full Article
me Mathematical models in contact mechanics / M. Sofonea, A. Matei By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA353.S55 2012 Full Article
me Multiscale and multiresolution approaches in turbulence: LES, DES and hybrid RANS/LES methods: applications and guidelines / Pierre Sagaut, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-- Paris 6, France, Sébastien Deck, ONERA, France, Marc Terracol, ONERA, By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA357.5.T87 S24 2013 Full Article
me Vibration, structural engineering and measurement II: selected, peer-reviewed papers from the 2012 international conference on vibration, structural engineering and measurement (ICVSEM 2012), October 19-21, 2012, Shanghai, China / edited by Chunliang Zhan By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA355.V58 2012 Full Article
me Applied mechanics and civil engineering II: selected, peer reviewed papers from the Second SREE Workshop on Applied Mechanics and Civil Engineering (AMCE 2012), September 15-16, 2012, Hong Kong / edited by Liquan Xie By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA349.A66 2012 Full Article
me Counterflows: paradoxical fluid mechanics phenomena / Vladimir Shtern By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA357.5.C68 S54 2012 Full Article
me Modeling and control in vibrational and structural dynamics: a differential geometric approach / Peng-Fei Yao By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA355.Y36 2011 Full Article
me Computational gas-solids flows and reacting systems: theory, methods and practice / [edited by] Sreekanth Pannala, Madhava Syamlal, Thomas J. O'Brien By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA357.5.M84 C646 2011 Full Article
me Large eddy simulation and related techniques: theory and applications: February 6-10, 2012 / edited by U. Piomelli, C. Benocci, J.P.A.J. van Beeck By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA357.5.T87 L367 2012 Full Article
me Boundary layer flow over elastic surfaces and combined method of drag reduction / Viktor V. Babenko, Ho Hwan Chun, Inwon Lee By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA357.B22 2012 Full Article
me Modelling turbulence in engineering and the environment: second-moment routes to closure / Kemal Hanjalić and Brian Launder By library.mit.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:20:36 EST Barker Library - TA357.5.T87 H367 2011 Full Article
me High accuracy computing methods: fluid flows and wave phenomena / Tapan K. Sengupta By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 06:05:41 EST Barker Library - TA357.5.D37 S46 2013 Full Article
me Three-dimensional separated flow topology: critical points, separation lines and vortical structures / Jean Délery By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 06:03:23 EDT Barker Library - TA357.D45 2013 Full Article
me Numerical methods in contact mechanics / Vladislav A. Yastrebov By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 06:03:23 EDT Barker Library - TA353.Y37 2013 Full Article
me Laser velocimetry in fluid mechanics / edited by Alain Boutier By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 06:03:23 EDT Barker Library - TA357.5.M43 L385 2012 Full Article
me Laser metrology in fluid mechanics: granulometry, temperature and concentration measurements / edited by Alain Boutier By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 06:03:23 EDT Barker Library - TA357.5.M43 L37 2013 Full Article
