I’ve always been fascinated with dinosaurs, so this album tends to focus on them. Photos are from 2009, except for some I took in 1978 and have labelled as such. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SmithsonianMuseumOfNaturalHistory#
This museum used to be called the Museum of History and Technology. It was recently extensively renovated, with many exhibits changed. Photos are from 2009, except for some at the end taken in 1978 or early 1990s. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SmithsonianMuseumOfAmericanHistory#
Thursday, August 13, 2009
These photos were all taken in 2009 unless otherwise noted. I took a few in the 1990s, in 1978, and in 1961, before the Air & Space Museum was built. I have also included photos from the Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Annex at Dulles Airport. Several photos are without labels. I would welcome correct information [...]
These are photos of artifacts of Western cultures in the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D.C. This gallery is found in the Museum of Natural History, except for the Egyptian artifacts displayed in the Freer Gallery. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/WesternCulturesSmithsonianInstitutionWashingtonDC#
This album contains photos of much of the Asian collections of Charles Freer and Arthur Sackler. Most artifacts were acquired during China’s Republican era. I photographed them in July, 2009, although there are a few bronzes I photographed in 2002. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. [...]
The Michael C. Carlos Museum is one of the best-kept secrets of great museum collections, although it did gain some fame recently for returning an important pharaonic mummy to Egypt. The collection is housed at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It has 5 main galleries of ancient artifacts which I have photographed and placed into [...]
The Michael C. Carlos Museum is one of the best-kept secrets of great museum collections, although it did gain some fame recently for returning an important pharaonic mummy to Egypt. The collection is housed at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It has 5 main galleries of ancient artifacts which I have photographed and placed into [...]
The Michael C. Carlos Museum is one of the best-kept secrets of great museum collections, although it did gain some fame recently for returning an important pharaonic mummy to Egypt. The collection is housed at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It has 5 main galleries of ancient artifacts which I have photographed and placed into [...]
Saturday, August 30, 2008
St. Louis was the starting point of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the “Gateway to the West.” The St. Louis Arch commemorates this. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/StLouisMissouri#
Thursday, August 28, 2008
My dad was a P-47 fighter pilot in World War II (see first picture) and aviation editor for the Rockford Newspapers, so I grew up around airplanes. These are all WW II aircraft still in operation, many owned and flown by the Confederate Air Force. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias [...]