Events and Information

Exhibition Events

Exhibition Events
	The Shades of Things: A History of Color Dictionaries and Descriptive Charts in the 19th and 20th Centuries Please join the Smithsonian Libraries on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 for a lecture featuring Dan Lewis, Dibner Senior Curator for the History of Science and Technology at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, and author of Belonging on an Island: A Modern History of Hawaiian Birds in Four Species (forthcoming) and The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds.
	Dibner Library Lecture: Color in the Scientific Image Please join the Smithsonian Libraries on Friday, January 13, 2017 for our 23rd Annual Dibner Library Lecture featuring Mazviita Chirimuuta, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh 6:00pm, Friday, January 13, 2017 Warner Bros Theater at the National Museum of American History 12th Street and Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC
	Color with us on National Coloring Book Day! Sharpen your colored pencils! August 2^nd is National Coloring Book Day! To celebrate, we’ve put together a second set of coloring pages based on images in our collection. The booklet, which features 11 pages of pretty pictures begging to be colored, is available as a downloadable pdf file (10 MB) here.
	Camouflage: Abbott Handerson Thayer's "Beautiful Law of Nature" Camouflage: Abbott Handerson Thayer's "Beautiful Law of Nature" A lecture by William Adair, frame conservator, frame historian, and master gilder, Gold Leaf Studios Wednesday, August 24, 2016 6:00pm Baird Auditorium National Museum of Natural History 10th Street and Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC
	Book Arts Workshop for Adults \| Color Theory Flag Books with Esther K. Smith Join us for an afternoon of colorful hands-on design with Esther K. Smith, pioneer designer of handmade books and co-founder of Purgatory Pie Press. Enjoy a brief tour of the Smithsonian Libraries exhibition Color in a New Light for creative crafting inspiration.
	Light and Color in Art Light and Color in Art An Illustrated Lecture by William Woodward, Artist and Prof. Emeritus, The George Washington University Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 5:30pm Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery 8th and G Streets NW, Washington, DC Please click here to RSVP. For access services, please contact us at silrsvp@si.edu or 202-633-2241, preferably two weeks in advance of the program.
	Indoor Recess Smithsonian Libraries Presents: INDOOR RECESS a lunchtime getaway Featuring your favorite classes as a kid, Library and Art!
	#ColorOurCollections Coloring Event From Feburary 1-5, 2016 the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) is encouraging cultural institutions and crayon enthusiasts to join together for #ColorOurCollections. Institutions such as NYAM, the Biodiversity Heritage Library and the Smithsonian Libraries will provide inspiration and coloring sheets for artists of all ages to fill in. Colorers can share their creations on social media by tagging the organization and using the hashtag #ColorOurCollections.