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Wait. Did That Really Happen? Murder at the Museum
On January 16, 1907, a man entered the U.S. National Museum and asked a carpenter for directions to a former colleague's office. Minutes later, that man pulled a rifle out of a package and murdered an...
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Link Love: 1/17/2020
Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.Conservator Hilary Jarvis talks insect...
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Sneak Peek 1/20/2020
Transportation exhibit featuring automobiles in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, circa 1894.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak...
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It’s a Squirrelly Kind of Day
While squirrels get their own special day, the Smithsonian did have an expert about these familiar creatures.All hail the squirrel since January 21 marks National Squirrel Appreciation Day, celebrated...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary A. Huffer
Mary A. Huffer led Smithsonian Libraries as Acting Director, 1964–67, and Assistant Director, 1968–72. During her tenure, she welcomed automation for cataloging and purchasing in the newly-formed...
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Preserving “The World Is Yours”
Here is a look into how the mixed media project of preserving The World Is Yours got its start.Shortly after the Smithsonian’s Pan-Institutional Audiovisual Survey wrapped up in 2017, I was given the...
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Link Love: 1/24/2020
Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.On Thursday, January 30, celebrate Public...
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Sneak Peek 1/27/2020
Cyanotype, Marine Hospital Service Laboratory exhibit - equipped with apparatus for investigating subjects pertaining to sanitary science - at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.Blog...
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Mourning National Disaster at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
When tragedy struck during the space shuttle era, mourners found a place to honor the fallen astronauts of the tragic Challenger and Columbia flights at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.When...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Meroe Park
Meroe Park became the Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Smithsonian in 2020. She oversees day-to-day activities and major strategic initiatives across the Smithsonian. Previously,...
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Link Love: 1/31/2020
Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.Hopeful news: after a five-alarm fire, the...
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Sneak Peek 2/3/2020
Construction of the Lion House at National Zoological Park, April 15, 1891, by C.M. Bell, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B35_F02_001.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekNational...
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Bunch of Boxes
In 2016, Lonnie G. Bunch III donated his personal papers to the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The collection covers a wide variety of topics and spans the breadth of Bunch's long career with the...
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A Suffrage Protest at the Smithsonian
Elizabeth Harmon, Curator, American Women's History Initiative, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesIn 1917, police detectives arrested two suffragists suspected of planning a pro-suffrage demonstration at...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Joan Madden
Joan Madden, Assistant Director for Education, 1987–88, Supervisory Information and Education Specialist, 1980–86, and Education Coordinator, 1974–80, was integral to the development and management of...
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Everything I Own
With Presidents' Day coming up on February 17th, let's take a look at historical images of presidential objects and presidential visits at the Smithsonian.Some refer to the Smithsonian as "America's...
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Link Love: 2/7/2020
Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.Help the Library of Congress transcribe...
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Sneak Peek 2/10/2020
N.G. Morrison in section of new steel bookstacks in library at east end of Great Hall in the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, November 21, 1914.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog...
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Design + Archives: Posters
Posters at the Smithsonian feature a wide range of exhibitions and programs, each with a design that is visually intriguing and purposeful in conveying information.PreviousPauseNext1 of 12Exhibition...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ruth O. Selig
Ruth O. Selig served in various capacities at the Smithsonian between 1975 and 2010, including as Executive Officer for Programs in the Office of the Provost, Executive Assistant to the Assistant...
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