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The Mammoth Task of Creating a Fossil Hall at the Smithsonian
Before you head to “Deep Time,” opening this weekend at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learn about how Smithsonian’s fossil collection was initially formed and exhibited.Unless...
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Link Love: 6/07/2019
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.Smithsonian Magazine profiles Jay...
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Sneak Peek 6/10/2019
Selection of horns mounted for musical instruments exhibit in the United States National Museum, 1880s, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-8224.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekMusic
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Tips and Lessons from the Opening of the Renwick Gallery
In the midst of Smithsonian's busy season, we’re providing tips for visitors through the lens of photographs from the opening of the Renwick Gallery in 1972. At one of three opening night parties at...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Linda Edquist
Linda Edquist, Conservator and Head of Preservation, National Postal Museum, 1993–2018, managed conservation projects, staff, and exhibitions at the museum. Edquist first arrived at the Smithsonian as...
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Science Service, Up Close: Father’s Day “Gene-ius”
To celebrate Father’s Day 2019, here are three photographs of famous fathers and sons in biology and physics.The careers of Henry Nehling and his son Arlo, pictured together at a 1927 botany conference...
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Link Love: 6/14/2019
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.Today, June 14, is the last day to help...
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Sneak Peek 6/17/2019
Exhibit case featuring skeletons of “Man and Horse” in Comparative Anatomy Hall at the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, mounted by J.W. Scollick,...
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I.D. This! Solid Ink Inkjet Print
Material and process identification is the key to a robust preservation strategy!In this new segment, I.D. This!, we’ll be taking a look at a digital print that’s exhibiting some odd properties. By...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary Grace Potter
Mary Grace Potter, founding director of the Visitor Information and Associates’ Reception Center, 1971–2000, established and led the unit responsible for providing information to Smithsonian members...
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Microfilm Reels in the 21st Century
A brief history on the invention and implementation of microfilm and our acquisition of a new, modern microfilm reader/scanner that enables us to provide digital access to and enhance the quality of...
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Link Love: 6/21/2019
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.Joy Harjo is the first Native American to...
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Sneak Peek 6/24/2019
Spencer Crew, while director of National Museum of American History, at press event for opening of "Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s" exhibition, April 2001.Blog Categories:...
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Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2019
Here are some of the highlights of the research conducted this spring at SIA.Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Marie-Hélène Sachet
Dr. Marie-Hélène Sachet joined the Smithsonian in 1966 as a special advisor in tropical botany at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. When the program ended in 1968, she was transferred...
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“The Proper Thing to Do": James Smithson’s Journey to Washington
On the 190th anniversary of the death of Smithsonian founding donor James Smithson, we’re taking a look back at his posthumous journey, led by Alexander Graham Bell, to his final resting place in...
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Link Love: 6/28/2019
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.This weekend’s truncated Smithsonian...
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Sneak Peek 7/1/2019
Exhibit case featuring items lent by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, including a spinning wheel, on display in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and...
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Thinking Outside the Smithsonian Institution Archives
There are many smaller archival conferences to learn about new tools and projects.Professional conferences offer excellent opportunities for archivists and others to learn about what colleagues are...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Catherine "Kitty" Scott
Catherine “Kitty” Scott, Chief Librarian and Director, National Air and Space Museum Library, 1972–94, began organizing, planning, and maintaining the new library well before the museum had opened. For...
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