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Happy Independence Day!
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Link Love: 7/5/2019
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.You can fund the conservation of the...
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Sneak Peek 7/8/2019
Buildings on the National Mall, including temporary government buildings constructed during World War II, now the site of the National Museum of American History, the Department of Labor and Interstate...
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Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website
See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website. This is...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Maureen Wanjiku Kamau
Dr. Maureen Wanjiku Kamau, Veterinary Research Fellow in One Health, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Global Health Program, 2018–present, treats injured and ill wildlife species, conducts...
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Some Conservator Career Advice
So you want to be a conservator? In this continuation of our series on career advice, one of our conservators shares some advice for those looking to explore the professional field of cultural heritage...
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Link Love: 7/12/2019
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.CityLab published an obituary for Phil...
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Sneak Peek 7/15/2019
Effects of milk on rodent skeletons from "Public Health" exhibition in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, circa 1930s.Blog Categories: Collections in...
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So Where Do You Park Your Lunar Lander?
If you took a trip to the moon, where would you park your lunar lander?As space travel becomes more commercial, fifty years after the successful Apollo 11 landing, you might just decide to take a trip...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Alice Green Burnette
Alice Green Burnette, Assistant Secretary for Institutional Initiatives, 1989–96, managed the $200 million campaign to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington and led marketing...
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Get the Scoop on Smithsonian’s Ice Cream Parlor
We all screamed for ice cream at the old-fashioned ice cream parlor at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History between 1981 and 2006.Between 1981 and 2006, we all screamed for ice cream at...
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Link Love: 7/19/2019
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.Four African American artists are leading...
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Sneak Peek 7/22/2019
Aerial view of the National Mall looking east from the Washington Monument during its first stage of building towards the U.S. Capitol, with the Department of Agriculture building and gardens, the...
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Looking Towards the Future: An Audiovisual Preservation Readiness Assessment
The Smithsonian Institution Archives has been spending a lot of time looking at our audiovisual preservation practices. Check out the results from our recent assessment!The Archives is excited to...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jackie Swift
Jacquetta (Jackie) Swift, Repatriation Manager, National Museum of the American Indian, 2003–present, supervises the domestic and international repatriation program and develops and implements...
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Going Wild with Golden Lion Tamarins
In 1984, the National Zoo began reintroducing golden lion tamarins to the wild resulting in a conservation success.Thirty-five years ago today, eight golden lion tamarins were reintroduced to the wild...
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Link Love: 7/26/2019
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.Columbia University has launched the...
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Sneak Peek 7/29/2019
Section of Vertebrate Paleontology staff of the United States National Museum, with research associate Oliver Perry Hay, and assistant curators Charles Whitney Gilmore and James Williams Gidley,...
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M*A*S*H: Binding Up the Exhibit
Thirty-six years ago today, "M*A*S*H: Binding Up the Wounds" opened at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and the response was overwhelming.When the series finale of M*A*S*H premiered...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira
Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Forest Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 2012–present, leads the ForestGEO Ecosystems and Climate...
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