Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 13-187
Smithsonian Latino Center
Website Records, 2006-2013
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of three websites and a blog maintained by the Smithsonian Latino Center as they existed on March 18, 2013.
The main Smithsonian Latino Center website provides information about the Center as well as Latino programs, educational resources, collections, and exhibitions across the Smithsonian Institution. The website also includes online exhibitions.
The "Creating the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum (LVM) in Second Life" blog serves to document the development of the LVM as well as invite open dialogue in the process and production of virtual world building in Second Life. The blog was opened in November 2006 and has been inactive since March 2012.
The "LVM Interactive Archive" website is the convergent media archive exploring Latino identity and connecting communities through trans-media experiences. It includes multimedia educational resources.
The "Musica del Pueblo" website consists of an online exhibition presenting Latino and Latin American music and allowing visitors to explore the fuller meaning of traditional music.
Materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Smithsonian Latino Center. Latino Virtual Museum
- Música del Pueblo (Online exhibition)
- Southern Identity: Contemporary Argentine Art (Online exhibition)
- Panama at the Smithsonian (Online exhibition)
- Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1949-1989 (Online exhibition)
- Mexican Treasures of the Smithsonian (Online exhibition)
- Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763-1848 (Online exhibition)
- Antonio: 25 Years of Creative Collaboration (Online exhibition)
- Creating the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum (LVM) in Second Life (Blog)
- LVM Interactive Archive (Website)
Subject
- Web sites
- Museums -- Public relations
- Blogs
- Hispanic Americans
- Latin Americans
- Second Life (Game)
- Music -- Latin America
- Hispanic Americans -- Music
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-187, Smithsonian Latino Center, Website Records