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.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives adopts the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF).

Curator Emeritus of Archaeozoology, Dr Melinda Zeder (left), Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, studies animal bones recovered from archaeological sites to uncover key historical transitions as humans made the shift from foraging to urban dwelling.  #Groundbreaker

We bring to you the story of a dedicated naturalist turned museum pioneer.

Pygmy hippopotamus in mud wallow at National Zoological Park, May 1973, by Francine Schroeder.

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.

Reflections and Advice from an Archives Intern

Virginia Outwin Boochever, who endowed the National Portrait Gallery's portrait competition, became one of the first female commissioned officers in the Navy WAVES, and was a volunteer at the gallery for 19 years bringing the museum experience to retirement homes. #Groundbreaker

The 1943 and 1944 letters of science journalist Emma Reh contain vivid descriptions of the flowers and local life she observed while living in Paraguay.