Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2020, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2019.

Orangutans at National Zoological Park, 1981-1982, by Jessie Cohen.

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.

Here are some of the highlights of the research conducted this fall at SIA.

From all of us at the Archives, we wish you happy holidays!

A recap and highlights from the Archives team at "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study," the first annual Smithsonian American Women’s History Initaive symposium

Golden lion tamarin group at National Zoological Park, November 1983, by Jessie Cohen.

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 December 19, 1977 Smithsonian Gardens’ first exhibition, Trees of Christmas, opened at the National Museum of American History.

Dr. Elizabeth Broun, Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, 1989–2016, oversaw major renovations, welcomed groundbreaking exhibitions, and diversified the museum’s collections. She served as the museum’s Chief Curator and Assistant Director, 1983–88. #Groundbreaker