Blog Posts See Here: 8/10/2018 August 10, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers They say it's your birthday...We're gonna have a good time! August 9, 2018 by Heidi Stover A Happy 172nd Birthday to the Smithsonian! Wonderful Women Wednesday: Nora Atkinson August 8, 2018 by Effie Kapsalis Curator of Craft Nora Atkinson, Smithsonian American Art Museum, researches the role of the handmade in modern culture and was responsible for bringing the large scale art of Burning Man to the nation's capital for the first time. #Groundbreaker Slide Digitization Goes Stereo August 7, 2018 by Charles Zange Stereo slides present unique challenges for digitization. Here are a few tips for documenting your collection. Sneak Peek 8/6/2018 August 6, 2018 by Marguerite Roby Lay figure group depicting Captain John Smith trading for corn with the Powhatan Indians at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, 1907. Link Love: 8/3/2018 August 3, 2018 by Effie Kapsalis 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. See Here: 8/3/2018 August 3, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time August 2, 2018 by Marika Lundeberg, Smithsonian Institution Archives Intern Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Harriet (Rae) F. Beaubien August 1, 2018 by Effie Kapsalis Head of Conservation at the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, Harriet (Rae) F. Beaubien, is an archaeological conservation specialist and advises on the prevention of illicit trafficking of cultural heritage materials. #Groundbreaker On Expedition with Waldo Schmitt July 31, 2018 by Ricc Ferrante They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that’s true, some of Dr. Waldo LaSalle Schmitts field books are worth tens of thousands of words. Pages« first‹ previous…515253545556575859…next ›last »Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. For copyright questions, please see the Terms of Use.