Boy Scouts Paint Civil War Coast Defense Guns for "1876: A Centennial Exhibition," 1975. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Image no. 2002-32285.

Link Love: 01/15/2021

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.
January 15, 2021, by Deborah Shapiro

A Hyperallergic review of Wonder Woman 1984 offers thoughtful questions (and a few jokes) about the movie's treatment of museum work. [via Hyperallergic]

Group Portrait of Smithsonian Women's Council

It is never too late, in any season, to craft a historically-inspired wreath. [via Minerva's Kaleidoscope, Library of Congress Blogs]

It is never too late, in any season, to feast your eyes upon swarms of millipedes. [via New York Times]

The Met's new virtual tour comes with prizes (in AR)! [via infoDOCKET] 

Boy Scouts Paint Civil War Coast Defense Guns for "1876: A Centennial Exhibition"

Explore new datasets documenting the members of one of the Civil War's first Black regiments. [via Boston African American National Historic Site]

The National Digital Library of East Asia has just launched! [via infoDOCKET]

There's no telling what electric eels can't do when they work together. [via Smithsonian Voices]

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