Countess Stella Andrassy Demonstrates Solar Cooking at the Festival of American Folklife, 1977, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Image no. 94-2868.

Link Love: 07/03/2020

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.
July 3, 2020, by Deborah Shapiro

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is underway! Relive this week’s events and see what's in store for next week. [via Folklife] 

Countess Stella Andrassy Demonstrates Solar Cooking at the Festival of American Folklife

Smithsonian Magazine presents a round-up of eight Black history exhibits to explore online. [via Smithsonian Magazine]

George Mason University’s Roy Rosenzweig Center has relaunched its digital history curriculum for public librarians. [via Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media] 

The web finally comes through for webs as biologist-curator Cheryl Hayashi explains the genetics of spider silk. [via American Museum of Natural History]

Why did the tropical iguana cross the natural bridge? Because it was very high up in the rainforest canopy! [via Smithsonian Magazine] 

The New York Times reviews two digital art exhibits. [via New York Times]

There aren’t that many stars that would look this good after aging ten years. [via NASA]

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