- A recently discovered carved sealstone from a 3,500 year old tomb in Southwest Greece shows that highly skilled stone carving in Greek civilization occurred much earlier than thought. [via Colossal]
- Speaking of warriors, how to fight file format rot from the Library of Congress. [via Scientific American]
- A new program from our National Museum of the American Indian seeks to correct stereotypes and misinformation about American Indians in school curricula. [via Tolerance.org]
- As the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians lose their home to coastal erosion and climate change, they turned to our National Museum of American Indian looking for evidence to supplement their petition for official “acknowledgment” from the federal government. [via Washington Post]
- What the recent shuttering of Gothamist means for the preservation of news archives. [via SAA]
- Our Digitization Program office is scaling up 3D digitization with new 3D metadata standards and a photogrammetry based capture solution. [via DPO]
- Singer and songwriter Neil Young plans to release his music archive online for free on December 1st! [via Consequence of Sound]
- A powerful collaboration with stunning results between the National Gallery of Denmark, SMK, and the 3D company Shapeways whom hosted a jewelry design competition based on the SMK's open artworks:
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