- More interesting preservation challenges. We’ve covered all types of materials SIA, but never anything like this: the National Postal Museum is taking on the preservation of a dog.
- Were children’s dolls used to smuggle drugs to Civil War soldiers in the South? A museum tries to find out [via Neatorama].
- Adding gravitas to fashion through accumulated history. The New York Times has an interesting series on archivists at luxury brands like Chanel and Ferragamo called The Guardians of Heritage.
- Just in time for Thanksgiving, Marilyn Monroe’s handwritten stuffing recipe [via Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig, SIA].
- Sorry I’m so late in the game on this one. Pete Brooks brought my attention to Komar & Melamid’s art project survey, which resulted in the production of America’s Most Wanted Painting and Most Wanted Song (yuck!) [via Prison Photography].
- The Smithsonian’s first experiments with augmented reality!
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