- Wars sometimes serve as the testing ground for new technology. The National Museum of American History gives us a glimpse of the tech on the cutting edge during the time of the Civil War. [via O Say Can You See?, NMAH]
- In the upcoming exhibition, "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, a southern slavery map based on the 1860 census by the United States Coast will go on display to the public for the first time. [via Library of Congress Blog]
- Listen to Secretary G. Wayne Clough on NPR's Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! talking about the Smithsonian and being the Nation's Attic.
- Save our electronic history, join the Archive Team, "a loose collective of rogue archivists, programmers, writers and loudmouths dedicated to saving our digital heritage." [via Effie Kapsalis, SIA]
- The Washington Post takes a look at different aspects of the Smithsonian, its Book Conservation Lab in Landover, Maryland and wraps up an 11 part series on Harrison Gray Dyar, an entomologist at the Smithsonian who had a habit of digging tunnels in his back yard. [via The Washington Post]
- In his project, Disappearance of Darkenss, photographer, Robert Burley documents the demise of the analog film and the companies that produced it.
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