- Snow days in DC are not the most frequent occurence, but when they do happen it is not just people who enjoy it, but also the animals at the National Zoo and its Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia who enjoy the snow. [viaThe Torch, SI]
- Nelson Mandela passed away last week at the age of 95. Check out some of his video appearances on C-SPAN. [via InfoDocket]
- Also if you are at the National Museum of African Art you can also sign a condolence book for Nelson Mandela that will after today be sent to Mandela’s family in South Africa. [via Around the Mall blog, Smithsonian Magazine]
- Up and running . . . Historian of the National Archives, Jessie Kratz, is keeping busy documenting the history of the National Archives. [AOTUS blog, NARA]
- A retrospective of the work of photographer Eliot Elisofon is now on view in Africa ReViewed: The Photographic Legacy of Eliot Elisofon at the National Museum of African Art. [via Around the Mall blog, Smithsonian Magazine]
- Recently acquired in 2012, Constantino Brumidi's Study for the Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building can be viewed on the second floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Check out this video that explores the symbolism in the painting as well as highlights discoveries made during conservation. [via Eye Level blog, SAAM]
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