- A new Flickr set of the fieldwork of Helmut Buechner is now available from the Field Book Project. [via Field Book Project blog, NMNH and SIA]
- The new Puppetry in America display case is now open at the National Museum of American History. [via O Say Can You See?, NMAH]
- The British Library just released over a million images onto Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. [via Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig, SIA]
- Ever wanted to know about the history of the Christmas tree? If so, Smithsonian Gardens has the answer. [via Smithsonian Gardens blog, Smithsonian Gardens]
- The U. S. Census Bureau just released Census Explorer, a new interactive mapping tool that gives users easier access to neighborhood level statistics. [via InfoDocket]
- Can wait for it? A glimpse of what the Museum of Science Fiction could look like. [via Underwire, Wired]
- What do you call a mashup of a library and retired food truck? BiblioTrucka of course! The concept is a meant to be a cost-effective new-age mobile library. [via InfoDocket]
- Not something you do every day, moving a 1400 pound Right whale skull at the Smithsonian. [via Around the Mall, Smithsonian Magazine]
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