- Smithsonian Books is publishing a pocket-sized version of "Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours," a 19th-century guide to color for artists, scientists, naturalists, and anthropologists. [via Colossal]
- The boundary of our known universe has expanded; a population of planets was discovered outside the Milky Way. [via WAPO]
- The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's director, Kim Sajet, contrasts noted U.S. propoganda posters of Uncle Sam and Rosie the Riveter. [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- Have you made a game? Submit it to the Smithsonian American Art Museum's 2018 Arcade! [via Gamasutra]
- How the oldest photograph of an American president, went from desk drawer to our National Portrait Gallery. [via Washingtonian]
- An interview with the first female leader of the Vatican Museums, Barbara Jatta. [via Art Newspaper]
- A peek at a trove of UK women's suffrage posters which were recently restored and are on display at the Cambridge University Library. [via BBC News]
- A 1913 silent film from Edison Manufacturing Co. featuring the dancers Norma Gould and Ted Shawn. [via Public Domain Review]
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