Squirrel at Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama, STRI, 1987, by Carl C. Hansen, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image no. 89-6121.

Link Love: 4/19/2019

Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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The winners of the Washington Post’s Squirrel Week Photo Contest have been announced! [via Washington Post]

Smithsonian Magazine delves into the glass plates that have revealed one hundred years of data for astronomers to pore over. [via Smithsonian Magazine]

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Check out some midwestern plants, newly digitized by the Indiana University Herbarium! [via infoDOCKET

Composer Julia Wolfe discusses the American soundscape in the newest episode of the Tenement Museum’s podcast. [via Tenement Museum]

Travel Noire has compiled a “must-see” list of pop-up exhibits, domestic and abroad! [via Travel Noire]

Gizmodo profiles a new Twitter account that corrects shoddy science journalism with the simple phrase “in mice.” [via Gizmodo]

The Atlantic features the 3D-mapping techniques that could help restore historic structures like Notre Dame. [via the Atlantic

 

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