- For the first time - The National Air and Space Museum lowers the Bell X-1 to the floor for the first time since the museum opened in 1976. [via SI Newsdesk]
- From the National Postal Museum - The 10 most common and preventable problems that can damage collections, both in a museum and at home. [via Pushing the Envelope blog, NPM]
- In 2008, photographer Anita Cobin embarked on a 10-year project to take portraits of women in the United Kingdom who were the first to achieve something in their field to celebrate in 2018 the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the UK. [via PetaPixel]
- Everyone needs some guidance - Helping Congress archive their personal digital records. [via The Signal: Digital Preservation, LC]
- No available as Link Open Data - The Getty's Union List of Artist Names. [via The Getty Iris]
- May is Asian Pacific Heritage month and the Smithsonian will kick off the month with "Korea Day: A Family Festival" which will be hosted by the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, on Sunday, May 3, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. [via SI Newsdesk]
- The University of Virginia in partnership with the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, will embark on a project to publish Martha Washington's letters in fully edited and annotated volumes. [via InfoDocket]
- Opening today at the Whitney Museum of American Art is it's inaugural exhibition in its new home: "America is Hard to See." [via Cool Hunting]
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