Visitors in the Apollo to the Moon Gallery at National Air and Space Museum, 1978, Richard K. Hofmeister, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Image no. 78-1867-09.

Link Love: 7/12/2019

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.
July 12, 2019, by Deborah Shapiro

Model of National Museum of African American History and Culture

CityLab published an obituary for Phil Freelon, architect of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. [via CityLab] 

A new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery sheds light on prominent American women of the nineteenth century. [via Smithsonian]

Portrait of a woman sitting. She is wearing a bonnet. The image is framed in an orange oval inside a

To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, the National Air and Space Museum will project the Saturn V rocket on the Washington Monument. [via DCist]

Also in celebration of the moon landing anniversary, WAMU highlights the Space Window at the National Cathedral. [via WAMU]

Visitors in the Apollo to the Moon Gallery at National Air and Space Museum

The New York Times describes pilot projects underway in Newport, RI to preserve historic structures threatened by climate change. [via New York Times]

This week's heavy rain destroyed a “segregation wall” in Arlington that has been used to illustrate the legacy of Jim Crow. [via Greater Greater Washington] 

A visit to the Rockville Memorial Library is part of the “D.C. Dream Day” of one of the stars of the U.S. women's national soccer team! [via Washington Post]

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