- What Not to Wear: The National Portrait Gallery has a dramatic before/after makeover of James Monroe.
- The NY Times Opinionator weighs in on in what exactly constitutes an “heirloom,” what this means in a throw-away culture, and the reasons why we save (or try and get rid of) so many dusty old things anyway.
- And a “Librophiliac Love Letter”—pictures of the world’s most beautiful libraries.[via Her Name Was Lola]
- The National Library of Scotland has joined the Flickr Commons! From the tenements of 19th century Edinburgh to war-torn Scotland, there's a lot to discover. [via Effie Kapsalis, SIA].
- Ohlala—fancy! Recipes for and samples of dyed ostrich feathers.
- A win for accessibility: The Internet Archives digitize millions of books for the “print-disabled”.
- The Smithsonian Magazine asks, what objects should be in the Smithsonian collections in 2050? Check out what Smithsonian visitors think and then weigh in over at the Around the Mall blog:
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