Underwater View of Shark, Panama, STRI, 1989, by Carl C. Hansen. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image no. 91-17639.

Link Love: 8/14/2020

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.

Smithsonian Voices commemorates the Institution’s 174th birthday by highlighting a very old stuffed condor. [via Smithsonian Voices]

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Reflect on the phenomenon of pandemic baking with a look at the history of bread. [via Science History Institute]

Up for a challenge? Try the National Museum of Natural History’s Shark Week quiz... [via Smithsonian Marine Station

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...or a quiz on international abstract architecture... [via New York Times]

...or accept a challenge from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum to remix five iconic Open Access images! [via Smithsonian Voices]  

The New York Times profiles New York City historian Sola Olosunde, who tweets his finds from Black archival collections. [via New York Times]

Explore Europe’s museums from home with an interactive map of pandemic-era digital projects! [via Europeana Foundation]

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