- 435 high resolution book plates of gorgeous illustrations from Audubon's The Birds of America are now available for free download! [via Hyperallergic]
- And after you're done with the plates, check out peacock feathers under a high magnification lens, by artist Waldo Nell. [via Wired]
- University students are working to save the remaining copies of a black-owned newspaper, The Wilmington Daily Record, which were burned in the Wilmington Race Riot. [via Star News]
- An Islamic extremist has been charged with destruction of cultural heritage property in Timbuktu, Mali. [via Art Newspaper]
- A secret Yayoi Kusama museum? Opens October 1. [via artnet]
- Now that's long-term preservation; encoding a gif into DNA. [via BBC News]
- Patchwork maps showing the regional embroidery techniques of India and Pakistan. [via Open Culture]
- A nice round-up of 10 things to know about museum exhibit installation from our National Museum of American History. [via O Say Can You See]
- Don't throw out those eclipse glasses, you can donate them to Astronomers Without Borders! [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- And a lovely video of August 21st's eclipse from the U.S. Department of Interior:
Awesome video of #Eclipse2017 just outside of Craters of the Moon in #Idaho #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/xFmczDip1A
— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) August 21, 2017
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