Rigging whale skull in Evolution Hall, 1978, by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Image no. 2002-32264.

Link Love: 9/3/2021

Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
September 3, 2021, by Deborah Shapiro

On September 9, learn about the all-Black rigging crew that staffed the National Museum of American History from 1975 to 2000! [via Humanities DC] 

A workman is suspended from a ceiling with rigging as he is installing a huge blue whale skull.

Hyperallergic explores the enduring popularity of immersive art rooms. [via Hyperallergic]

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will soon debut its permanent exhibit on D.C. history! [via DCist] 

The Washington Post highlights the Smithsonian’s “Our Shared Future“ initiative. [via Washington Post]

Delve deep into the digitization and preservation of the National Archives UK’s Prize Papers! [via Lucas Haasis]

Some of the oldest fragments of the story of Merlin have undergone fancy spectroscopic analysis. [via Phys.org] 

Historian Mary Beard offers a guided tour of the British Museum’s new exhibit on Nero. [via Mary Beard]

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