Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2020, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2019.

Excited to research at the Archives, but don’t know where to start?  Below are a few tips about details you should include in your inquiry that will help us help you.

A brief history on the invention and implementation of microfilm and our acquisition of a new, modern microfilm reader/scanner that enables us to provide digital access to and enhance the quality of SIA’s microfilm collections.

We highlight a few topics explored by SIA researchers this winter.

We highlight a few topics explored this fall by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

We highlight a few topics explored this summer by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

We highlight a few topics explored this spring 2018 by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

We highlight a few topics explored by SIA researchers in the winter of 2018.

We highlight a few topics explored by SIA researchers in the summer of 2017.

The Smithsonian's "The World is Yours" series was one of the most successful educational radio programs of of the 1930s.