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The Painter and the Poet: Creative Writing at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden April 4, 2017 by Hillary Brady

Pieces by aspiring poets—and a look at the artwork that inspired them—from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s writing workshops. 

  
Sneak Peek 4/3/2017 April 3, 2017 by Marguerite Roby  
Link Love: 3/31/2017 March 31, 2017 by Effie Kapsalis

Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.

  
See Here: 3/31/2017 March 31, 2017 by Kira M. Sobers  
Science Service, Up Close: Patent Parades, Silk Purses, and Snake Bite Remedies March 30, 2017 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette  
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Pam Wintle March 29, 2017 by Effie Kapsalis

One of the 1st female moving image archivists in the U.S., Pam Wintle, founded the Human Studies Film Archives (now the National Anthropological Film Collection) in 1981 which contains over 5,000 hours of moving images spanning most of the 20th century.   #Groundbreaker

  
JoGayle Howard: Pioneer in Endangered Species Reproduction March 28, 2017 by Jennifer Wright

Theriogenologist JoGayle Howard was a pioneer in the assisted reproduction of many endangered species.

  
Sneak Peek 3/27/2017 March 27, 2017 by Marguerite Roby  
Link Love: 3/24/2017 March 24, 2017 by Effie Kapsalis

Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.

  
See Here: 3/24/2017 March 24, 2017 by Kira M. Sobers  

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