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.

How one of the earliest female pioneers in science caught the Smithsonian’s attention.

Curator of Linguistics Dr. Gabriela Pérez Báez, Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, works to preserve endangered languages and tries to retain the research of pre-Columbian Zapotec languages within the Mexican community. #Groundbreaker

Prince Albert I of Monaco’s April 1921 Washington visit to receive an award for his work in oceanography, has connections to Smithsonian research today.

Workers with buckets of resin for turpentine distillation, 1880s, unidentified location.

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.

Here's a bit of advice for anyone interested in pursuing a web development career at an archive.

Dr. Michèle Gates Moresi, Supervisory Curator of Collections, Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, oversaw the acquisition of nearly 37,000 collection objects for the new museum. #Groundbreaker