At the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, visitors view a papier mache replica of a Triceratops skeleton made by Frederic Lucas, assistant curator in the Section of Vertebrate Fossils at the United States National Museum, 1901.

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.

You asked. We answered. On October 2, 2019, five Archive staff members were excited and ready to answer questions on Twitter and Instagram for #AskAnArchivist Day. 

Dr. Meredith L. Bastian, Curator of Primates, Smithsonian’s National Zoo, 2014-present, oversees the exhibits and animals in the Zoo’s primate unit. She also supervises several behavioral research projects and manages behavioral, cognitive, and health monitoring research efforts. #Groundbreaker

Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.

Buildings and grounds at Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, featuring "Mystic Maze" and ferris wheel, 1895.

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 are some of the highlights of the research conducted this summer at SIA.

Dr. Sharon F. Patton, Director, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, 2003-2008, oversaw the museum’s 9,000 African art objects and welcomed the distinguished Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection. Under her leadership, the museum opened its first traveling exhibition and established a visiting artists program. #Groundbreaker

Have you ever wondered how our staff preserves the oversize collections at the Smithsonian Institution Archives? Here is an intern’s perspective on preserving the personal collection of Alexander Dallas Bache.