Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 11-017
Smithsonian Institution
Website Records, 2010
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting Twitter accounts maintained throughout the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Twitter is a third-party site used for public micro-blogging by SI staff. In addition to general SI-wide accounts, many of which are managed by the Office of Public Affairs, the accession documents the accounts of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, including the Lunder Conservation Center and Ask Joan of Art; the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; the National Museum of American History, including the Lemelson Center and the Smithsonian's History Explorer; Smithsonian Affiliations; Smithsonian Enterprises, including Smithsonian Magazine; the Anacostia Community Museum; The Archives of American Art; the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; the National Museum of Natural History, including the Encyclopedia of Life, the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, the Hall of Human Origins, and the Ocean Portal; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; the National Air and Space Museum; the National Museum of African American History and Culture; the National Museum of the American Indian, including the George Gustav Heye Center; the National Portrait Gallery; the National Postal Museum; the Office of Exhibits Central; the Office of Human Resources; the Office of the Secretary; the Asian Pacific American Program; the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, including the Chandra X-ray Center; the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies; Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, including Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings; the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, including the Biodiversity Heritage Library Consortium; the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, including Museums on Main Street; the National Zoological Park, including the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center; the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and the Smithsonian Associates, including the Young Benefactors of the Smithsonian Institution and the Resident Associate Program. Materials include spreadsheets capturing the date, time, and text of each tweet posted by the account holder as well as screenshots. Each of the accounts was captured sometime between July and October of 2010, but may document activity back to the beginning of the account.
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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- Lemelson Center
- Smithsonian Affiliations (Program)
- Smithsonian Enterprises
- Smithsonian Magazine
- National Museum of American History (U.S.)
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Archives of American Art
- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Hall of Human Origins
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Ocean Portal
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
- National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
- National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.). George Gustav Heye Center
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Smithsonian's History Explorer
- Smithsonian American Art Museum. Lunder Conservation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum. Ask Joan of Art
- National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)
- National Postal Museum (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Human Resources
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Smithsonian Institution. Asian Pacific American Program
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Chandra X-ray Center (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
- Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
- Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
- Biodiversity Heritage Library Consortium
- Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service. Museums on Main Street
- National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Smithsonian Associates
- Smithsonian Associates. Resident Associate Program
- Smithsonian Associates. Young Benefactors of the Smithsonian Institutiton
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-017, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records