Website Records, 2008-2011

Summary

This accession consists of records documenting Facebook accounts maintained throughout the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction with the general public. 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 the Luce Foundation Center for American Art; the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; the National Museum of American History, including the Lemelson Center; Smithsonian Affiliations; Smithsonian Enterprises, including Smithsonian Magazine, Air and Space Magazine, Smithsonian Channel, and Smithsonian Journeys; 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, the Global Volcanism Program, and the National Anthropological Archives, and the Ocean Portal; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; the National Air and Space Museum, including the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center; the National Museum of African American History and Culture; the National Museum of the American Indian, including the George Gustav Heye Center and the Film and Video Center; the National Portrait Gallery, including the Catalog of American Portraits; the National Postal Museum; the Office of Exhibits Central; the Office of Human Resources; the Asian Pacific American Program; the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, including the Chandra X-ray Center; the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, including Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings; the Smithsonian Institution Libraries; 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, including the Bocas del Toro Research Station; the Smithsonian Associates, including the Young Benefactors of the Smithsonian Institution, the Resident Associate Program, Smithsonian Studio Arts, Smithsonian Jazz Café, and the Smithsonian Art Collectors Program; the Friends of the National Zoo; the Museum Conservation Institute; the National Museum of African Art; the Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation; Smithsonian Books; the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press; the Smithsonian Center for Archives Conservation; the Office of Development, Smithsonian Women's Committee; the Smithsonian Institution Archives; and the Smithsonian Latino Center. Materials include screenshots of a portion of the "Wall," general information screens, photographs, event listings, and notes. Each of the accounts was captured sometime between February 28 and March 15, 2011. In general, approximately 2 months of "Wall" posts were captured; however, "Walls" that included a significant amount of original content were captured going back to the beginning of the account.

Subject

• Anacostia Community Museum
• Archives of American Art
• Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
• Chandra X-ray Center (U.S.)
• Freer Gallery of Art
• Friends of the National Zoo (U.S.)
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• Lemelson Center
• Museum Conservation Institute
• National Anthropological Archives
• National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
• National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
• National Museum of American History (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Film and Video Center
• National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center
• National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
• National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
• National Postal Museum (U.S.)
• National Zoological Park (U.S.)
• Smithsonian Affiliations (Program)
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Smithsonian Associates
• Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• Smithsonian Books (Publisher)
• Smithsonian Institution Archives
• Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
• Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program
• Smithsonian Institution Libraries
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
• Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
• Smithsonian Latino Center
• Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
• Smithsonian Resident Associate Program
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
• Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
• Air and Space Magazine
• Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
• National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Hall of Human Origins
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Ocean Portal
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
• National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Catalog of American Portraits
• Smithsonian American Art Museum Luce Foundation Center for American Art
• Smithsonian American Art Museum Lunder Conservation Center
• Smithsonian Associates Art Collectors Program
• Smithsonian Associates Jazz Café
• Smithsonian Associates Studio Arts Program
• Smithsonian Associates Young Benefactors of the Smithsonian Institution
• Smithsonian Center for Archives Conservation
• Smithsonian Channel
• Smithsonian Enterprises
• Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Program
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation
• Smithsonian Women's Committee
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Exhibits Central
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Human Resources
• Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
• Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Enterprises Smithsonian Journeys
• Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Museum on Main Street
• Smithsonian Magazine
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Bocas del Toro Research Station

Notes

• Folder List in accession file.
• Electronic List in accession file.
• For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 2008
• 2008-2011

Topic

• Public relations
• Social media
• Museums
• Web sites
• Online social networks
• Museums--Public relations

Form/Genre

• Electronic records
• Collection descriptions

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-091

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