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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 14-071

National Museum of American History

Website Records, 2008-2013

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of American History
Title:Website Records
Dates:2008-2013
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Collection:Accession 14-071
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of three websites and one blog maintained by the National Museum of American History. The main National Museum of American History website, crawled on October 23, 2013, includes information about visiting, exhibitions, departments, staff, donating, internships, fellowships, and volunteering. It also includes online exhibitions."O Say Can You See?," crawled on October 23, 2013, is the National Museum of American History's blog. The blog takes readers behind the scenes at the museum, sharing insights and information about its exhibitions, events, collections, research projects, and more. The first entry was posted in July 2008. The "History Wired: A Few of Our Favorite Things" website, crawled November 7, 2013, provides a virtual tour of selected collection objects, many of which are not on public display. Due to technical issues, the site's interactive features may not function properly, but a text-only version is available from the bottom of the main page. The Science Service website, crawled November 4, 2013, allows browsing and searching of online historical images related to electricity from the Science Service collections. Materials are in electronic format.

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This accession consists of three websites and one blog maintained by the National Museum of American History.

The main National Museum of American History website, crawled on October 23, 2013, includes information about visiting, exhibitions, departments, staff, donating, internships, fellowships, and volunteering. It also includes online exhibitions.

O Say Can You See?, crawled on October 23, 2013, is the National Museum of American History's blog. The blog takes readers behind the scenes at the museum, sharing insights and information about its exhibitions, events, collections, research projects, and more. The first entry was posted in July 2008.

The History Wired: A Few of Our Favorite Things website, crawled November 7, 2013, provides a virtual tour of selected collection objects, many of which are not on public display. Due to technical issues, the site's interactive features may not function properly, but a text-only version is available from the bottom of the main page.

The Science Service website, crawled November 4, 2013, allows browsing and searching of online historical images related to electricity from the Science Service collections.

Materials are in electronic format.

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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 14-071, National Museum of American History, Website Records

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Electronic Records

National Museum of American History main website, crawled October 23, 2013

National Museum of American History main website, crawled October 23, 2013
Electronic Records

O Say Can You See? blog, 2008-2013, crawled October 23, 2013

O Say Can You See? blog, 2008-2013, crawled October 23, 2013
Electronic Records

History Wired: A Few of Our Favorite Things website, crawled November 7, 2013

History Wired: A Few of Our Favorite Things website, crawled November 7, 2013
Electronic Records

Science Service website, crawled November 4, 2013

Science Service website, crawled November 4, 2013
Electronic Records

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