Description: These photographic crayon enlargements, associated with William Temple Hornaday (founder of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo), were made on sensitized paper that was later adhered to a linen “canvas” stretched around wooden frames. Brittle paper, handling and water damage, and the deteriorating frames all presented risks to the items’ future. The goal of our treatment was to
Description: Sometimes the research process reveals more than an answer to a single question. This is the story of the Smithsonian bison that inspired the “Buffalo Bill.”
Description: Cardboard architectural landmark cathouses; sacrilege or awesome? [via Design Boom] Prince's Paisley Park to become a museum. [via Hyperallergic]The bison is set to become America's national mammal. Learn how the Smithsonian helped save the American bison. [via Washington Post]A new online archive from the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore Uprising 2015 Archive Project,