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      Holding on to Virtual Worlds

      • Date: June 23, 2010
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="385" caption="Games, by Axel Tregoning, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] While some people seem to enjoy fantasizing about doomsday scenarios and the end of the “real” world, a recent piece on Ars Tehchnica’s website makes it clear that virtual worlds don’t last forever, either.

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    3. The Archives Staff Kept Austin Weird at SAA 2019

      • Date: August 20, 2019
      • Description: This summer, members of the Archives staff packed their bags and headed to the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) and Society of American Archivists (SAA). When they returned, they refected om the most useful sessions and what topics they're looking for in the future.

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      The Enid A. Haupt Garden

      • Date: January 20, 2015
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A look at the Enid A. Haupt Garden as it was established in 1987.

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    7. Diana of the Tides’ vibrant colors are reminiscent of paintings by Maxfield Parrish. Diana’s creator John Elliott knew Maxfield and his father Stephen from visits to the artists colony in Cornish, New Hampshire. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Archives.

      Diana of the Tides: A Sensation of Her Time

      • Date: January 25, 2011
      • Description: This post originally appeared on the National Museum of Natural History's blog, Unearthed.Who would think that behind the west wall of NMNH's paleontology hall is a painting of a goddess that created a sensation when installed in 1910? Some of you who visited the museum fifty years ago may remember the captivating Diana of the Tides as she surveyed the hall.Diana was painted

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      Postcards on the Edge

      • Date: February 18, 2010
      • Description: One of the largest collections of real photo postcards at the Smithsonian can be found in the conveniently titled “post card collection” in the Eliot Elisofon Archives at the National Museum of African Art. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Madagascar - Le bel album venu de France, c. 1905, by Unknown photograher, Postcard, National Museum of African Art,

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    11. Here at the Smithsonian: Modern Japanese Art

      • Date: May 25, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Watch a recently-digitized video clip featuring Japanese Ceramics Today, an exhibition at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in 1983.

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    13. NMAI Architectural Plan, April, 2001, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accessio

      Digital Dilemma: Preserving Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files

      • Date: December 1, 2011
      • Description: Smithsonian Institution museums, buildings, electronic records preservation, CAD files, PDF/E

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      That's a Wrap! - Showcasing the Archives Through Video

      • Date: August 29, 2013
      • Description: When I first applied for an internship at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, I admittedly did not know much about it. For my internship, I was asked to make a video that would explain to the general public what the Archives was, as well as what resources it could offer them. On my first day here I was told that the Archives held the records and history of the Smithsonian

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    17. Lerner and Hisrhhorn stand in a gallery space.

      An Audio Anniversary: Groundbreaking at the Hirshhorn

      • Date: January 12, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    19. A sketch of an exhibit floor plan that notes measurements of objects and panels.

      Adventures in Time and Space: Exhibition Records

      • Date: October 25, 2018
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Transferring, processing, and describing exhibition drawings pose significant challenges to the archival workflow.

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    21. Castle of Curiosities Postcard

      New History App: "Castle of Curiosities"

      • Date: January 7, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: We are pleased to announce a new mobile experience produced by the Archives, Castle of Curiosities. The Smithsonian's first building, the Castle, opened its doors in 1855. While the Norman architectural style evoked "learned university," it was bordered by fetid canals and rather isolated from the rest of Washington D.C. Check out an app about iconic stories in the history of

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      Down at the Drive-In

      • Date: August 4, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_1679" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Untitled (Drive-In: Circle Theatre), Steve Fitch, 1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection"][/caption] Media and transportation seem forever linked. As I wrote in a previous post, the portable camera and the bicycle made a very nice pairing in their early years at the turn of the 20th century.

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