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    1. A Window into the Grand Tour: Traveling in the Style of James Smithson

      • Date: December 4, 2012
      • Description: A new exhibition offers a chance to explore the world of Grand Tour travel in the late eighteenth century, similar to that experienced by the Smithsonian’s own founding donor, James Smithson.

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    3. Disassembled Bicycle, by Todd McLellan

      Link Love: 9/23/2016

      • Date: September 23, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A new Smithsonian traveling exhibit, When Things Come Apart, highlights the inner workings of everyday objects! [via BuzzFeed]The Hammer Museum, with the support of the Mellon Foundation, is putting the archives for several exhibits (starting with this one on African American artists) online. [via LA Times]Forensic anthropologists confirm a gruesome history at Jamestown. [via

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    5. Alt: Nora shows a crowd of people small objects on display on a table.

      What Our Experts Want You to Know About Preservation

      • Date: April 29, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: For Preservation Week, our team answered our burning, often ignorant questions about their biggest challenges, what they consider when treating objects, and beyond.

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    7. They say it's your birthday...We're gonna have a good time!

      • Date: August 9, 2018
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Tomorrow is the Smithsonian’s 172nd birthday! So, let’s celebrate with cake through the ages.[view:sia_slideshow==84135]Related ResourcesJames Smithson: Founder of the Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution Archives17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!), The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesLooking Smithson’s Gift Horse in the Mouth, The

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    9. Photo of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

      Link Love: 7/17/2015

      • Date: July 17, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    11. Bread Exhibit at Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts & Design, 1976, 95-20304.

      In Memoriam: Hans Hollein, Architect

      • Date: April 29, 2014
      • Description: Remembering Hans Hollein, designer of the first exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, "MANtransFORMS."

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      The Mischievous Megatherium Club: After Hours

      • Date: December 14, 2017
      • Description: The creation and design of the Smithsonian Institution Building, commonly known as the “Castle”, is no mystery; however, the stories of some of the early individuals involved in the formation of the Smithsonian’s collection are less commonly known. We need to ask who collected the specimens and produced research on the objects that visitors now see when they enter Smithsonian

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    15. Fully dressed model in black robe with pink collar and sleeves and elaborate headdress with bright feathers.

      Link Love: 7/7/2017

      • Date: July 7, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The Smithsonian's Folklife Festival is celebrating it's 50th year with 50 Years | 50 Objects. [via Hyperallergic]The collections of the 400 year-old Jewish Library, Ets Haim, are now freely available online. [via Info Docket]70,000 paybills, ephemera, and posters from the Brooklyn Academy of Music are now online. [via NY Times]The woman who signed the Declaration of

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    17. A woman wearing glasses and a lab coat takes a photo of a museum object in a laboratory.

      Elisabeth West FitzHugh, a Driving Force in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Scientific Research

      • Date: July 6, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Learn about FitzHugh’s over 50-year career in conservation science at the Smithsonian.

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    19. Link Love: 12/20/2019

      • Date: December 20, 2019
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Most archival “discovery” stories are bogus, but this one (from the Smithsonian’s Joseph Cornell Study Center) is very, very cool! [via Artnet]DCist features some of the objects from the Library of Congress's new Rosa Parks exhibit. [via DCist] [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9968,size=450,center]Medieval medical manuscripts depict unrealistically happy patients. [via Onisillos

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    21. To Preserve or Not to Preserve: Social Media

      • Date: June 13, 2012
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A quick overview of how the Archives decides what social media to preserve to document the Smithsonian’s history.

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    23. Merzbach stands at the forefront of a photograph with three men and one woman standing behind her. They are in a computer lab.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Uta C. Merzbach

      • Date: December 30, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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