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    1. The David Crockett Graham Field Book Collection: A Portal for Chinese Culture and Biodiversity

      • Date: June 21, 2012
      • Description: A closer look into the life and work of biologist, anthropologist and missionary David Crockett Graham.

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      Revisiting the Construction of the Freer Gallery of Art

      • Date: September 29, 2016
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Some new insights from the construction records of the Freer Gallery of Art, celebrating 100 years since groundbreaking.

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    5. View of the courtyard at the center of the Freer Gallery. A working fountain is in view.

      The World Is Yours: Freer Gallery of Art

      • Date: April 15, 2021
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Take a listen to clips from the episode of The World Is Yours about the Freer Gallery of Art.

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    7. Colored sketch of a Discodoris boholiensis, which looks like a sea slug.

      Link Love: 10/30/2020

      • Date: October 30, 2020
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    9. A cat and her kittens.

      Staff Check-In: Befriending Kittens, Carving Ducks, and Perfecting the Art of the Biscuit

      • Date: July 14, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Nearly four months into Smithsonian’s extended telework period, we thought it would be fun to share which skills and hobbies have been getting us through this overwhelming time.

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      Empress Cixi: Scanned and Discovered

      • Date: June 3, 2010
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    13. Link Love: 2/20/2015

      • Date: February 20, 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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    15. Animated photo of two men by space capsule, one man has finger on it while the other vaporizes.

      Link Love: 12/1/2017

      • Date: December 1, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Surreal, doctored historic images by Nicolas Monterrat. [via Colossal]Europeana announced the winners of the 2017 Gif It Up competition! [via Europeana blog]Chinese researchers are starting the daunting task of digitizing more than 200,000 volumes of Mongolian books and documents, including a rare Mongolian version of the Tibetan Buddhist classic Kangyur from 1720. [via

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    17. Link Love: 1/31/2014

      • Date: January 31, 2014
      • 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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    19. 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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    21. A Quest for the First Asian Employee

      • Date: May 10, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: A search for the first Asian employee at the Smithsonian leads to Kuang-zung Tung.

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    23. Archibald Wenley in China.

      “A Very Fine and Unusual Statue”: Fruits of the Freer Gallery Field Expeditions in China

      • Date: May 5, 2016
      • Description: Carl Whiting Bishop’s expedition to China for the Freer Gallery of Art and the Cosmic Buddha.

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