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    Link Love: 6/24/2011

    • Date: June 24, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Headed to DC soon? Leave your thoughts at the National Museum of American History’s TalkBack Board, and then whether you’re in the capital or elsewhere, tune into the NMAH’s Twitter feed for #TalkBackTuesdays, where they’ll feature the best questions and comments from the board. The Museum of Photographic Arts has just joined Flickr Commons, and their photos include some

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  3. Akeju stands at a podium.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Camille Giraud Akeju

    • Date: June 17, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Camille Giraud Akeju was the Director of the Anacostia Community Museum from 2005 to 2016. Under her leadership, the Museum broadened its mission and scope to address the impact of historical and current events on urban communities, both locally and nationally.Before the Smithsonian, Akeju served as the president of the Harlem School of the Arts beginning in 1999. During her

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    This Side of Paradise

    • Date: July 31, 2009
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="310" caption="Group of Young Women in Costume During Arrival Reception For Tourists Near Plane at Airport, by Gerald James Holton, 1968, National Museum of Natural History, National Anthropological Archives."][/caption] I came across these photos of tourists on Easter Island on our site and their presence has kind of baffled me.

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  7. Kevin Spacey as President Francis J. Underwood (detail) by Jonathan Yeo / Oil on canvas, 2015 / Collection of the artist

    Link Love: 2/26/16

    • Date: February 26, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: It happened. "President" Francis J. Underwood's portrait hangs at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and NPG's Director, Kim Sajet, appears on an upcoming episode of House of Cards. [via Variety]DC Public Library's Memory Lab has your digital back and can help you digitize your 3.5" floppies and MiniDV's. [via dcist]Everyone's up in arms over the Metropolitan Museum

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  9. View of the Smithsonian Castle in the distance behind a wall of trees, from downtown Washington

    The Smithsonian Castle Construction Begins

    • Date: March 19, 2019
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Building, or the “Castle,” is the most iconic of all the Smithsonian’s 769 facilities, which include its nineteen museums, nine research centers, National Zoo, and all of its other establishments. The Castle was the first building constructed specifically for the Smithsonian after it was founded in 1846. On March 19, 1847, a contract was signed with

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    But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

    • Date: May 23, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Beauty is forever, by Just Warr, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0 Generic."][/caption] At THE BIGGER PICTURE, we often write about the challenges of maintaining the data in digital archives. But a recent article bundled in the informative daily arts newsletter compiled by Jeff Weiss—you can subscribe by sending a request

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    Link Love: 6/25/2010

    • Date: June 25, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_7220" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Reflections, 1978, by Werner Drewes, Color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.39 (left); and Quilt Pattern inspired by Drewes' woodcut and generated by the V&A's Patchwork Pattern Maker (right)."][/caption] Wow—the possibilities are endless. The Victoria & Albert Museum

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    Link Love: 6/4/2010

    • Date: June 4, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="314" caption="The Amb. Richard B. Parker Photographs contains 200 black and white prints, 481 black and white negatives, and two black and white contact sheets of Islamic monuments in Algeria, Cairo, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, and Spain, 1965-1979, by Richard Bordeaux Parker, Unknown medium, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M.

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    Link Love: 5/28/2010

    • Date: May 28, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="254" caption="Untitled (In the Movie House Watching "Haunting of Hill House"), ca. 1950, Weegee, Gelatin silver print on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum purchase, 1988.45."][/caption] Weegee on news photography: “I will walk many times with friends down the street and they'll say, ‘Hey, Weegee. Here's a drunk or two drunks

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    A Tongue-Twisting New Photo App

    • Date: December 23, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="331" caption="14th Street and Broadway, NYC (man with goggles), 1947, by Louis Faurer, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of anonymous donors, 2007.40.61 "][/caption] Earlier this month, Google introduced the Beta and Android-based version of the new and, for some, startling photo-based search feature they’ve calling Google Goggles.

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  21. Visitors viewing transparent woman at the opening of the Hall of Health

    The Hall of Health and the Exhibits Modernization Program

    • Date: December 15, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: In the 1950s US National Museum staff revitalized exhibits across the Smithsonian, completely transforming the Arts & Industries Building.

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    Link Love: 1/23/2015

    • Date: January 23, 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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