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    1. 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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    3. Link Love: 01/29/2021

      • Date: January 29, 2021
      • 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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    5. Portrait of William Jervis Hough, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1845-1847, Record Unit 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2002-32241.

      Legislative Logjam to Kitchen Sink

      • Date: May 22, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: In the spring of 1846, after years of debate, the legislative logjam over what the Smithsonian would be was finally broken with compromise legislation by New York Congressman, William Jervis Hough.

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      Workflow Dynamics of Digital Preservation

      • Date: December 16, 2014
      • Description: Within the dynamic field of digital preservation, identifying the possibilities to maximize workflow is paramount to ensuring the greatest level of efficiency in digital asset management.

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    9. Conservator Carolyn Rose (left) was head of the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, was thesis advisor for over 30 students, and received the 1992 Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award for outstanding contributions to the American Institute for Conservation.

      Women in Science Wednesday: Carolyn Rose

      • Date: December 16, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Conservator Carolyn Rose (left) was head of the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, was thesis advisor for over 30 students, and received the 1992 Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award for outstanding contributions to the American Institute for Conservation.

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    11. Base of mud brick grainery sile at Tell Jemmeh, Smithsonian Institution Research Reports, Number 9, Fall 1974. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 416.

      Miscellaneous Adventures: Exploring Lost Worlds

      • Date: January 13, 2015
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: This installment of Miscellaneous Adventures brings us to Record Unit 416 and the adventures in Smithsonian research across the world.

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      ATMs & Virtual Wallets—What Did We Do Before Them?

      • Date: August 28, 2012
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: How money was transferred in the 19th century before the era of the ATM.

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      The man, the myth, the lens

      • Date: May 17, 2010
      • Creator: Susannah Wells
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_6524" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Linsey Scott, Intern, and Michael Barnes, Photographer, from the Center of Scientific Imaging and Photography stand in front of the freshly remounted world-record Black Marlin that was caught in 1953 using 130 pound test line by Alfred C. Glascock, Jr."][/caption] I had the recent opportunity to sit down

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    17. Now You See It, Now You Don't - The Foucault Pendulum at the National Museum of American History

      • Date: November 8, 2018
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In honor of the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, a look inside the Foucault pendulum that used to hang at the National Museum of American History.

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      Link Love: 7/14/2017

      • Date: July 14, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Perfect fodder for animated gifs; zootropes. [via Unfunk]Send SFMOMA a text and it will respond with art! [via SFMOMA]Eerie plaster casts of people and animals in their final moments before being buried in Pompeii. [via Atlas Obscura]Weighing newborn babies wasn't "a thing" until the 20th century. [via O Say Can You See, National Museum of American History]Archives Unleashed

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    21. Dr. Robin L. Davisson, Professor of Molecular Physiology at Cornell University, won the Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Award for excellence in cardiovascular research from the American Heart Association and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is now part of the Smithsonian family. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Robin L. Davisson

      • Date: October 28, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Robin L. Davisson, Professor of Molecular Physiology at Cornell University, won the Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Award for excellence in cardiovascular research from the American Heart Association and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is now part of the Smithsonian family. #Groundbreaker

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    23. Awarded the Marie Curie Fellowship by the American Association of University Women, Astrophysicist Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek studies the physics of accretion disks and jets, and multi wavelength studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. She has published over 100 articles. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek

      • Date: March 18, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Awarded the Marie Curie Marie Curie Fellowship by the American Association of University Women, Astrophysicist Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek studies the physics of accretion disks and jets, and multi wavelength studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. She has published over 100 articles. #Groundbreaker

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