Results for "Conservation and restoration"
Link Love: 11/30/2018
- Date: November 30, 2018
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- 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.
Smithsonian Spotlight: Takashi Sugiura
- Date: May 5, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Between 1953 and 1980, Japanese conservator Takashi Sugiura restored and mounted Japanese works at the Freer Gallery of Art.
- Blog Post
Taking Care of Our Own
- Date: September 30, 2010
- Description: It was brilliant to work at the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) this past summer as a conservation intern helping to restore damaged books from SIA’s Reference Room. This primary research library includes many histories and annals published by the Smithsonian from the 1880s through the 20th century, and in the process of learning different ways to conserve some of them,
Hold your fire! Fire prevention in archives, museums, and libraries
- Date: February 7, 2012
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: Discussion of fires and fire prevention in museums, libraries, and archives, with resources.
Link Love: 3/20/2015
- Date: March 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.
Accession Records: Not Just Interdepartmental Paper Piles
- Date: August 11, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
See Here: 1/20/2012
- Date: January 20, 2012
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Link Love: 8/2/2019
- Date: August 2, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- 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.
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.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 11/26/2010
- Date: November 26, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Cut and Paste, Old Style
- Date: September 13, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Some years back, and for what seemed like quite a while, people were talking about scrapbooking. As more aspects of everyday life were going digital, it felt like more and more people were paying homage to the paper-based mementoes of their experiences that appeared to be heading for oblivion. Quickly, and to support all the saving, trimming, and gluing that people were
“Ding” Darling’s Ducks and What’s Good for the Earth
- Date: May 7, 2020
- Description: Throughout his twenty-five years as a Science Service journalist, Frank Thone maintained an active correspondence with fellow scientists and conservationists. His letters in the Smithsonian Institution Archives both preserve his wit and offer a glimpse at the informal networking that helped shape how Americans perceived the natural world. One of Thone’s correspondents was a