Description: It was, most likely, a foggy day in Oakland in 1882 when Miss Adelia Gates crossed the intersection of 12th and Washington streets and approached the Lemmon Herbarium.At 57, Adelia Gates was an accomplished artist and well-accustomed to new situations. She’d traveled alone to Scandinavia, Mallorca, Italy, and Algeria, and she’d lived in Switzerland while studying watercolor
Description: Donna Strahan, Head of the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research at the Freer Sackler, has written numerous articles on topics ranging from technical studies on Chinese Buddhist sculpture and Thai bronzes to best practices for the field. #Groundbreaker
Description: Even though the world is becoming increasingly more electronic, many of us still have an abundance of things not created or saved in digital format. Whether it's old letters, original architectural drawings from the house your grandfather built, books, photographs, or home movies on Super 8, figuring out how to store these things can be difficult. [caption id="attachment_7890"
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="316" caption="Guy Greenwell and a baby crane, one of six bred naturally at in the summer of 1980 at the Conservation Research Center (CRC), 1980, by Madeleine Jacobs, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 3, Negative Number: 80-14858-11A."][/caption]
Description: This is part two of three in a series of blog posts about a research project on treating fire-affected optical discs. This month, we’re focusing on cleaning tests.
Description: The theme of this year’s International Migratory Bird Day is unity. The Smithsonian has a longstanding history of commitment to the natural world. No figure in the Institution’s history better exemplifies the theme of unity surrounding migratory species than sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. He knew the importance of the role that birds play in
Description: When you’re all gathered together, sometimes there are just too many cooks in the kitchen, or younger siblings underfoot. Not everyone is into football or jigsaw puzzles, so why not gather together a couple of people from separate generations and branches of the family tree and do some photo identification and preservation? Set aside an hour between or after the meal to pull
Description: Biologist Devra Kleiman was well-known for her research on panda and golden lion tamarin behavior and reproduction, and for almost 30 years, she coordinated the Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program which successfully reintroduced the first GLTs into the wild. #Groundbreaker