Description: A look at the Quadrangle complex of the Smithsonian that encompasses the Enid Haupt Garden, the National Museum of African Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
Description: The Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian took place on February 11, 1927, raising awareness of the activities of the Smithsonian and at the same time served as a venue to raise money.
Description: A look at the preservation of a box of Wheaties cereal featuring Native American Olympian, Jim Thorpe, how ordinary objects become museum icons, and the problem of food in museum collections.
Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.
Description: As the Preservation Intern at the Archives this summer, my main project was part of a massive re-organization of the oversized map cases at the Archives. An introduction to that project can be found in blog posts by previous interns, Caitria Sunderland and Margaret Rose Hunt. However, when taking breaks from the cool climate of collections storage, I worked on rehousing the
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_308449,size=250,left]Though Roxie Laybourne may be a well-known topic here in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, there is a good reason she is so popular. From good advice to her pioneering career to modern day inspiration, her work offers new insight each time we turn to it. Laybourne’s interest in natural history began long before she began her
Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.