Description: Though photographs are accepted as subjective but ultimately faithful visual reproductions of reality, in many instances they don’t correspond to our experience. Pupils don’t regularly glint red, and people don’t transform into the streaked, evanescent smears we so often witness in photos. Yet we have no trouble accepting these inconsistencies, knowing that taking a picture of
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
Description: Art-inspired pumpkins. [via Hyperallergic]Gif's turned art. [via Wired]Our neighbor, the National Gallery of Art, just reopened their beautiful east wing and it has a stunning blue friend. [via Washington Post]Loved the Renwick Gallery's Wonder exhibit? You can now experience it in VR! [via DCist]The powerful symbolism in Nat Turner's bible. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Nashville
Description: Last week, on December 17 and 18, folks from across the Smithsonian and the public gathered to listen, learn, and discuss at "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study," a two-day symposium, organized by the American Women’s History Initiative. Presenters celebrated women working at the Smithsonian and explored how they represent the broader experience for
Description: For forty years, from around 1900 to 1941, Margaret W. Moodey (1862-1948) worked as a scientific aide in the Department of Geology at the United States National Museum. Her colleagues came to value her experience identifying, classifying, and cataloging geological specimens, which over the years, included gems and precious stones, fossil vertebrates and plants, and
Description: A collections move of epic proportions; the history of New York City is getting a new home. [via NY Times]The Smithsonian American Art Museum offers tours for blind and visually impaired visitors to experience art. [via NPR]The Internet Archive has launched an online news archive for PEOTUS Donald Trump. [via Internet Archive]The Digital Public Library of America launched an
Description: Over 80,000 images from the Met are now on Wikimedia Commons!New to the web—Japanese-American internment camp newspapers from Library of Congress. [via Info Docket]An experiment in applying image recognition software to the Frick Art Reference Library. Magnetic tape obselescence is putting the world's film archives in serious risk. [via IEEE Spectrum]Yikes, Australian