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    1. A Conservator Abroad: Paper Conservation in Japan

      • Date: November 16, 2017
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Nearly two years ago, I first heard of a course on the conservation of Japanese paper co-organized by ICCROM, the cultural heritage arm of UNESCO, and the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (also known in Japanese as “Tobunken”). Over three weeks, the course offered a first-hand look at the traditional Japanese conservation techniques, materials, and

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    3. Mori Arinori: Japanese Statesman

      • Date: May 30, 2013
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: In 1872, at the young age of twenty-five, Mori Arinori (1847-1889) traveled to America as the first Charge d’Affaires from the Meiji government. His trip included a visit to the Smithsonian where he established a close relationship with Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry.

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    5. Visit of Emperor Hirohito of Japan to National Museum of Natural History

      Sneak Peek 7/9/2018

      • Date: July 9, 2018
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Visit of Emperor Hirohito of Japan to National Museum of Natural History, 75-13769-14.

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      Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian

      • Date: August 18, 2020
      • Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.

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    9. Astronaut and earth scientist, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, was the 1st female American astronaut to spacewalk, and was named the 2017 Charles A. Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ellen Dorn

      • Date: October 4, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Ellen Dorn (right), former Director of Exhibitions at the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building, worked on several large scale traveling exhibits including “America’s Smithsonian,” for the Smithsonian's 150th and "Smithsonian's America" which traveled to Japan. #Groundbreaker

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    11. Drawing of reindeer sled pulling Swedes with skiers alongside.

      Link Love: 12/23/2016

      • Date: December 23, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: From the look of this 16th Century book, Swedes sure knew how to deal with winter. [via Smithsonian Libraries]A rediscovered Christmas drinking song! [via Fine Books & Collections]Just in time for the solstice, ancient Japan's 72 seasons in a calendar app! [via Hyperallergic]The historic precursor to Amazon's delivery drones (a curator from our National Postal Museum weighs

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      Link Love: 7/15/2016

      • Date: July 15, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A cook's delight: 3000 vintage cookbooks now available on the Internet Archive. [via Open Culture]A growing online archive of Vernacular Typography. [via Hyperallergic]18th century toilets beget treasures! [via Huffington Post]Space travel plans? You can download the code that took America to the moon from GitHub. [via Quartz]Museums on my bucket list; Japan's museum for

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      See Here: 7/8/2010

      • Date: July 8, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption=""Japan: Design Today" exhibition organized by the Japan Design House, the Walker Art Center and the Smithsonian Institution, and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, seen here as installed at the Walker Art Center, November 1960, by Robert Wilcox, Photographic print, Smithsonian

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    17. Link Love: 11/16/2012

      • Date: November 16, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    19. Takashi and Kumi Sugiura smile at one another as they hold up art and fabric.

      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.

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    21. Long Exposure Photographs of Fireflies, by Yume Cyan.

      Link Love: 6/7/2013

      • Date: June 7, 2013
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    23. Link Love: 01/22/2021

      • Date: January 22, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • 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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