Description: While in graduate school, I read that museum professionals wear many hats in one day. This could not be truer at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. [caption id="attachment_7424" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Climbing the Plank to the Top, May 27, 2010, by Lauren Dare, Digital photograph."][/caption] I’ve worn many hats working in the Institutional History Division
Description: Halloween is over, but you can prepare for next year’s festivities with these costume ideas from the Archives of American Art. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The National Zoo’s naked mole-rat colony is still in anarchy! [via DCist]See sixty of this year’s top wildlife photographs submitted to the Windland Smith Rice Awards either online or in person at the National Museum of
Description: [caption id="attachment_7288" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Baseball Photographer Trading Card: Ansel Adams, 1975, by Mike Mandel."][/caption] What happens when you mix baseball cards with famous photographers? I’m loving Mike Mandel’s 1975 Baseball Photographer Trading Cards project posted over at Fans in a Flashbulb. The Tenement Museum in downtown New York has
Description: [caption id="attachment_8083" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="The mysterious cabinet of curiosities with assorted film cameras perched on top, 2010, by Michael Barnes, SIA."][/caption] Last fall a piece of furniture showed up in the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) reception area. Aside from a few nicks, it is a large, handsome cabinet with drawers and double
Description: It is with sadness that I report that Mitch Toda is stepping down as the blog coordinator. Since 2011, Mitch Toda has been the man behind-the-scenes making sure everything runs smoothly. As a staff archivist, he works daily with the records he takes in from Smithsonian museums and offices such as the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Office of
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.
Description: [caption width="189" caption="Wanda Margarite Kirkbride Farr (b. 1895), sitting in lab with microscope, Smithsonian Insitution Archives"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_238" width="162" caption="New Use for Light Reflector, National Museum of American History"][/caption]I was intrigued by a recent post on the National Museum of American History’s (NMAH) blog about the
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