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  1. What Did the Smithsonian Exhibit When it First Opened?

    • Date: May 22, 2012
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: An overview of what the Smithsonian collected and displayed when it first opened to the public in 1855.

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    Workflow Dynamics of Digital Preservation

    • Date: December 16, 2014
    • Description: Within the dynamic field of digital preservation, identifying the possibilities to maximize workflow is paramount to ensuring the greatest level of efficiency in digital asset management.

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    This Day in Smithsonian History: National Air and Space Museum Authorized

    • Date: September 6, 2012
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: On September 6, 1958 President Eisenhower authorized preparation of plans for the construction of what is now the National Air and Space Museum.

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    Link Love: 7/30/2010

    • Date: July 30, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Portrait of a City Marshal by Barr & Wright, 1870-1880, National Museum of American History, Catalog number 77.43.1678."][/caption] Help the Smithsonian ID a Houston city marshal from the 1870s in the picture on the right. The extremely flammable nitrocellulose film used before 1951 led to an estimated 80 percent of silent

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    Tichkematse—A Great Favorite at the Smithsonian

    • Date: November 25, 2021
    • Description: A forerunner of today’s efforts to decolonize and Indigenize American museums, Tichkematse was one of the first Native American employees at the Smithsonian Institution. His work with natural history and anthropological collections continue to inspire Native and non-Native museum professionals nearly 150 years later.

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  11. Collection of black and white negative contact sheet of images from the celebration of the	Hillwood donation.

    Toasting to the Museum that Never Was

    • Date: January 14, 2021
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: A brief look at the Smithsonian’s almost acquisition of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Hillwood Estate

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    Let us know what you think about the new Smithsonian Commons

    • Date: July 13, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_7367" align="aligncenter" width="417" caption="Slide from Mike Edson, the Smithsonian's head of Web and New Media Strategy, Slideshare presentation on the Smithsonian Commons."][/caption] Just recently, the Smithsonian released a prototype of the Smithsonian Commons—a new part of the digital plan at the Smithsonian that aims to stimulate “learning,

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  15. Talking and Doing About Emergency Preparation

    • Date: May 1, 2012
    • Creator: Sarah Stauderman
    • Description: Every May 1 is a chance to do one thing about Emergency Preparation; here’s how the Smithsonian Institution Archives is doing it.

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    Link Love: 2/11/2011

    • Date: February 11, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    • Summer Wind to Ban-y-Bryn

      • Date: July 25, 2013
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: This blog piece is about summer weather in Washington, DC, the Alice Pike Barney collections here at SIA, and the Barney’s “summer cottage” in Bar Harbor, ME, “Ban-y-Bryn.”

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    • Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag, Unidentified photographer

      Top 10 Photos on the Smithsonian Flickr Commons

      • Date: July 3, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: A profile of the top ten photos on the Smithsonian Flickr Commmons—from scientists to babies sent in the mail.

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