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    1. Remembering the Reopening of Two Smithsonian Museums

      • Date: July 1, 2021
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: After extensive renovations of the Old Patent Office Building that houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture held a grand opening July 1, 2006.

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      Looking for Women Managers of the Smithsonian’s Museums

      • Date: March 16, 2022
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: When did women begin to manage Smithsonian museums? Meet Grace Dunham Guest who was a key staff member in opening the Freer Gallery of Art in 1923.

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      Live Webcast Today, 10:30 am, "Linked Open Data in Libraries, Museums, & Archives"

      • Date: September 16, 2011
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    7. Fire at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, February 7, 2011.

      Hold your fire! Fire prevention in archives, museums, and libraries

      • Date: February 7, 2012
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Discussion of fires and fire prevention in museums, libraries, and archives, with resources.

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    9. Seven volunteer standing shoulder-to-shoulder in a reading room.

      #MCN50 Conference Next Week

      • Date: November 7, 2017
      • Creator: Charles Zange
      • Description: Behind the archivists, technicians, and specialists of the museum field are an abundance of organizations that network ideas, connect professionals, and present new strategies to broaden the impact of museums (American Alliance of Museums, Society of American Archivists, etc.). Many associations focus on specific aspects of this dynamic field and help to push museum practice

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      Smithsonian Digitization Update

      • Date: April 14, 2009
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Even if you have visited the Smithsonian in person, you probably don’t know that it’s comprised of 19 museums and 9 research centers. You can’t see it all by visiting the Mall in Washington D.C. since there are museums in New York and research centers in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Panama. Each museum and research center researches and collects around different topics, from

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    13. Close-up photograph of Claudine K. Brown.

      Remembering the Work of Claudine K. Brown

      • Date: March 23, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In a 1991 issue of the Prophet, the Smithsonian African American Association’s newsletter, Claudine Kinard Brown called on staff to support Black museums across the country.

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    15. Link Love: 11/6/2020

      • Date: November 6, 2020
      • 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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    17. Portrait headshot of Gurian.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Elaine Heumann Gurian

      • Date: July 1, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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      Link Love: 6/17/2016

      • Date: June 17, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The ever curious story of mailing children by U.S.P.S. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The 2016 American Alliance of Museums MUSE tech award winners were announced, and the Smithsonian Transcription Center won! [via Center for the Future of Museums]A behind-the-scenes look at Google Cultural Institute. [via Wired UK]A super interesting project, Display at Your Own Risk, examining

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    21. Computer rendering of concentric pink and silver tubes

      Link Love: 4/21/2017

      • Date: April 21, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Get ready for this summer's big installation at the National Building Museum: Hive. [via WAPO]Want to play old school games like Frogger? The Internet Archive has a Mac game emulator for you! [via Wired]Produce art. [via Colossal]A series of tutorials from the American Alliance of Museums, Becoming a Data Startup (for museums). [via AAM]470,000 images from Europeana are now

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    23. Black and white high school yearbook picture of Marie Louise Clogher.

      Forging a Legal Path: Marie Malaro

      • Date: September 18, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Marie Malaro, 1933-2018, entered law in 1957 when few women were admitted to the bar, and then taught generations of museum professionals how law and ethics applied to their work every day.

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