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    1. Fishing nets and a Giant Octopus hang from the ceiling of the Fisheries Exhibit in the U.S. National Museum.

      Fishing for Collections at the U.S. National Museum

      • Date: December 10, 2019
      • Description: Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes quirky, contacts from the U.S. Fish Commission to fill exhibit cabinets in the U.S. National Museum.

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    3. Keepsake pocket bank for the National Negro Memorial, ca. 1926

      The First Quest for a National African American Museum

      • Date: September 22, 2016
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: As National Museum of African American History and Culture opens, let’s look at the first efforts to establish a National African American Museum.

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    5. Roslyn A. Walker stands at the center of a large group posing for a picture. The label above the title reads:

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Roslyn A. Walker

      • Date: June 3, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Roslyn A. Walker was the Director of Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art from 1997 to 2002. Under her leadership, the Museum welcomed a new permanent gallery for contemporary art, a development office, and the Friends of African Art support committee. From 1981 until her appointment, Walker had worked at the Museum as a curator, specializing in Nigerian art.

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      ‘Oh, I’m Glad That’s on the Mall’: NMAAHC Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary

      • Date: September 23, 2021
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: The National Museum of African American History and Culture marks its fifth anniversary.

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    9. Worn portrait of man sitting cross-legged in wooden chair next to a table with a lamp and books.

      Link Love: 10/13/2017

      • Date: October 13, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has acquired the earliest known photograph of U.S. President John Quincy Adams. [via Art Fix Daily]For the last 3 decades, the Center for the Study of Political Graphics has amassed 100 years of protest art from around the world. [via AIGA]Related, how museum curators are collecting history as it happens, including those at our own

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      The Time Has Come

      • Date: February 8, 2011
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_11359" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup Design for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Courtesy NMAAHC."][/caption] The Smithsonian Institution Archives will be celebrating African American History Month throughout February with a series of related posts on THE BIGGER

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    13. "Open Wide!": Photographs of Dentists and Dental Researchers from the Science Service Collections

      • Date: October 10, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: To celebrate National Dental Hygiene Month, the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents photographs of dentists and dental researchers.

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    15. Taking a sample of mold.

      Conserving Archival Collections Suffering from Fungal Attack

      • Date: July 26, 2016
      • Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.

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    17. Carte Geologique De L'Europe.

      Link Love: 6/24/2016

      • Date: June 24, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The Stanford David Rumsey Map Collection now has over 69,000 historic maps available online. [via KQED]Incredible color photos of Martin Luther King, some of which are part of our National Museum of African American History and Culture. [via NPR]Great news for geneologists! The Digital Public Library of America & FamilySearch International have signed an agreement that will

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    19. An interfiled audio record.

      What a Groovy Idea! A Pan-Institutional Survey of Audiovisual Collections

      • Date: April 21, 2016
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: In celebration of Preservation Week 2016, here’s a brief overview of surveys and their role in preservation, as well as a look into an audiovisual survey currently taking place right here at the Smithsonian.

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    21. Link Love: 11/20/15

      • Date: November 20, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: In anticipation of its Fall 2016 opening, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) did something beautiful. A film, by Stanley J. Nelson and Marcia Smith, was projected on NMAAHC's new building representing the history of African Americans in the U.S. You can check out all the images from the projection mapping on their Pinterest

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    23. An excerpt from He is a Negro Still, by Solomon G. Brown.

      "He is a Negro Still": The Poetry of Solomon Brown

      • Date: February 9, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: An excerpt from "He is a Negro Still," by Solomon G. Brown, the Smithsonian's first African American employee.

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