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  1. Introducing the Science Media Group YouTube Playlist

    • Date: June 29, 2021
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives YouTube channel has a new dedicated playlist for the Science Media Group Collection, which features videos from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory program that was active from 1989 to 2013.

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    50 Years of Folklife

    • Date: June 29, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10193,size=175,left]Fifty years ago the Smithsonian embarked on a new venture to bring the culture on display in the museum to life with the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then called the Festival of American Folklife, it set out to show that the crafts shown inside museums are also still alive and well across the country.

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  5. File cabinets filled with film in old cold storage space at NMAH. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Moving Day

    • Date: January 21, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: In November, Smithsonian Institution Archives moved over 3 million photographic negatives to a new state of the art facility at the Smithsonian Institution Support Center (SISC) in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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    A Living Exhibition

    • Date: July 19, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey

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  9. A group portrait of the members of the 1975 Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council.

    Women Carrying out the Work of Change in the 1970s

    • Date: January 5, 2021
    • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
    • Description: Wonder Woman 1984 features fictional Smithsonian women in science trying to change the world. Let’s examine how real-life women pushed for change at the Smithsonian in the 1970s and created new opportunities for women at work.

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  11. In a large hall, ship models are exhibited in and on top of exhibit case and canoes hang from the ceilings.

    Archives Puzzles: Come Sail Away

    • Date: July 26, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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  13. Embracing the Crowd

    • Date: April 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: When I started working with museums in 2005, the concept of crowdsourcing was in its infancy. That year, James Surowiecki ‘s book, “The Wisdom of Crowds,” was published and there were tiny experiments in crowdsourcing occurring in the cultural heritage sector. There were hesitations and objections about the whole concept within the GLAM (gallery, library, archive, museum)

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  15. Letter to R. Edward Earll instructing him to retrieve the dagger belonging to the Leif Erikson statue from the Superintendent of the Women’s Building, written on United States National Museum letterhead.

    Digitization and Exploration: An Intern Works with the Exposition Records

    • Date: December 10, 2020
    • Description: Learn about the digitization process and some fun Smithsonian history from a fall internship project!

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  17. Female peep with plaid cape standing on seashore surrounded by fossils with black cliff and blue sky.

    Link Love: 3/30/2018

    • Date: March 30, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Women's History Month edition, continued!The story of fossil seller and paleontologist Mary Anning (for whom the "She Sells Seashells" rhyme was possibly written), in Peeps. [via The Last Word on Nothing]A look at the WWI Women's Land Army composed of "farmettes" who went outside the home to address the national food shortage. [via LOC Blog]For 25 cents an hour, less than

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  19.  A duplicate of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, on display at the Smithsonian in 1972

    So Where Do You Park Your Lunar Lander?

    • Date: July 16, 2019
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: If you took a trip to the moon, where would you park your lunar lander?

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  21. Color portrait of woman smiling

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Arianna Curtis

    • Date: January 10, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  23. 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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