Description: Each Monday, sit back, relax, and ease into the work week with puzzles created from images in our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse these images as part of Smithsonian Open Access, launched in 2020.Today’s feature is from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Smithsonian coordinated all of
Description: On January 31, 2018, the Archives bid farewell to our Director, Anne Van Camp.Anne started at the Archives in March 2007. During her tenure here, the Archives experienced a tremendous period of growth for staff, programs and facilities. Smithsonian Institution Archives Director, Anne Van Camp, retires.
Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Description: Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.