Results for "Smithsonian Collections Blog"
- Blog Post
Archives Puzzles: Getting Succ’d In
- Date: November 16, 2020
- 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.
Sneak Peek 10/10/2016
- Date: October 10, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Stereograph portrait of unidentified Smithsonian staff member modeling a hooded fur coat from Anthropology collections, MNH-1122A.
Link Love: 9/5/2014
- Date: September 5, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: May 2, 2017
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: We highlight a few topics explored this spring by researchers at the Archives.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 11/1/2013
- Date: November 1, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Link Love: 8/19/2016
- Date: August 19, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website
- Date: October 4, 2018
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Date: December 8, 2020
- Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
Archives Puzzles: Family Time at the Smithsonian Castle
- Date: August 2, 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.
Volunteer Appreciation: Petrina Foti
- Date: April 11, 2017
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: We celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by recognizing Petrina Foti, whose work contributes to our oral history collections.
A (Brief) History of Sloths at the Smithsonian
- Date: October 20, 2020
- Creator: Jessica Scott
- Description: …in which a member of the Archives staff turns her passion for sloths into a mission to research their history at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Smithsonian Gardens
- Date: September 4, 2018
- Description: During debates about the Smithsonian’s founding, the idea of using James Smithson’s bequest for a botanic garden was included in several drafts of the bill considered by Congress. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore commissioned America’s preeminent landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing to design plans for the National Mall, including grounds around the Smithsonian Castle,