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    New Field Book Images on Flickr Commons

    • Date: December 6, 2012
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Check out our latest set of images from our Field Book Project on the Flickr Commons.

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    Link Love: 7/28/2017

    • Date: July 28, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Edward Hopper House announced it will receive over 1,000 artifacts related to Edward Hopper, including this drawing he did on his report card at age 9. [via Open Culture]Conservators will love this one - "The History of Ink," from 19th century ink manufacturer, Thaddeus Davids and Co. [via Public Domain Review]Smart Girls profiled one of the Smithsonian's #groundbreakers,

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    Link Love: 9/9/2016

    • Date: September 9, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: New to the interwebs: a massive archive of 150 years of photography capturing Russian life from more than 40 institutions and collections. [via Hyperallergic]Nominate your favorite .gov website for the U.S. Federal Government End of Term Web Archive! [via The Signal, Library of Congress]Why save a computer virus, indeed?! [via The Conversation]Giant pandas are no longer

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    Link Love: 2/24/2017

    • Date: February 24, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Hirshhorn and neighboring areas are enveloped in polka dots, and we love it. [via Washington Post]A new African American history treasure trove; digitized post-Civil War 'wanted ads' searching for love ones separated by slavery. [via NPR]11 African American inventors (including the Smithsonian's own Regent, Dr. Shirley Jackson) who changed the world. [via Mental Floss]The

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    Play Our New Game! “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem”

    • Date: July 4, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We are pleased to launch a new live-play mystery based on the Megatherium Club, an actual group of young naturalists who lived in dormitories in the Smithsonian's Castle. Geared toward teen visitors (you must be 13 years or older to play), “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem” runs July 8th-Aug. 27th, with limited timeslots daily. Spend an hour with your

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    Join us for #AskAnArchivist - Wednesday, October 4!

    • Date: October 3, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Tomorrow, to mark Archives Month, we will be on Twitter for #AskAnArchivist! We will answer any questions you may have about archives, from preserving your photos to favorites in our collection. Get your questions ready for this amazing line-up!William Bennett – Conservation Specialist, Smithsonian Institution Archives, attends to the physical needs of our archival collections

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    Link Love: 10/20/2017

    • Date: October 20, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: You can help the Smithsonian produce a 9 CD Hip Hop & Rap Anthology in a newly launched Kickstarter, and if you kick in $100 or more, you'll get a digital-only track! The material in the anthology was produced with an advisory board comprised of members of the hip-hop community including artists Chuck D, MC Lyte, Questlove and 9th Wonder. [via billboard]The Smithsonian

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    Link Love: 3/2/2017

    • Date: March 3, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Get your metadata nerd on with new fashion by Andrea Wallace from the Rijksmuseum's 2017 Rijksstudio competition! The largest transgender archive from the University of Victoria is now on the Internet Archive. [via Archive It]The Center for the Future of Museums has released their 2017 TrendsWatch report highlighting empathy, criminal justice reform, refugees & migration,

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  17. Three teens examining a hidden message on a pencil in front of gothic doors.

    Well-played!

    • Date: August 29, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Castle halls were alive with adventure this summer! From July 7th to August 27th, we piloted a live game for teens, The Mystery of the Meghatherium Club: Mayhem and Mustaches. A look at some of the early feedback received on the Smithsonian's pilot of a history game, "The Mystery of the Meghatherium Club: Mayhem and Mustaches."

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    Link Love: 8/6/2010

    • Date: August 6, 2010
    • 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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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Kim Sajet

    • Date: January 24, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's director, Kim Sajet, has established more inclusive collecting and hiring practices at the museum including enabling the first long-running series on Latina activist, Dolores Huerta. #Groundbreaker

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  23. October is American Archives Month

    Celebrate 2014 Archives Month!

    • Date: October 2, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: It's time again to celebrate all the wonderful things archives have and do! The Society of American Archivists declares each October American Archives Month and the Smithsonian theme for this year is "Discover and Connect." At the Smithsonian Institution Archives, we handle over 6000 reference requests per year and have an ambitious digitization plan to serve people worldwide

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