Description: Museum visitor views dinosaur bone, the humerus (upper arm bone) of Brachiosaurus altithorax, on exhibit at Museum of Natural History, September 11, 1959, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-054A.
Description: Revamping our online postcard exhibit poses the challenge of dating unused postcards. Here’s how I have hunted down clues to solve the mystery!
Description: Dr. Nancy Bercaw, co-curator of the “Slavery and Freedom” exhibit, National Museum of African American History and Culture, oversaw a slave cabin's move from Edisto Island, South Carolina to the Smithsonian: “I have to see it where it was...I felt like I needed to meet people as well.” #Groundbreaker
Description: Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since the beginning. As our historian Pamela Henson likes to say, we have always relied on the kindness of strangers. A blog post in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month 2015. Includes a list of Smithsonian crowdsourcing projects that volunteers can participate in.
Description: Masks and endless sanitizing again? What has the Smithsonian done during past pandemics? We’ll look back to the public health emergency in 1918.
Description: Curator Dr. Karen Milbourne, National Museum of African Art, studies the arts of western Zambia and contemporary African art. Her exhibition "Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts" won an Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Excellence in Exhibitions award. #Groundbreaker
Description: Bureau of American Ethnology exhibit featuring "Basketry of the American Indians" at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-16402.
Description: For Social Media Day, we’re recapping how a Facebook follower solved an archival mystery by giving a name to our most popular “unidentified male model.”
Description: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives recently welcomed Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty as our inaugural director. Join us as we get to know the new leader of our organization!
Description: Senior Curator and Historian Portia James (1953-2015) pioneered a community-based approach at the Anacostia Community Museum and led the exhibitions, publications and collections programs. She researched African American material culture. #Groundbreaker