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: On January 19, 1858 renovations to the library located in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building to increase space for books were completed.
Description: Digital strategist Effie Kapsalis was dedicated to building bridges between Smithsonian collections and audiences. In a Smithsonian career spanning nearly twenty years, Effie mobilized her colleagues to share more diverse stories, break down barriers to access, and fight for gender and racial equity in the cultural heritage sphere. Sadly, we lost Effie on December 11, 2022.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Portrait of Albert Einstein and Others (1879-1955), Physicist, by unidentified photographer, 1931, Smithsonian Institution Libraries."][/caption] This post is second in a series that highlights some of our most popular photos on the Flickr Commons. This photo of Einstein pictured with a group of intellectuals is one of
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="In 1906, visitors enjoyed touring the nation's capitol in this sightseeing bus, which was manned by guides with megaphones, 1906, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder October 1989, Negative Number: 72-8601."][/caption]
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives releases a new feature on their website which enables their finding aids to be marked up with available digitized media.