Description: Anthropologist and Director Emeritus, Diana Parker (at podium), produced the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival for 25 years and worked in over 40 nations to bring the festival to D.C. #Groundbreaker
Description: A forerunner of today’s efforts to decolonize and Indigenize American museums, Tichkematse was one of the first Native American employees at the Smithsonian Institution. His work with natural history and anthropological collections continue to inspire Native and non-Native museum professionals nearly 150 years later.
Description: This October cultural institutions around the world will be getting a little spooky and scary for Page Frights, a month-long look at our creepiest collection finds.
Description: “Can a Rattlesnake hypnotize a Pine Mouse to death”? Questions from a typical day of treatment for a Pre-Program Paper Conservation Intern.
Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.
Description: Smithsonian Secretary Clough's most recent earthquake update. Whoa. For all you web nerds out there, check out this interactive timeline called, "The evolution of the web," which takes us through the birth and death of many a web browser, coding language, and web specific technology [via Swissmiss]. A Smithsonian Institution Libraries intern recounts her internship experience,
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_8807,size=250,left] In the institutional archivists' world, there is constant discussion about what we save and why we save it. While there are many reasons why this is such a pointed concern, one of the main factors institutions consider when deciding what to collect is the relevance of a collection's contents to the institution's mission.
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