Description: Nearly two years ago, I first heard of a course on the conservation of Japanese paper co-organized by ICCROM, the cultural heritage arm of UNESCO, and the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (also known in Japanese as “Tobunken”). Over three weeks, the course offered a first-hand look at the traditional Japanese conservation techniques, materials, and
Description: As Smithsonian Transcription Center volunteers unlock the stories from the Archives’ collections, we find ways to share the work of women in science hidden in the digitized pages.
Description: Planning a museum or gallery exhibition takes a lot of work as seen through exhibition records that contain images, layouts, object labels, memos, and other important materials.
Description: [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbnJo88kuP8&feature=related[/embed] You may have noticed a few changes on the blog lately (and then again, maybe you haven't). Either way, we wanted to update you on some new additions to THE BIGGER PICTURE. The big change that we've made is to our blog categories—some of our old categories remain, but we’ve also added new ones.
Description: Here is a look at some of the most interesting presentations Archives staff attended at this year's Society of American Archivists conference.
Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Description: Dr. Brandon Fortune, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, organized the first two Outwin Boochever Portrait Competitions and researches women portraitists of the later nineteenth century. #Groundbreaker
Description: Dr. Mireya Loza, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, researches labor history and her 1st book, "Defiant Braceros", won the Immigration and Ethnic History Society's Theodore Saloutos Book Award.
Description: Science Service photographs, while having good identifying information, can still be helped by the cybercommunity to fill in some of the mission information.
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_6823,size=150,left] On this Valentine’s Day, you might wonder if Cupid has ever shot any arrows around the Institution. The Smithsonian has been the site of many romances and even some tragedies, so today I’ll tell a story which combines both. In the process of recording his oral history interviews, Dr. T. Dale Stewart, a physical anthropologist at the
Description: Folklorist, visual artist, and curator, Dr. Diana Baird N’Diaye, Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, is a honorary professor at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and researches anthropology, folklore, fashion (dress), and visual art in Africa, the Caribbean, and the U.S. #Groundbreaker
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