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  1. An older man sits at a booth as people wait in line. Banners are visible. They read: Why do research?; What is conservation?; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and Frog Voices.

    Festival of American Folklife 1996: Working at the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 2, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.

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  3. Free NASA Posters, image courtesy NASA/JPL.

    Link Love: 02/19/2016

    • Date: February 19, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Don't miss out on getting your copy of these beautiful NASA space travel posters. [via The Drive]GPS art by bicycle. [via bored panda]448 free art books from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [via Open Culture]Learn how to archive institutional email from two of our own. [via Library of Congress]A new 3D scan of Apollo 11 reveals astronaut graffiti depicting flight plans, a

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  5. Lonnie G. Bunch III stands in an office in front of a cluttered bookshelf.

    Goodbye, 2019. Hello, 2020!

    • Date: December 31, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2020, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2019.

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  7. The Education of George C. Wheeler - Part III

    • Date: February 7, 2013
    • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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  9. 9 colorful illustrations of caterpillars on off-white paper

    Link Love: 2/2/2018

    • Date: February 2, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Gorgeous rights-free illustrations of caterpillars from a German entomological by Christian Friedrich Vogel volume in the Biodiversity Heritage Library. [via Public Domain Review]A look at the first multispecies experimental coral microcosm in the world installed at our National Museum of Natural History in 1980. [via Ocean Portal]You can explore over 30,000 NY Historic

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    Archiving a Dream

    • Date: December 7, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Traditionally, when families gather for end-of-the-year holiday events, reminiscences are shared, new photos and videos get made, and/or old snapshots, home movies, and memories resurface. And while most family narratives are revisited in intimate settings, around kitchen tables or in living rooms, a handful may reach broader audiences, through one set of circumstances or

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  13. Two-Year Old Boy Sitting in Basket 1909, NAA INV 06226600, Glass Negative, National Anthropological Archives.

    You Asked, We Answered: 2015 Ask an Archivist

    • Date: November 10, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: On Thursday, October 22nd, four of our archivists/conservators were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fifth year hosting

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  15. Robert E. Sheldon aka “The Band Man” Works on a Composition for the French Horn

    Sneak Peek 2/11/2019

    • Date: February 11, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Robert E. Sheldon aka “The Band Man,” museum specialist in the Division of Musical Instruments at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, works on a composition for the french horn, 79-5900-32.

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  17. A man sits at a desk on which large bones sit. An animal skeleton is hanging on the wall.

    The Mammoth Task of Creating a Fossil Hall at the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 6, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before you head to “Deep Time,” opening this weekend at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learn about how Smithsonian’s fossil collection was initially formed and exhibited.

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    Welcome to the World Wide Web, Ladies

    • Date: August 15, 2013
    • Description: Intern Rachel Alexander muses on why notable women in science are forgotten and how to reinstate their legacy through Wikipedia.

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  21. Akeju stands at a podium.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Camille Giraud Akeju

    • Date: June 17, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Camille Giraud Akeju was the Director of the Anacostia Community Museum from 2005 to 2016. Under her leadership, the Museum broadened its mission and scope to address the impact of historical and current events on urban communities, both locally and nationally.Before the Smithsonian, Akeju served as the president of the Harlem School of the Arts beginning in 1999. During her

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  23. Flickr user Penny Richards helps identify image.

    Un-Locke the Mystery

    • Date: March 13, 2012
    • Creator: Susannah Wells
    • Description: Even with help from the dedicated Flickr Commons community, there are still many more images to identify in the Ruel Pardee Tolman Flickr set.

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