Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives Reference Team handles an average of around 6,000 queries per year, and if you us what people have been researching at the Archives recently, you'll get some pretty interesting responses. Although not comprehensive, here's a snapshot of the diverse range of information encompassed by the history of the world's largest museum complex!
Description: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Museum Computer Network, this second blog explores the early interactions of MCN with the Smithsonian.
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: This is the first of two posts on the Archives' conservators’ work with the Smithsonian’s Haiti Cultural Recovery project, which works to rescue and safeguard objects damaged by the 2010 earthquake.
Description: Public domain infographics of African Americans in the 1900s by W. E. B. Du Bois. [via Public Domain Review]Big open cultural heritage news - the Met has released 375k public domain collections for free and unrestricted use! [via ARTNEWS]A world map of archives (and we're on the map!) [via Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig]Some guidance on managing your digital photos and video. [via
Description: Posters at the Smithsonian display a wide range of exhibitions and programs, each with a design that is visually intriguing and purposeful in conveying information.
Description: Impacting the National Air and Space Museum with her caring attitude and dedication to her work in the Building Management Department, Annie Sullivan is an individual to be remembered.
Description: Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes quirky, contacts from the U.S. Fish Commission to fill exhibit cabinets in the U.S. National Museum.