Description: In 2019, the Smithsonian faced the repercussions of the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, but the institution is no stranger to the dreaded furlough.
Description: Unusual sized and shaped items can be a challenge in archives—here’s how our conservation staff dealt with a particularly tricky accession.
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="349" caption="Richard Montali, pathology director of the National Zoological Park's Office of Pathology, dedicates the new pathology and autopsy building, August 26, 1977, by Kathy Hammersley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder October
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="365" caption="A history exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building of the first typewriter patented in the United States, It was submitted to the United States Patent Office by William Austin Burt in 1829 and called the typographer, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="293" caption="A narrow section, done in wood, of the of south front of new National Museum building, the Natural History Building, erected by the superintendent of construction, The Old Post Office is in the background on the left, 1904, by Unidentified photographer, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 79, Box 9, Folder 4,
Description: I cannot, I feel, have any regrets about my accomplishments. What comes from art will just come. I don’t feel any need to strive. - John N. Robinson One of my favorite parts of working in an archive is the opportunity to immerse myself in other people’s worlds, to learn more about their stories and experiences. One such person I encountered recently was John N. Robinson, a
Description: Last week, Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar was named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Chavez Lamar has worked at the Museum throughout her career, from an internship in 1994 to her current role as acting associate director for collections and operations. Between 2000 and 2005, she was an associate curator, leading the work on “Our Lives,” one of
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="287" caption="Eugene Behlan, chief of National Museum of Natural History Office of Exhibits, with a mannequin before the opening of "Western Civilization: Origins and Traditions," 1978, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder July 1978, Negative Number:
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