Description: Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, recreated in miniature with office supplies. [via Colossal]A new project, Great 78, seeks to preserve 78rpm records. [via Internet Archive]Nice! NYPL card holders can now stream movies from the Criterion Collection. [via Gothamist] A floating museum makes its debut this month in Chicago! [via Timeout]Sound maps of protest from the last 26 years.
Description: From the look of this 16th Century book, Swedes sure knew how to deal with winter. [via Smithsonian Libraries]A rediscovered Christmas drinking song! [via Fine Books & Collections]Just in time for the solstice, ancient Japan's 72 seasons in a calendar app! [via Hyperallergic]The historic precursor to Amazon's delivery drones (a curator from our National Postal Museum weighs
Description: Katrina D. Lashley has been the program coordinator of Urban Waterways at Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum since 2012. The research and educational initiative aims to create a better understanding of the relationships between urban communities and their waterways.Lashley earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature and Italian from Rutgers University and a
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.
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Description: In 2016 Lonnie G. Bunch donated his personal papers to the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The collection covers a wide variety of topics and spans the breath of Bunch's career from being an Education Specialist at the National Air and Space Museum to being Founding Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
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Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.