Description: Get to know some Smithsonian staff, from their favorite holiday dishes to their dream celebrity dinner guests, through a former series in The Torch.
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: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="285" caption="Plants stored between the greenhouse and the Office Building in the South Yard, A portion of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle," is visible in the background, 1974, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 94 Box 32 Folder 14, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Construction of the Pension Building, Designed by Montgomery Meigs, c. 1883, by Unknown photographer, Albumen print, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Image ID: AFS 182."][/caption] One of the first collections that I encountered during my travels through the photography collections of the
Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.
Description: Couldn’t we all use a little more warmth and kindness in the world? For World Kindness Day, we’re highlighting acts of kindness by Smithsonian employees that were featured in the staff newsletter, "The Torch."
Description: [caption id="attachment_7450" align="aligncenter" width="379" caption="A broken glass plate negative, Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] We are in the throes of summer here in Washington DC, and that means three things: heat, more heat, and interns. Interns not only allow us to share expertise and experience with newcomers to the field, but also allow