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    Sifting Through Archives and Snooping Through Desks

    • Date: April 27, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Walt Whitman, 1883 ,by Unidentified photographer, Albumen silver print, 14.3 cmx10.1 cm, National Portrait Gallery, Image No.

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  3. 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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    Smithsonian's Photo Summit

    • Date: October 12, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Installation View of Smithsonian Photography Exhibition Art Section, by Thomas Smillie, c.

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    The Archives’ Video Digitization Equipment Gets an Upgrade

    • Date: April 2, 2020
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: The Archives recently upgraded its video digitization equipment to an open source, cost effective solution.

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  9. Blue/green circle with golden sunburst with wavy rays and Smithsonian in text underneath

    Link Love: 12/8/2017

    • Date: December 8, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The man who created the Smithsonian's contemporary visual identity system, Ivan Chermayeff, died this week. Here's more on the history of the Smithsonian's identity. [via Smithsonian Magazine]If you're a high school student interested in design, you have until February 12 to enter the Cooper Hewitt's competition for design solutions to make the everyday more accessible! Also

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  11. urban street scape with barber shop, candy shop, and African Americans walking the street

    Link Love: 5/11/2018

    • Date: May 11, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum looks at the history of rapid change in Washington D.C., the ensuing inequality, and neighborhood activism with A Right to the City. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Check out the newly released 2018 National Design Award winners from the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt. [via Architect Magazine]There may be a developing love story at our

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  13. woman in classical dress slumped over an office chair staring at laptop

    Link Love: 8/3/2018

    • Date: August 3, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Classical paintings updated for the 21st century. [via Golem 13]The Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Alaska State Library has finished digitizing the papers of gunslinger Wyatt Earp. [via Info Docket]What role does art play with all the pressing matters in our world? The Smithsonian's Secretary gathers a panel of artists, writers, and critics to weigh-in. [via Second Opinion] What

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  15. Sepia toned image of African American woman posed and seated in chair.

    Link Love: 4/7/2017

    • Date: April 7, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress were able to pool funds to purchase a rare photo of a young Harriet Tubman. [via Washington Post]The Audobon profiles Smithsonian scientist, Roxie Laybourne, who started the field of forensic ornithology which identified birds involved in plane strikes and led to improved

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  17. Black ink drawing of man & woman with symbols to the left

    Link Love: 5/19/2017

    • Date: May 19, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: An early infographic explaining Earth in case of chance alien encounters, from 1972! [via Co.Design]A peek at the the 1st weather dataset collected by the Smithsonian in the late 19th century, and what it means about archival practices around data. [via Process History]How Chuck Berry's bright red Cadillac almost didn't make it to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African

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  19. A woman photographs a panda.

    Remembering Jessie Cohen

    • Date: October 29, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: At SPI, we were sad to learn that Jessie Cohen died earlier this week. Jessie was one of the photographic mainstays at the Smithsonian; she started working at the Smithsonian National Zoo in 1979, photographing animals, their living quarters, and behind-the-scenes events for exhibition, education, and marketing purposes. In addition, Jessie also managed the Zoo’s exhibition

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  21. a progression of 3 images of a brightly lit, round field of light with a dark hole in the middle and a ray of light projecting upwards.

    Link Love: 3/16/2018

    • Date: March 16, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Apparently black holes are not a one-way vortex we assumed. This image from NASA demonstrates objects projecting out of black holes! [via The Space Academy]The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will acquire records of The Academy of Washington, D.C., an LGBT organization that produced nationally-recognized drag pageants. [via Washington Blade]You can vote on

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  23. Color photo of grey/brown bird specimen perched on branch.

    Link Love: 3/31/2017

    • Date: March 31, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: There are 145 collection items at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and their new Objects of Wonder exhibit looks at how scientists use these collections to further our understanding of the world! (via Buzzfeed)Get cozy while you research! Folger Shakespeare Library lends out handmade shawls to visitors. [via Atlas Obscura]Students from the College of

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