Description: Every year at its annual conference, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) hosts an event called Archival Screening Night (ASN). ASN is a chance for moving image archivists around the world to showcase films and videos from their collections, particularly items that have recently been preserved, restored, or remastered.This film depicts the Onward Brass Band
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="253" caption="Edgar A. Mearns, an ornithologist, research associate, and honorary associate in zoology, with the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, was one of three naturalists from the National Museum chosen go on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition with Theodore Roosevelt to
Description: Reading never looked so cool with the American Library Association. [via Open Culture]Libraries join the fight against homelessness. [via InfoDocket]NYPL and The Moth join forces to make their audio more accessible with Together We Listen. [via NYPL labs]Teen art museum programs have a lasting impact. [via Smithsonian.com]A peek into Vincent VanGogh's personal life from his
Description: Some years back, and for what seemed like quite a while, people were talking about scrapbooking. As more aspects of everyday life were going digital, it felt like more and more people were paying homage to the paper-based mementoes of their experiences that appeared to be heading for oblivion. Quickly, and to support all the saving, trimming, and gluing that people were
Description: Alice Green Burnette, Assistant Secretary for Institutional Initiatives, 1989–96, managed the $200 million campaign to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington and led marketing efforts for Smithsonian’s 150th anniversary programming. She initially arrived in 1988 as Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs and Coordinator of Institutional
Description: An intimate look at the painting conservation studio at the National Gallery of Art. [via NPR]A newly discovered species of wasp was named in honor of David Bowie. [via Mashable]The Smithsonian is just one of the organizations banning drinking straws due to the environmental harm they cause. [via Washington Post]Can real coral reefs be saved by artificial ones? [via Fusion
Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="251" caption="Veiled Woman with Pearls, c. 1890, by Antoin Sevruguin, Gelatin silver print, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Myron Bement Smith Collection, Gift of Katharine Dennis Smith, 1973–85, Image ID: 2.07."][/caption] The Archives of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery contain a collection of
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