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    The Times They Are a-Changin' at The Bigger Picture

    • Date: November 2, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: This period of extended telework has allowed The Bigger Picture team to slow down and strategize about the future of the blog. Read about a few of the changes coming your way.

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    The Hirshhorn Adventures: A Museum for the Mall

    • Date: December 11, 2018
    • Description: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has been located on the National Mall since 1974, but before that, Joseph and Olga Hirshhorn spent years considering which city or country the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden would call home.

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    Navigating Treatment of the Dawson Map

    • Date: May 7, 2019
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Our treasures can pose significant—and often unexpected—challenges, like when a map has been attached to a hotel linen. See how our staff tackled a complex intervention in progress!

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    Otterly Awesome Otter Day Post

    • Date: May 20, 2021
    • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
    • Description: Taking time to appreciate these mustelids is something we otter do.

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    Science Service, Up Close: Up in the Air for a Solar Eclipse

    • Date: January 24, 2017
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: On January 24, 1925, for the first time in over a century, a total solar eclipse would be visible across the northern part of the United States. How scientists used a dirigible to observe the phenomenon.

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  11. Statue by George Segal of a citizen listening to one of President Roosevelt's fireside chats.

    The Painter and the Poet: Creative Writing at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

    • Date: April 4, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: Pieces by aspiring poets—and a look at the artwork that inspired them—from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s writing workshops.

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    Fitting Unusual Collections into Standard Boxes

    • Date: April 23, 2019
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: In celebration of Preservation Week, we’ll take a look at a recently created custom housing for a fragile fabric-covered box found within Accession 18-009.

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  15. Watson Hiner Monroe (at left, behind the wheel) and Katherine Tait Omwake and Thelma Hunt (visible in the back seat), participating in driving test as part of the George Washington University “Sleeplessness Test” weekend, August 14-16, 1925.

    Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 2 - Adventurers

    • Date: August 20, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.

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    Burn This Disc: Treating Fire-Affected Optical Discs, Part III

    • Date: November 4, 2021
    • Description: This is the final part in a three-part series of blog posts about a research project on treating fire-affected optical discs. In this final post, we’ll summarize our research and outline possible next steps.

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    Science Service, Up Close: Save the Redwoods

    • Date: May 21, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Science Service: Up Close - Pictures from the Bolling Memorial Redwood Grove, Humboldt County, California.

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  21. At the Archives Star Wars Is

    • Date: December 17, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In honor of Star Wars: The Force Awakens opening tomorrow, here are some Star Wars related things from the Archives Collections.

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    #AskAnArchivist 2019: The Year of the GIF

    • Date: October 3, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: You asked. We answered. On October 2, 2019, five Archive staff members were excited and ready to answer questions on Twitter and Instagram for #AskAnArchivist Day.

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