Description: Anthropologist Marvette Pérez, National Museum of American History, was the Smithsonian's first Latino history curator, an accomplished percussionist and vocalist, and collector who acquired works representing Latino popular culture & music. #Groundbreaker
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.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="335" caption="Sophie Lutterlough, hired in 1943 as the Smithsonian’s first female elevator operator, sits in front of a microscope in the Department of Entomology, For 14 years Lutterlough ran the elevators, but moved on to a second career after asking Dr. J. F. Gates Clarke if there were any openings in his department, and being hired
Description: Carmen Turner, Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1990–1992, was the Smithsonian’s chief operating officer. She led a comprehensive reorganizational study of the Smithsonian, and prioritized equal employment opportunities, welcoming more diverse audiences, and creating spaces for teenagers. #Groundbreaker
Description: Sure, you’ve heard of famed composer John Philip Sousa. But did you know that Sousa composed a march just for the Smithsonian?On November 6, 1854, the “March King” John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. With roots in Southeast Washington near the Marine Barracks, where his father played trombone in the United States Marine Band, it should have been of no surprise to
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Eileen M. McCarthy, chief of the Publications Distribution Section of the Smithsonian Institution Press, opening gifts at her retirement party in the Great Hall, Smithsonian Institution Building, March 9, 1973, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
Description: It’s an old fashioned card catalogue full of jokes! The National Museum of American History gives insight into Phyllis Diller’s “gag file”—50,000 annotated jokes featured in a new exhibition at the museum. How are institutions preserving born digital art? Here’s an article about Rhizome’s ArtBase—an archive of digital artworks [via the National Digital Information
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