Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.
Description: As a teenager, Robert Ridgway was tapped by the Smithsonian’s Assistant Secretary to be an expedition zoologist. In 1881, when the US National Museum opened its doors, he was the curator of Birds. Download and reuse some of bird illustrations today through Smithsonian Open Access.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="288" caption="Owney Embarks on his Makeover, photo courtesy of National Postal Museum, Pushing the Envelope blog."][/caption] Owney the Railway Mail Service dog is about to undergo conservation to improve his appearance and will be tweeting about the whole process on his very entertaining Twitter feed. You all know about our passion
Description: New Year's edition!10 years of beautiful bookish art from the Brooklyn Public Library. [via Hyperallergic]You can now tour online 9 floors and 85 permanent galleries of the British Museum which includes 80,000 artifacts. [via Open Culture]More good open access news: American Jewish literary news and opinion works spanning 2nd half of the 20th century is now available freely
Description: In honor of Women’s History Month, we’d like to revisit an important and inspiring exhibition circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in 1961. “The Magnificient Enterprise: Education Opens the Door” was a photographic exhibition based on the 100 years of higher education for women. Sponsored by Vassar College in observance of its