Results for "Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (Website)"
Link Love: 4/27/2018
- Date: April 27, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: You can now step inside a Klimt painting in these large-scale immersive environments brought to you by projection technology. [via Artsy]Don't be surprised if you encounter an inquisitive robot on your next visit to the Smithsonian. [via Digital Trends]U.S. National Archives is now publishing a public dashboard which logs any notices received of unauthorized records
Link Love: 4/29/16
- Date: April 29, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Cardboard architectural landmark cathouses; sacrilege or awesome? [via Design Boom] Prince's Paisley Park to become a museum. [via Hyperallergic]The bison is set to become America's national mammal. Learn how the Smithsonian helped save the American bison. [via Washington Post]A new online archive from the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore Uprising 2015 Archive Project,
Link Love: 12/16/2016
- Date: December 16, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Japanese are taking fall to a new level! [via Bored Panda]The 25 most instagrammed museums includes the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. [via Hyperallergic] Ireland's National Web Archive in Ireland let the public choose 10 websites to preserve. [via Info Docket]There's a podcast for everyone, including research librarians...check out the episode on Global Web Preservation.
Link Love: 4/6/2018
- Date: April 6, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Art history memes are back and better than ever. [via Bored Panda]The fascinating story behind the Freer Sackler's Peacock Room. [via Atlas Obscura]A new app, Seek, for identifying plants and animals, the "Shazam of Nature." [via My Modern Met]Speaking of apps, you can now create 3D artwork in Augmented Reality with Artopia! [via Colossal]And we have an app for Archives
Hot Topix in Archival Research During a Pandemic
- Date: July 9, 2020
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
- Blog Post
Decoding Taxonomic Mysteries in Secretary Baird’s Correspondence
- Date: May 17, 2016
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: The Archives was recently gifted an 1860 letter from Spencer F. Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian, to George N. Lawrence, fellow naturalist. The donor requested that, along with a digital version, a transcription be provided, which I undertook alongside a simple treatment. The letter was in overall excellent condition: the thin paper exhibited only a pair of small
- Blog Post
Brave New Museum
- Date: March 11, 2010
- Description: Computer science researchers at the University of Washington and Cornell University have announced a new system of powerful graphics algorithms that will create three-dimensional renderings of buildings, neighborhoods, and potentially even entire cities. Fittingly the inventors went for the gold and named the system PhotoCity. Like its precursor, Microsoft’s Photosynth, the
- Blog Post
Rediscovering Elizabeth’s Smile
- Date: November 18, 2010
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Archiving Born-Digital Media from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Date: October 27, 2020
- Description: We’ve been processing audiovisual media collections from the Science Media Group division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Coming This Summer: Trivia Tuesdays, Smithsonian-Style
- Date: June 3, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: To celebrate the Smithsonian Institution’s 175th birthday this August, we’re going to test your Smithsonian history knowledge every week on Instagram and Twitter.
- Blog Post
How Much is Enough?
- Date: August 17, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Love Thy Neighbor's Mug Shot
- Date: September 17, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.