Description: Surreal, doctored historic images by Nicolas Monterrat. [via Colossal]Europeana announced the winners of the 2017 Gif It Up competition! [via Europeana blog]Chinese researchers are starting the daunting task of digitizing more than 200,000 volumes of Mongolian books and documents, including a rare Mongolian version of the Tibetan Buddhist classic Kangyur from 1720. [via
Description: How has the Smithsonian been portrayed in popular culture – fiction writing, movies and television, over the last 160 years and has its popular imaged changed?
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has been spending a lot of time looking at our audiovisual preservation practices. Check out the results from our recent assessment!
Description: Keep it in perspective: a new view of earth by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. [via Info Docket]A digital re-creation of the 1796 Shakespeare Gallery from the University of Texas at Austin's online project, What Jane Saw. [via Hyperallergic]For locals, a little bit of history on the DC street names...and why there's no J street. [via Ghosts of DC]The evolution of toy
Description: Recently, I read some interesting news about the National Public Radio blog, “The Picture Show,” that explores photographic images and issues.