Description: This month, we invite you to follow along as we participate in the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s Her Natural History campaign to highlight women natural scientists in our collections. And don’t forget to head to the Smithsonian Transcription Center to help us transcribe notes from women working in the field.
Description: This American Archives Month, we teamed up with archivists and conservators around the Smithsonian for five Instagram takeovers to highlight the breadth of the Institution's audiovisual collections.
Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
Description: For Social Media Day, we’re recapping how a Facebook follower solved an archival mystery by giving a name to our most popular “unidentified male model.”
Description: Despite another year of telework and limited physical access to our collections, the Smithsonian Institution Archives has continued to serve our researchers and share more of our collections with the public.
Description: You asked. We answered. And we had a whole lot of fun doing it. On October 13, 2021, Archives staff answered questions on Twitter and Instagram for #AskAnArchivist Day 2021.
Description: Whether you have a little downtime or you wish you remembered what downtime was like, the Archives is here for you with a few distance learning activities and organization tips.
Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.
Description: Nearly four months into Smithsonian’s extended telework period, we thought it would be fun to share which skills and hobbies have been getting us through this overwhelming time.