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  1. To Preserve or Not to Preserve: Social Media

    • Date: June 13, 2012
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A quick overview of how the Archives decides what social media to preserve to document the Smithsonian’s history.

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  3. Portrait of Theo van Gogh, 1887, by Vincent van Gogh.

    Link Love: 2/12/2016

    • Date: February 12, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: You can now download hi-res images of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings, sketches, and letters. [via Open Culture and Vincent Van Gogh Museum]Speaking of Van Gogh, the Art Institute of Chicago has recreated the bedroom in his famous painting and it is now for rent on Air BnB. [via Colossal]More enjoyable art browsing brought to you by technology! Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of

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    Ask the Smithsonian, Third Time’s the Charm

    • Date: October 11, 2012
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: Experts from the Smithsonian Institution invite visitors to see how to and care for their own archival collections and treasures.

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  7. Link Love: 04/30/2021

    • Date: April 30, 2021
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  9. Beige, tan, and burgundy webpage with black and white archival photos across the top.

    Some Archives Technologist Career Advice

    • Date: May 24, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: This is the latest post in our series on career advice for the aspiring archives professionals. Each edition features information and career advice from a different member of the Archives team, regarding what they do, how they got here, and how you can too. Check out our previous posts, and don’t be afraid to let us know who you would like to hear from next!The Archives has

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    Augmented Reality? Something Wrong With That?

    • Date: June 18, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_1356" align="aligncenter" width="251" caption="Tommy Dodgen, age 4, standing by the largest lamp in the world : Tampa, Florida, by unknown photographer, 1947, State Library and Archives of Florida, Commerce Collection."][/caption] The cover shot of Popular Science’s July issue, which focuses on the future of energy, uses some interesting new

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  13. Black ink drawing of little boy from behind, walking on the seashore.

    Link Love: 7/28/2017

    • Date: July 28, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Edward Hopper House announced it will receive over 1,000 artifacts related to Edward Hopper, including this drawing he did on his report card at age 9. [via Open Culture]Conservators will love this one - "The History of Ink," from 19th century ink manufacturer, Thaddeus Davids and Co. [via Public Domain Review]Smart Girls profiled one of the Smithsonian's #groundbreakers,

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  15. Art Pumpkins by Edie Everette

    Link Love: 10/7/2016

    • Date: October 7, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Art-inspired pumpkins. [via Hyperallergic]Gif's turned art. [via Wired]Our neighbor, the National Gallery of Art, just reopened their beautiful east wing and it has a stunning blue friend. [via Washington Post]Loved the Renwick Gallery's Wonder exhibit? You can now experience it in VR! [via DCist]The powerful symbolism in Nat Turner's bible. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Nashville

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    Link Love: 7/2/2010

    • Date: July 2, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_7288" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Baseball Photographer Trading Card: Ansel Adams, 1975, by Mike Mandel."][/caption] What happens when you mix baseball cards with famous photographers? I’m loving Mike Mandel’s 1975 Baseball Photographer Trading Cards project posted over at Fans in a Flashbulb. The Tenement Museum in downtown New York has

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  19. Untitled, by James Fraser Paige, Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1991-088.

    Link Love: 10/7/2011

    • Date: October 7, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  21. Link Love: 07/10/2020

    • Date: July 10, 2020
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  23. Scan of a 1938 Washington Post article.

    Camera Craze Comes to the Smithsonian

    • Date: April 26, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: It would be hard to imagine stepping into a Smithsonian museum today and not seeing a single camera. Digital cameras and smart phones with cameras are so completely a part of today’s museum-going experience that - unless a flash goes off in your face – you probably wouldn’t notice the camera next to you. However, in 1938, you would have seen a very different sight. On August

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