Meghan Doherty, one of Smithsonian Libraries 2009 Dibner Resident Scholars, began her studies at the Dibner Library in the National Museum of American History on January 5. Her research tenure more »
Month: February 2009
Libraries exhibit Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration is being pointed to in the blogosphere via its mention in The Librarian's Internet Index "New this Week" feature.—Elizabeth Periale
Art Daily.org, "The First Art Newspaper on the Net" recently featured two Libraries exhibitions, Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration and The Art of African Exploration on its website. more »
Picturing Words: the Power of Book Illustration is currently on display in the National Museum of American History. From the Illustrating Natural History section: Das Mineralreich (The Mineral Kingdom) Reinhard more »
The Cooper-Hewitt Library is celebrating the release of Shedding Light on New York: Edward F. Caldwell Collection, a new online database on Saturday, February 28th. Margaret Caldwell, great granddaughter of more »
No, it's a quagga! From the Libraries' current exhibition, The Art of African Exploration: Quaggas were frequently confused with zebras in early explorers’ accounts. Unlike zebras, a quagga’s stripes are more »
Smithsonian Libraries is blogging, tweeting and facebooking. It's a 2.0 world and the Libraries is a part of it. If you'd like to keep up with the collections, events around more »