As part of the Libraries' two-day symposium, “The Era of Experiments and the Age of Wonder: Scientific Expansion in the 17th – 19th Centuries” today and tomorrow, March 5 British historian more »
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Today, March 3, 2010, the Smithsonian Libraries' Advisory Board held it's first meeting of 2010 at the National Museum of African American History and Culture's conference room in Washington, DC. more »
No, it's not a fifties horror movie—not yet! The Smithsonian acquired a giant octopus in January and it is now on display to the public. He may be deceptively small more »
Mark your calendars! The Libraries will host a two-day symposium titled “The Era of Experiments and the Age of Wonder: Scientific Expansion in the 17th–19th Centuries” March 4 and 5 more »
Due to inclement weather conditions in the DC area, the Libraries regrets the cancellation of William Patry's lecture, "Copyright as Storytelling," scheduled on Friday, February 12. We will reschedule this event more »
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the Smithsonian Institution Archives, and the Office of the Chief Information Officer present another in a series of speakers to address the Institution on the future more »
Patrick Henry by George Bagby Matthews The Libraries announces a new fellowship founded by a bequest of Margaret P. Nuttle. The Margaret Henry Dabney Penick Resident Scholar Program supports scholarly more »