Johannes Hevelius, Machinae Coelestis Pars Prior [and Posterior] [Celestial machines, or astronomical instruments], 1673-79, Four male figures (including Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, and possibly Ptolemy and Aristotle) contemplate a celestial globe; more »
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Unbound
Major improvements have been made recently to accessing the Smithsonian Libraries’ extraordinary collection of trade literature. Making an on-line inventory of the entire 430,000-plus piece collection was the first major step—truly a more »
Clipper Sleds. Oak Clippers. Dirigo Clippers. Oak Frame Sleds. Paris Cutter. Double Runners. These sleds were all manufactured by the Paris Manufacturing Co., located in South Paris, Maine, and are more »
Today, in 1878, milk was delivered in bottles for the first time. The Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library has many milk and dairy related more »
A Repository for Bottled Monsters, a blog that features all things from the National Museum of Health and Medicine, recently featured the Libraries' exhibition, Picturing Words: the Power of Book more »
The blog, OnlineCourses.org ranked the Libraries' online special collections #1! They like us, they really like us . . . The Libraries does house many special collections, which we try more »
The Libraries has quite a series of titles from across its collections featuring the King of Rock 'n' Roll. There is also an interesting link on the National Postal Museum more »