Activities & Games |
You Be the Conservator: Looking at Objects Inside and Out
An activity to see how museum professionals study and preserve wooden santos from Puerto Rico and New Mexico.
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Fact Sheet |
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Care of Victorian Silk Quilts and Slumber Throws
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Guidelines for Caring for Objects
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How do I store antique textiles at home?
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Online Exhibition |
Lunder Conservation Center
The Lunder Conservation Center provides a unique opportunity to view conservators at work.
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Preserving Ancient Statues from Jordan
The oldest human-form statues ever found in the Near East.
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Online Feature |
A Closer Look at Conservation
Step behind the closed doors of the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research to see how several portraits in the Sackler Gallery's exhibition Worshiping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits were restored.
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Research Program |
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African Art Musuem Research
Resources include the Warren M. Robbins Library, the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, the Conservation Department, and the collections.
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Museum Conservation Institute (MCI)
Researches the conservation and analysis of museum collection items.
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Save Outdoor Sculpture!
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) is a program committed to the preservation and celebration of America's outdoor sculptures.
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Research Resource |
Collections Search Center
Search millions of records, with images, video and sound files from Smithsonian museums, archives, and libraries.
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Smithsonian Institution Libraries
The Smithsonian's 22 branch libraries contain more than 1.8 million volumes, including 40,000 rare books.
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Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
Online database of Library, Archives, and Research Catalogs
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Smithsonian Research Online
Smithsonian Research Online is a set of services to the research community both within and outside the Smithsonian Institution. Managed by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the program assists in capturing the research output of Smithsonian scholars and making it available to Institutional management as well as scientists and historians world-wide.
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Teacher Resource |
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Smithsonian Education: Lesson Plans, Resources, Standards of Learning
The gateway to Smithsonian educational resources for educators, families, and students.
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Video |
American History Museum YouTube Channel
Videos from the National Museum of American History which dedicates its collections and scholarship to inspiring a broader understanding of our nation and its many peoples.
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Collections Seach Center: Video Recordings
Video recordings in the Collections Search Center.
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Smithsonian YouTube Channel
Enjoy lectures and experiences featuring renowned experts covering the worlds of art, design, history, culture, science and technology. You'll find presentations from many of our 19 museums, 9 research centers and myriad of departments and programs.
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