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Open Access Updates

Create. Imagine. Discover.

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Looking Ahead: One Year of Smithsonian Open Access arrow-right

Framing the next phases of Smithsonian Open Access.

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A Year of Smithsonian Remixes arrow-right

Take a look at how people have used Smithsonian Open Access assets in their own creations.

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(In)visible Artifacts arrow-right

Parsons students explore the Smithsonian collections with online data visualization projects.

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Explore "Girlhood" with Smithsonian Open Access arrow-right

The long-anticipated exhibition, Girlhood: (It’s Complicated), launched online to worldwide audiences on October 9, 2020.

Smithsonian Open Access

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Today we launched Smithsonian Open Access, releasing 2.8 million 2D and 3D images and  173-years of staff-created data into the public domain as Creative Commons Zero.

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Secretary Bunch’s Reflections on Smithsonian Open Access arrow-right

Open Access will help us touch every home in America; it will help us engage and inspire audiences across the globe.

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