Open Access Updates
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Looking Ahead: One Year of Smithsonian Open Access
Framing the next phases of Smithsonian Open Access.
A Year of Smithsonian Remixes
Take a look at how people have used Smithsonian Open Access assets in their own creations.
(In)visible Artifacts
Parsons students explore the Smithsonian collections with online data visualization projects.
Explore "Girlhood" with Smithsonian Open Access
The long-anticipated exhibition, Girlhood: (It’s Complicated), launched online to worldwide audiences on October 9, 2020.
21st-Century Diffusion with Smithsonian Open Access
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.
Secretary Bunch’s Reflections on Smithsonian Open Access
Open Access will help us touch every home in America; it will help us engage and inspire audiences across the globe.