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Assisting in the celebration of Women's History Month is Laura Whitfield, our newest Imaging Services photographer. She will be working on projects specifically for the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum (SAWHM) under the guidance of the Collections Digitization Program

Spring is coming early this year with #digitization Smithsonian Gardens of 650 hand colored glass lantern slides from The Garden Club of America by DPO Imaging Services/Smithsonian American Womans History Museum.

We are happy to welcome Corey DiPietro to the Informatics Team! Corey worked for many years in the National Museum of American History and will now work in projects to create and enhance digital records of all the units of the Smithsonian.

Our Smithsonian 3D colleague Jon Blundell, virtuoso of all things 3D, at work on this challenging 3D capture.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD aims to bring awareness to the need for digital products to be accessible to all, regardless of ability or disability. We are always working to make the Smithsonian's 3D viewer, Voyager, more accessible...

Check out a #MusselMonday feature on our collaboration with the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at Smithsonian NMNH! The project will help researchers at the Smithsonian and beyond document the distribution and variation of freshwater mussels over time. youtu.be/um6a24Bx7-4?si… #shellyeah

On Tuesday, July 9, our Smithsonian’s NMAAHC and National Museum of American History will be closed due to NATO meetings in Washington, DC. Learn more about planning your visit: si.edu/visit

New Blog Post: Prof Catherine Roach writes about her use of a 3D model of Hiram Power's sculpture 'The Greek Slave' to challenge assumptions of history, gender, art, social justice and more. dpo.si.edu/blog/greek-sla…

Next week is the 4th annual Smithsonian National Education Summit! The planning team has been working hard behind-the-scenes to make the Summit a memorable experience for educators everywhere. Join us! Free registration available here: s.si.edu/EducationSummi… #SmithsonianEdu

We have captured 118,986 images of the Smithsonian's freshwater mussel collection! #ShellYeah Check out the video describing our project! youtube.com/watch?v=um6a24…

We're grateful for the footage, expertise and of course, the puns! Many thanks to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for highlighting our recent collaboration with Smithsonian NMNH's Invertebrate Zoology historic collection of freshwater mussels!

25 new images to celebrate Chandra's 25th anniversary! Launched into space on July 23, 1999, Chandra continues to discover new phenomena and examine old mysteries from within our Solar System out to nearly the edge of the observable Universe. 🎉s.si.edu/Chandra25 #Chandra25

Applications for the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)are now open. Please spread the word and share widely! The deadline is October 15th, 2024. fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/sm…

We’re back from our first time South African Society of Archivists Annual Meeting in Chicago, where we were invited to participate on a panel with our @nmaahc and @gettymuseum colleagues to discuss our collaborative work on the Johnson Publishing Company photographic archive!

You can also explore this specimen online! 🪸 3d.si.edu/object/3d/prim…

Over 280 3d models of freshwater mussels available at 3d.si.edu/explore?edan_l… View them on all sorts of devices, in augmented reality, or print them - the world is your oyster! #ShellYeah

You can also explore a digitized model of this hard hat in 3D at: 3d.si.edu/object/3d/hard…

Make your mark on digital history at the Smithsonian! ✍️ All you need is a computer and an internet connection to participate. If interested, please contact [email protected] to schedule a 30-45 minute session.

sitting at my desk looking a three copies of a specimen. the physical specimen, a printed model, and a digital twin in augmented reality. what a time to be alive