Tag: Smithsonian

  • Preserve Your Treasures: How To Store Your Photographs

    Preserve Your Treasures: How To Store Your Photographs

    Smithsonian Archives Conservation Fellow, Anna, describes how to store your photographs for safe-keeping. This is a follow-up to the video on how to safely remove photographs from magnetic, or “sticky” albums. For more archival tips and stories, visit http://blog.photography.si.edu. For resources on materials for storing your photographs, visit the Museum Conservation Institute – http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/supplier.html. Intro…

  • click! photography changes who we are

    click! photography changes who we are

    click! photography changes everything is a conversation about how photography shapes our culture and our lives. In this episode, Lonnie Bunch, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, talks about how photographic images play a central role in shaping cultural identity. View more stories and photos at www.click.si.edu. Original source