Clik here to view.
chew on this
An enlightening documentation of the archival restoration process of a collection of old paper materials, in this case, the Chew Family Papers, from maps to scraps. Here’s a rundown: Dry Clean /...
View ArticleClik here to view.
rip judith krug
Judith Krug, Librarian Superhero, passed away on Saturday. Per the Times Obit, she fought against banned books since the 1960s, defending the public’s right to read and access “Huckleberry Finn,â€...
View ArticleClik here to view.
thanks and you’re welcome
A big SD welcome to our newest contributor, Laura, coming at us LIVE from Austin Texas. Her first post, KEEP OFF THE ART, is below. Welcome Laura. We look forward to more Museum reviews and generally...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Atlas Obscura
We’d turned off our twitter, ignored our to-blog bookmarks, and generally gotten-the-fuck-outta-dodge when erstwhile SD contributor JC sent us a link to a new project from some old favorites. It’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
National Geographic Archives Cracked
The New York Times reveals that the National Geographic Society is entertaining the idea of opening up its archive of more than 11 million images to the fine-art market for the first time. Maura...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nudity? In an ART MUSEUM?
This is old news, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention the hubub caused last week when a (live! nude! girl!) model posed for photographer Zach Hyman in the Met’s Arms and Armor gallery. Model...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Frida Kahlo Archive Drama
The LATimes‘ Christopher Knight reports on the archive of the “magnetic, self-mythologizing” Frida, little-known and drama enducing. Barbara Levine displays the few pieces of ephemera by one of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Maps!
Maps! Maps! Maps! We love the strangemaps blog, so coming across MAPCO (via the always-excellent Metafilter) really brightened up our Monday. The archive has high-res scans of historical maps, mostly...
View ArticleThe International Dialects Of English Archive
Marry got married and wished us all a merry Christmas. Anyone from New York will tell you that the three M-words above are all pronounced differently. Yinz know what I’m talking about? IDEA – The...
View Article
