Smithsonian's Open Access now has over 4 million free-to-use images via Boing Boing [Shared]
If you need to use an image for your art, product, project, or any other reason, check out the Smithsonian's vast collection of Open Access images available under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. I searched "cat," and it returned over 7,000 images, and every one I looked at was terrific.
#America #politics #Smithsonian #BlackHistory
"Recent reports about the Smithsonian removing the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American History and Culture, respectively, are inaccurate. Both the Greensboro lunch counter and stools where college students sat in protest during the Civil Rights Movement are and continue to be on display."
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/statement-smithsonian-collection-items
Smithsonian: Statement on Smithsonian Collection Items. “Recent reports about the Smithsonian removing the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American History and Culture, respectively, are inaccurate. Both the Greensboro lunch counter and stools where college students sat in protest during […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/29/smithsonian-statement-on-smithsonian-collection-items/
Update: #Smithsonian Officials Say the #Greensboro Lunch Counter Exhibit at the #Blacksonian Will Now Remain at the Museum
Some Artifacts and Exhibits Are Being Removed from the National #Museum of #AfricanAmerican #History and Culture.
It comes a month after President Trump’s executive order to remove what he calls “improper ideology” from #Smithsonian museums.
On March 27, Trump signed an executive order declaring the Smithsonian Museum’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. — a.k.a. The Blacksonian — and a few others as institutions that divide America.
The order states that the museums undermine the nation’s "remarkable" history by casting it "in a negative light," and directs Vice President JD Vance to clear the museum of its liberal "ideology."
Ten days before the order, Kevin Young, the NMAAHC’s director, went on indefinite personal leave. The cascade of bad news left historians on edge and Black Americans concerned that the groundbreaking museum would survive Trump 2.0.
https://wordinblack.com/2025/04/can-this-chicago-preacher-save-blacksonian/
A retraction. I boosted something here about the Black Smithsonian 2 days ago that wasn't the full picture, even though the media link was genuine (I checked, and looked for a second source too. As you do.)
Sherrilyn Ifill has clarified. "We need to stay on alert, but not prematurely sound the alarm."
#BlackHistory #Smithsonian #correction
https://bsky.app/profile/sifill.bsky.social/post/3lnsnijksi22n
Çivil rights leader says that historical Bibles and books he donated were removed from displays at the Smithsonian's Museum of African American HIstory.
In March, Trump called the museum "divisive", mentioning it specifically while assigning JD Vance to remove "improper ideology" from the Smithsonion.The head of the museum resigned in early April.
#Smithsonian
#africanamericanhistory
NASA Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 at the Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian, Chantilly Virginia #space #shuttle #NASA #SpaceShuttle #smithsonian #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9 #museum #Virginia #Udvarhazy
#Smithsonian #education #astronomy #schools
'The Smithsonian STARS program will equip schools with a donated telescope, accessories such as solar lenses, ongoing teacher training, and aligned astronomy lessons designed to inspire curiosity and strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education for the nation’s approximately 9.8 million rural schoolchildren.'
"This president is a master of distraction and is destroying what it took 250 years to build. Here’s another distraction in his quest for attention. Another failure of his first 100 days." #civilrights #history #smithsonian #oppression #racism #trump #maga #fascism #authoritarianism
https://blackpressusa.com/the-smithsonian-purge-trump-team-removes-artifacts-of-black-resistance/
Update. The #OpenAccess Biodiversity Heritage Library (#BHL) needs a new home. The #Smithsonian will stop hosting it next January.
#^https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
#Biodiversity #DefendResearch #ILoveBHL #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Update. The #OpenAccess Biodiversity Heritage Library (#BHL) needs a new home. The #Smithsonian will stop hosting it next January.
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
@siobhan_leachman
Wow. This is very concerning. I just participated in the BHL hybrid conference day at Berlin's Museum für Naturkunde and learned about their work, their projects and their impact.
We really need stable funding for vital infrastructure.
Then again - who woulda thunk even 6 months ago that the #Smithsonian was NOT stable?
#theCallIsComingFromInsideTheHouse
Clearly expected given all that is happening, but the #Smithsonian will soon no longer be able to host the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary, and it is in need of (a) new home(s):
https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-future-for-bhl.html
#BHL is a treasure and ensuring its preservation is of the greatest importance for #biodiversity research and #taxonomy.
As the news item indicates, this may also be an opportunity to imagine better ways to make these critical publications more accessible to the community.
Artnet is “tracking the impact of President Donald Trump's recent executive orders and policy changes on the arts.” IOW the gutting of US art and culture. Long read but important. #arts #NEA #nationalgallery #NEH #IMLS #DOGE #smithsonian #artnet https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-executive-orders-arts-2605142
This seems a clear case of the the Dunning-Kruger effect (1999).
First investigate before you open your mouth !!!
#DunningKrugerEffect #RFKjr #Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/early-history-autism-america-180957684/
In the face of Republican threats to the message of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, this Atlantic reporter visits and listens to visitors' reactions. (Gift Link)
'Biological reality': What genetics has actually taught us about race by Adam Rutherford
Is the Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino Finally Moving Forward?
Amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, a bipartisan coalition is advocating for a bill that would guarantee the institution a spot on the National Mall.
https://hyperallergic.com/1004842/is-the-smithsonian-museum-of-the-american-latino-finally-moving-forward/ #museums #Smithsonian #Latino
