The institution, which fired a staff member over suspected robberies of jewelry and other objects, says public accessibility could prevent further thefts.
Digital Archive
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19 Million Pages of Historic Newspapers Digitized by Library of Congress
The Library’s “Chronicling America” initiative has now expanded to include media from all 50 United States, Washington, DC, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
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Noguchi Museum Launches Online Archive of 60,000 Unique Works
The vast archive of photographs, manuscripts, and digitized drawings is coupled with an updated digital catalogue raisonné of Isamu Noguchi’s work.
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Over 250,000 Photographs from the George Eastman Museum Go Online
The George Eastman Museum’s historic photo collection is being digitized and it includes many important works of art.
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From Birthday to Funeral, Rare Footage of Picasso Surfaces in AP Archives
How did Pablo Picasso celebrate his 80th birthday?
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One Million Minutes of Historic Footage Have Come Online
If you thought you were going to have a productive day today, think again.
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Internet Archive Offers Trip Down Memory Lane (and the Oregon Trail) with 2,400 MS-DOS Games
If you were in elementary school in the late 1980s or early 1990s, you might remember spending hours of free time playing MS-DOS computer games. Who could forget the thrill of shooting a bear on the Oregon Trail, or chasing down that crook Carmen Sandiego?
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Smithsonian Digitizes 40,000 Artworks from Asia
Beginning today, art lovers around the world can peruse the entire collections of two Smithsonian Asian art museums from the comfort of their homes.
