Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Updated 18 May2009

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SI in the Movies takes a look at some of the movies in which the Smithsonian has played a part, including the just released Night at the Museum II: Battle at the Smithsonian. If you know of a motion picture we've missed, post the information on our blog.

SI in the Movies

Future Archives Presentations

May 19, 2009. Preservation officer Sarah Stauderman, together with colleagues from Stanford University and Cranmer Art Conservation, delivers a workshop on "Conservation and Care of Magnetic and Optical Media" at the annual meeting of the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works in Los Angeles, California.

August 11, 2009. Archivists Riccardo Ferrante and Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig team with North Carolina State Archives's Electronic Records Archivist Kelly Eubank to deliver a half-day workshop "Achieving Email Account Preservation with XML" at the Society of American Archivists 2009 annual meeting in Austin, Texas.

About the Archives

The Archives maintains the historical records of the Institution, and access to Smithsonian history through a variety of tools and products. We work to assure historical accountability for Institutional actions and programs while providing a resource for the study of American science, culture, and museum development.