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Due to the government shutdown, we are temporarily closed beginning on Sunday, Oct. 12, along with Smithsonian museums, research centers, and the National Zoo. We will update our operating status as soon as the situation is resolved.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at museum conservation and imaging techniques—the visual study and documentation of objects! Check out what two of our 2024 interns explored at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute here: s.si.edu/3S7u0KF.

Free Registration! What will the museums of the future hold? March 22, 1-2:30PM EST at The Peale in Baltimore, MD thepeale.org/event/what-wil…

Free Registration: Environments That Shape Us on 2/20/25 from 11:30-12:30 EST. si.edu/events/detail/…

Shannon Brogdon-Grantham participated in the Paul R. Jones Annual Distinguished Lecture "A Conversation about Cultural Heritage" capture.udel.edu/media/The+2024…

MCI has posted a position for a Paintings Conservator on USA jobs. This is a full-time federal position with the opportunity for promotion. MPA - usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDet… DEU -usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDet… All applications are due by 10/02/2024.

MCI has posted a position for a Preventive Conservator on USA jobs. This is a full-time position with the opportunity for promotion.

New from SISP! "Producing Posies" focuses on small decorative flower holders carried by women to the opera, theater, and balls in the 19th century. It fills a significant gap in the literature and serves as a resource for museums and collectors. s.si.edu/46fMsqO

For more information on the ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll, here’s a link to the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Anthropology’s description of this ancient object: n2t.net/ark:/65665/327…

An ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll still wrapped with linen and sealed with two clay seal impressions over 3,300 years old was at MCI from @NMNH to do non-destructive examination and analysis to better understand the nature of the ancient object and it various components.

The history of Coast Salish "woolly dogs" revealed by ancient genomics and Indigenous Knowledge (2023) Science, 382(6676): 1303-1308. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

In the event of a government shutdown on Oct. 1, Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo will remain OPEN through at least Oct. 7. The Smithsonian can use prior-year funds still available to us to remain open. Visit si.edu for updates.

Summer 2023 Collections Internship (Paid) - Deadline for applications: 4/15/23 mci.si.edu/sites/default/…

Together We Thrive MCI Summer 2023 Internship (Paid) internships.si.edu/opportunity/to… Deadline: 2/15/23

Call for papers. Gilding Textiles: New Archaeological Evidence and Scientific Developments on the Production of Metal Threads to be held at the 29th EAA meeting in Belfast, 8/30 to 9/2/2023. Information on the conference can be found here: e-a-a.org/EAA2023/Home/E…

Brian Michael Lione and Rebecca Kaczkowski graduated from Smithsonian Leadership Development Programs si.edu/mci/

Looking for fellowship opportunities @Smithsonian? Applications for the 2023 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program are now being accepted. To apply, click on the following link: fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/sm… #PostDoc #Predoc #GraduateStudentFellow. @NMNH @americanart @NationalZoo

Scriber, K.E. II, France, C.A.M., Jackson, F.L.C., 2022. Invasive apple snail diets in native vs. non-native habitats defined by SIAR (Stable Isotope Analysis in R). Sustainability 2022 (14): 7108. DOI: 10.3390/su14127108.

Human ecological impacts on islands: Exemplified by a dwarf deer (Cervidae: Mazama sp.) on Pedro Gonzalez Island, Pearl Island Archipelago, Pacific Panama (6.2–5.6 kya) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…