Here are this week’s historical highlights — articles and blog posts about history, archives, libraries, and museums from around the web.
If you’re on Twitter you might like to participate in #AskAnArchivist Day on October 3rd — you’re encouraged to ask all sorts of questions about archives and archivists.
This month the National Museum of American History launched a year-long exhibit on women inventors.
And this exhibit lets you see the behind-the-scenes work of an art conservator. (I’ve been fascinated by this topic since I first encountered it in Shakespeare’s Face.)
Speaking of Shakespeare, a cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library has solved the mystery of the Shakespearian cartoons.
At the Getty a researcher uses technology to reveal the “first drafts” on ancient Greek pottery.
Finally, four other links you might enjoy reading:
- an interesting look at the history of “vaccination trepidation.”
- an inspirational story about an English-language lending library in Jordan
- a brief history of Arthurian literature across Europe
- a lengthy interview related to medicine, history, and literature