Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Date:
2014-2015
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum's Twitter account as it existed on January 5, 2015, less than a month after the museum's post-renovation
reopening on December 12, 2014. Twitter is a microblog used by the museum to promote its activities including the reinstallation of the collections and events related to the
grand reopening.
In addition, this accession includes tweets from the public and other organizations that used the hashtag "#newcooperhewitt" which was promoted by the museum. These tweets
were captured using a crawler on January 9, 2015. Tweets with this hashtag dating from December 8, 2014, through February 2, 2015, were also exported into a spreadsheet.
Due to technical issues, some images are missing from this accession. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of Twitter posts, known as tweets, using the hashtag #Smithsgiving. This hashtag was used by units across the Smithsonian Institution for informative
as well as playful Thanksgiving-themed tweets. Tweets using this hashtag, both by the museum and by the general public, were exported into a spreadsheet between November 17,
2016, and October 10, 2017. The results from a search of Twitter on the hashtag were crawled on November 30, 2016. Some instances of the #Smithsgiving hashtag are unrelated
to the Smithsonian. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of eighteen Facebook accounts maintained by a variety of units across the Smithsonian Institution. Facebook is a third-party social networking
site used for interaction with the general public. These accounts were captured between June 13 and September 17, 2018. Due to technical issues, the captures of many accounts
are incomplete and may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of records documenting Twitter accounts maintained throughout the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Twitter is a third-party site used for public
micro-blogging by SI staff. In addition to general SI-wide accounts, many of which are managed by the Office of Public Affairs, the accession documents the accounts of the
Archives of American Art; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, including ArtLab+; the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, including the Center for Tropical Forest
Science; the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; the National Air and Space Museum, including the Public Observatory
Project and the Office of Communications; the National Museum of African American History and Culture; the National Museum of African Art; the National Museum of American
History, including Smithsonian Jazz; the National Museum of Natural History, including the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce; the National Museum of the American Indian,
Film and Video Center; the National Postal Museum; the National Zoological Park, including the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project; the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Digitization Program Office; the Office of Fellowships and Internships; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; the Chandra X-ray Center of the Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory; the Smithsonian Channel; the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, including the Marine Invasions Research Lab; the Smithsonian Folklife Festival of the
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; the Smithsonian Latino Center, including the Latino Virtual Museum; and the Smithsonian Associates, Discovery Theater, Young Benefactors
of the Smithsonian Institution, and Studio Arts Program. Each of the accounts was captured between November 2011 and January 2012, but may document activity back to the beginning
of the account. Each account was either crawled or captured as an XML document. A screenshot of each account was also captured. Materials are electronic format.
This accession consists of the Twitter account of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project as it existed on July 10, 2019. The Project's mission is to rescue
and establish assurance colonies of amphibian species that are in extreme danger of extinction throughout Panama. The National Zoological Park and the Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute are both project partners and play a role in the administration of the Project. Twitter is a microblog that the Project uses to publicize its activities
and related research. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of the "Smithsonian Summer Showdown" website and selected associated social media. The Smithsonian Summer Showdown was a competition for which
many of the museums, research centers, and zoo chose one "seriously amazing" item, experience, or piece of knowledge to be voted upon by the public. Competitors included the
National Museum of Natural History, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Zoological Park, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute, the Smithsonian Gardens, the Smithsonian Institution Archives, the Anacostia Community Museum, the National Museum of American History, the National Postal Museum,
the Archives of American Art, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of the American Indian, the Asian Pacific American Center, the
Smithsonian Latino Center, the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Folkways/Recordings, the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, the Smithsonian
Libraries, the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the National Museum of African Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Portrait Gallery,
the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the Digitization Program Office, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the
Smithsonian Center for Digital Learning and Access. The competition was bracket-style with round one items grouped into science, history, art, and culture categories. Voters
were eligible to win several prizes awarded by random drawings.
The competition ran between August 6 and August 24, 2015. The website was crawled during each of the three rounds and after the winner ("Raising Endangered Babies" at the
National Zoological Park) was announced. The crawls include the brackets, the voting forms, the official rules of entry, and the prize details.
Throughout the competition, many of the Smithsonian Institution's Twitter accounts were used to promote the competition and encourage votes for particular items. One method
used was "trash talk" between competing museums and research centers in which they engaged in playful conversations about how a particular item was better than another. Tweets
with the #SIShowdown hashtag between August 3 and October 12, 2015, were also exported into a spreadsheet.
This accession consists of records documenting Facebook accounts maintained throughout the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Facebook is a third-party social networking
site used for interaction with the general public. In addition to general SI-wide accounts, many of which are managed by the Office of Public Affairs, the accession documents
the individual accounts of museums, research centers, and programmatic units throughout SI. Materials include screenshots of a portion of the "Wall," general information screens,
photographs, event listings, and notes. The majority of the accounts were captured in March 2012, though a handful were captured as early as November 2011 and as late as August
2012. In general, approximately 2 months of content was captured; however, accounts that included a significant amount of original content were captured going back to the
beginning of the account or the last date the account was captured. In the spring of 2012, Facebook began converting institutional accounts from the "Wall" format to the "Timeline"
format and examples of both formats can be seen in this accession. Materials are in electronic format.
The unit responsible is listed, followed by the Facebook name, the date of earliest captured wall post, and the date of capture.
This accession consists of four Google+ accounts maintained by units throughout the Smithsonian Institution as they existed on November 26, 2018. Google+ is a third-party
social networking site used for interacting with the public and promoting the Institution's activities, exhibitions, and research. Due to technical issues, some content may
be missing or may not function as expected. Much of the content is older than the date it was captured and some accounts were already inactive at the time they were captured.
Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of Twitter posts, known as tweets, using the hashtag #AskSkorton between October 6 and December 21, 2015. This hashtag was promoted by the Smithsonian
Institution for asking questions of David J. Skorton, Secretary, 2015- . The tweets were exported as a spreadsheet and include both tweets by the museum and tweets by other
organizations and individuals. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of the Facebook account of the Encyclopedia of Life. The Encyclopedia of Life is a global partnership between the scientific community and the
general public to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world's organisms. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction with the
general public. The Facebook account was captured on October 10, 2018, and then crawled on February 14, 2019. Due to technical issues, the content in this accession may be
incomplete and some features may not function as expected. Some content is significantly older than the date it was captured. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of two pages from the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) website related to the 2017 total solar eclipse as well as tweets using the hashtag
"#RoadTripToTotality."
The web pages were crawled on August 18, 2017, three days before the eclipse on August 21. One page provides information about solar eclipses and safely viewing and photographing
them. The other page provides details about eclipse-related events and activities at the museum.
The hashtag "#RoadTripToTotality" was primarily used by the crew of "STEM in 30," a television show produced by NASM for middle school students, in their posts on Twitter.
Twitter is a microblogging platform and its posts are known as "tweets." The crew documented their road trip to broadcast live from the path of totality. The hashtag was also
used by others on Twitter to document their own experiences related to the eclipse. Tweets using this hashtag were exported into a spreadsheet between August 13 and September
4, 2017. The results from a search of Twitter on the hashtag were crawled on August 21, 2017.
This accession consists of the Encyclopedia of Life Facebook account as it existed on October 13, 2015. Encyclopedia of Life is a global partnership between the scientific
community and the general public to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world's organisms. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction
with the general public. Due to technical issues, the capture of the account may be incomplete and may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Date:
2015
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of Twitter posts, known as tweets, using the hashtag #SERCCarveOff between October 20 and November 3, 2015. This hashtag was promoted by the
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) for tweets related to its coastal zone science themed pumpkin carving contest. The tweets were exported as a spreadsheet and
include both tweets by the museum and tweets by other organizations and individuals. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Twitter account as it existed on March 8, 2016. EOL is a global partnership between the scientific community
and the general public to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world's organisms. Twitter is a microblogging platform. EOL's Twitter account is used to
make announcements and to share science news. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of 17 Google+ accounts maintained by units throughout the Smithsonian Institution as they existed between March 6 and April 18, 2017. Google+
is a third-party social networking site used for interacting with the public and promoting the Institution's activities, exhibitions, and research. Due to technical issues,
some content may be missing or may not function as expected. Much of the content is older than the date it was captured and some accounts were already inactive at the time
they were captured. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of Foursquare pages associated with the Smithsonian Institution. Foursquare is a location sharing service that allows page owners and users
to share information and tips about a venue. Pages include museums, theaters, cafes, and even a few exhibitions. Some pages were established and are maintained by Smithsonian
Institution staff while others were established by users or vendors. Each of the pages was crawled between February and April 2015, but may document activity back to the beginning
of the account. Not all features of the pages function properly in this accession and most of the user-submitted images were not captured. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of 6 official Twitter accounts maintained by the Movement of Life Initiative, the Office of International Relations, the Lemelson Center at
the National Museum of American History, the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and the Phoebe Waterman Haas
Public Observatory at the National Air and Space Museum. Twitter is a third-party site used for public micro-blogging by SI staff. Each of the accounts was crawled between
October 16, 2017, and July 10, 2018, but may document earlier activity. Due to technical issues, crawls of the accounts may not be complete and some features may not function
as expected. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of eight Facebook accounts maintained by individual units throughout the Smithsonian Institution, including the National Postal Museum, the
National Museum of Natural History, the Office of Communications and External Affairs, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, as they existed in October 2014. Facebook is a third-party social networking site used for interaction with the general public. Due to technical issues, the crawls
of many accounts are incomplete and may not function properly. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of Twitter posts, known as tweets, using the hashtag #PandaStory between August 23, 2015, and December 2, 2016. This hashtag was promoted by
the National Zoological Park for tweets related to the giant panda Bei Bei who was born on August 22, 2015. The tweets were exported as a spreadsheet and include both tweets
by the museum and tweets by other organizations and individuals. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of Twitter posts, known as tweets, using the hashtag #Smithson250 between November 16 and December 5, 2015. This hashtag was promoted by the
Smithsonian Institution (SI) for 250th anniversary of the birth year of James Smithson, founder of (SI). The tweets were exported as a spreadsheet and include both tweets
by the museum and tweets by other organizations and individuals. Materials are in electronic format.
