Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Library and Archives of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

[Philadelphia Museum of Art @philamuseumart]

Museum archivist Margaret Huang spent 4 yrs building the Duchamp Research Portal, a new resource for anyone interested in the life and work of the enigmatic artist #MarcelDuchamp. Explore more at #PMAStories. https://t.co/lLcF6jaj60

[Temple University Postdoctoral Association @TemplePostdoc]

Cool blog alert! Dr. Synatra Smith (@TempleUniv postdoc and @CLIRDLF fellow) recently published a blog post on Richard Hunt, African American artist who creates abstract sculptures in public spaces. Read more here @LandAatPMA: https://t.co/OOpdX25BNn

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

We hope you’ll join us for this year’s Arcadia Library Lecture!!

[Philadelphia Museum of Art @philamuseumart]

Join us on December 15 at 6:00 p.m. to learn about the extraordinary Arensberg collection & explore how the collectors displayed the work in their mid-century LA home. Free #VirtualEvent. Registration required: https://t.co/mUn1aQBLO3

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

We've teamed up with @pacscl and @archiveitorg to web archive COVID-19’s impact on the Philadelphia region. For more about the PACSCL Archive-It collection see our blog: https://t.co/TQilpFuWCr #webarchiving

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Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Synatra Smith, the new @LandAatPMA and @templedsc Fellow for Digital Curation and Scholarship in African American Studies. Our thanks to @CLIRDLF for making this possible. Blog: https://t.co/MJrBoYcCqU #CLIRPostdocs

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

Jean Shin, a Korean-American artist, is widely acclaimed for her practice of dramatically transforming unlikely objects into monumental installations. She exhibited @philamuseum in 2018. Exhibition labels are available in our library catalog! https://t.co/xBpG07JFt7 #APAHM #AAPI

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

Pleased to share a new site Philadelphia Furniture (https://t.co/WCOEh6hSd5), which features a taxonomy for describing the rails of Philadelphia high chests and dressing tables. #americanfurniture #taxonomy #philadelphiafurniture #design #dressingtables #highchests #rails

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

Thank you to @arlisna for the Multimedia & Technology review of our American Watercolors research guide https://t.co/ha5JZdIPvf

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

As the library and archives are temporarily closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we made a guide for remote research and resources available to those working and learning from home. https://t.co/8x4AKxjf4y

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Announcing a National Emergency Library @internetarchive–1.4 million free books to meet students’ and readers’ needs while schools and libraries are closed at global scale. https://t.co/FB1J2xSeVY and browse the collection at https://t.co/F7gcv0kP7L

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

Update: We have decided to extend our closing of the library and archives reading room from March 16 through the 30th. This closure will be reevaluated as we near the end of this period. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

We have decided to close the library and archives reading room during the week of March 16-20 and we will continue to monitor the situation for future appointments as more information is available. We regret the inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

Art Information Commons invites you to a conversation about collaboration around new initiatives, tools, and strategies that have impacted the cultural heritage community. RSVP for more details: https://t.co/wClnFGlA8i

[Philadelphia Museum of Art @philamuseumart]

Help us expand the story of art history. Bring your laptop and join us on Feb 29, at 1:00 p.m. in the Perelman Building for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries about women, trans men, nonbinary, and gender-fluid people in art and design. https://t.co/GPQ65Y3Mv4

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Sat Feb 29 @ 1pm
Perelman Building
Bring your laptop and join us for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries 👩🏻‍💻👩🏼‍💻👩🏽‍💻👩🏾‍💻👩🏿‍💻✍🏽🆕📈🎉 @artandfeminism #editathon

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

tfw it’s 4:15 on 2/14 Friday afternoon and suddenly you realize the Bookeye scanner does emojis and clipart 😍💌♥️

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

Join the PMA @LandAatPMA and Temple University @templedsc for a fellowship in Digital Curation and Scholarship to develop and surface new understandings of our African American collections. Learn more at: https://t.co/bCodo0k2wj #clirpostdocs #CLIRjobs #DLFjobs #libraryjobs

[Library & Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art @LandAatPMA]

Our team presented on collaboration and information management at @MuseumCN San Diego. Pictured here Project Manager Juliet Vinegra and Asst Director of Library and Digital Strategies @karinanw alongside @Figusss @SegoLilyGirl @aecshelton. 🌴💻🖼️ #mcn2019 #artinformationcommons

[Getty Publications @GettyPubs]

A new user study from @GettyMuseum, @artinstitutechi, @ngadc, and @philamuseum explores the current landscape of online museum collection catalogues. https://t.co/LbrkZeROBv #digitalpublishing #musetech

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“What’s a controlled vocabulary? Doesn’t the vocabulary want to be free?” -Juliet/Zach #AskaTaxonomist