In Focus

IN FOCUS — MIT Facilities Archive Exhibits

Exhibits—Architecture. Image courtesy: Facilities Archive, MIT Office of Campus Planning, 2026. The MIT Facilities Archive was typically reserved for internal staff, but MIT has made recent efforts to showcase some of their most famous buildings. The three exhibits range from the original 1913 Cambridge main group to the modernist post-war construction of the 1950s and 1960s. By combining original architectural documents with photographs and historical analysis, they showcase

Sep 1

IN FOCUS — Conserve O Grams

Education—Tools and Tricks. Image courtesy: National Park Service. Museum Handbook, Part I, Appendix J: Curatorial Care of Paper Objects. Washington, DC: National Park Service. For anyone looking for easy, bite-sized conservation advice, the National Parks Service Conserve O Grams is a necessary resource. The site offers "short, focused technical leaflets" for the care of museum collections. While the leaflets are written for museum conservation staff, they also serve as a qu

Apr 3

IN FOCUS — Everyone Archive Resources

Education—Tools and Tricks. Image courtesy: Resources Page, Everyone Archives, 2025. Everyone Archives is a community of archivists who work outside of major institutions to promote better archival practices by providing resources, events, and opportunities for community collaboration. The Everyone Archives Resources is open to, well, everyone! Their resources provide an ever-expanding list of information on conservation, oral history, web archiving, and more. Whether you’re

Oct 24, 2025