Searchable Smithsonian Archives

The Smithsonian website is full of great resources for educators. If you're planning a cultural studies unit, be sure to utilize the searchable National Anthropological Archives. There is also a searchable database for the the Human Studies Film Archive. Rotating exhibits from the Collections and Archives Program at the Department of Anthropology are highlighted here, so check back frequently.


When searching the archives, take a note of the plus (+) sign to the left of each individual search result. If the color behind the plus sign is light, that means that when you expand the result you will get more information, but no photograph. If the color behind the plus sign is dark, a photograph is available or other image is available.


From the NMNH Terms and Conditions of Use:

Subsets of the information, records, or images in one or more of the databases may be used, downloaded, reproduced, publicly displayed, distributed, or reprinted strictly for educational, scientific, scholarly, and other non-profit uses provided that the following attribution appears in all copies:  "Information provided with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. (http://www.nmnh.si.edu/)"