Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
"Rapid Response Collecting" is all the rage, and gathering new pandemic-related objects for our collections grabs a lot of media attention. But what about collection objects that predate the current COVID pandemic? When we finally return to our museums, Smithsonian curators will carry with them the things they have learned during their forced isolation and appraise their existing collections through new eyes. Presentation by Chief Curator Daniel A. Piazza to the Smithsonian Congress of Scholars panel “Questions Raised by COVID: Working in the Humanities” explores three NPM objects and offers thoughts on how they might be reinterpreted post-COVID. Webinar recorded Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/revisiting-npm-collections-in-light-of-covid
"Rapid Response Collecting" is all the rage, and gathering new pandemic-related objects for our collections grabs a lot of media attention. But what about collection objects that predate the current COVID pandemic? When we finally return to our museums, Smithsonian curators will carry with them the things they have learned during their forced isolation and appraise their existing collections through new eyes. Presentation by Chief Curator Daniel A. Piazza to the Smithsonian Congress of Scholars panel “Questions Raised by COVID: Working in the Humanities” explores three NPM objects and offers thoughts on how they might be reinterpreted post-COVID. Webinar recorded Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/revisiting-npm-collections-in-light-of-covid
