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Ray and Charles Eames speak with unidentified person inside Baird Auditorium
Eames in the Castle [COMING SOON]
Sony videotape recorder
Sony and Smithsonian

Read about Akio Morita and the Sony Corporation's 1973-74 activities at the Smithsonian.

Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia forcefully strums his guitar
Institutionally Dead: Showcasing the Grateful Dead Collections Across the Smithsonian

Go 'furthur' with Captain Trips and the Pranksters!

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"AVMPI Presents" Streamcast

Watch recordings of our quarterly streamcast of moving image clips, historical highlights, and guest presenters. 

Front grille of John Lennon's yellow psychedelic Rolls-Royce car
The Beatles' Rolls-Royce

See newly-uncovered photos from this iconic vehicle's life as a Smithsonian "unrestricted free gift."

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Format Focus

Dig deeper into the history and specificity of audiovisual media formats and the Smithsonian collections they contain.

Spotlight illuminates the figure of basketball player Julius Irving, giving the impression his shadow is more that five times his actual height
Smithsonian Spotlights

Peruse ready-made image-rich exhibitions of Smithsonian collections already online via our Collections Search Center.

Photo collage of early optical toys from the nineteenth century
Collections Reportage

Engage with longer-form investigations about Smithsonian audiovisual collections and works.

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