USNM CURATORS ANNUAL REPORTS -- DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL POTTERY: ANNUAL REPORT 1886-1887

The Smithsonian’s mission has been, since its beginnings, the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.” One of the ways this goal is accomplished is through innovative research—a focus that has been at the Smithsonian’s core for over a century. What type of “original research” was the Department of Aboriginal Pottery working on in 1886-87? Find out with this annual curator’s report and join in on transcribing it.