Feb
05

Venus of the Rags

NOT the new TSA body scanner

Sara Meadows, a veterinary technician at the National Zoo, radiographed the sculpture “Venus of the Rags” at the Hirshhorn Museum to help curators determine if the sculpture had internal damage after a crack was detected.

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Posted: 5 February 2011
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.