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 Sneak Peek 11/12/2018 November 12, 2018 by Marguerite Roby

National Park Service Ranger takes a name rubbing from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, November 1991, by Richard Strauss.

  
 
 See Here: 11/9/2018 November 9, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers

See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

  
 
 Now You See It, Now You Don't - The Foucault Pendulum at the National Museum of American History November 8, 2018 by Mitch Toda

In honor of the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, a look inside the Foucault pendulum that used to live at the National Museum of American History.

  
 
 Sneak Peek 11/5/2018 November 5, 2018 by Marguerite Roby

Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) staff member with chameleon specimens at Navy Yard laboratory, June 10, 1964, by Jack Scott.

  
 
 See Here: 11/2/2018 November 2, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers

See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

  
 
 Sneak Peek 10/29/2018 October 29, 2018 by Marguerite Roby

Museum visitor views dinosaur bone, the humerus (upper arm bone) of Brachiosaurus altithorax, on exhibit at Museum of Natural History, September 11, 1959, by Jack Scott.

  
 
 See Here: 10/26/2018 October 26, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers

See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

  
 
 Wonderful Women Wednesday: Amina Dickerson October 24, 2018 by Lisa Fthenakis

Amina Dickerson, Director of Education at the National Museum of African Art, 1974 to 1982, established African Heritage Month at the Smithsonian and led work to make the museum educational programs more accessible. #Groundbreaker

  
 
 Sneak Peek 10/22/2018 October 22, 2018 by Marguerite Roby

Dr. Richard L. Zusi, associate curator in the Division of Birds, Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Museum of Natural History, examines bird skulls, August 31, 1964, by Jack Scott.

  
 
 See Here: 10/19/2018 October 19, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers

See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

  

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