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With Presidents' Day coming up on February 17th, let's take a look at historical images of presidential objects and presidential visits at the Smithsonian.

Joan Madden, Assistant Director for Education, 1987–88, Supervisory Information and Education Specialist, 1980–86, and Education Coordinator, 1974–80, was integral to the development and management of the Discovery Room and Naturalist Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She also managed volunteers for Smithsonian’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 1969–1973. #Groundbreaker

In 1917, police detectives arrested two suffragists suspected of planning a pro-suffrage demonstration at the United States National Museum.

In 2016, Lonnie G. Bunch III donated his personal papers to the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The collection covers a wide variety of topics and spans the breadth of Bunch's long career with the Smithsonian.

Construction of the Lion House at National Zoological Park, April 15, 1891, by C.M. Bell, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B35_F02_001.

Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

Meroe Park became the Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Smithsonian in 2020. She oversees day-to-day activities and major strategic initiatives across the Smithsonian. Previously, Park was the executive vice president of the Partnership for Public Service and executive director and chief operating officer of the Central Intelligence Agency. #Groundbreaker  

When tragedy struck during the space shuttle era, mourners found a place to honor the fallen astronauts of the tragic Challenger and Columbia flights at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

Cyanotype, Marine Hospital Service Laboratory exhibit - equipped with apparatus for investigating subjects pertaining to sanitary science - at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.