Visitors Welcome Pandas to the NZP

ID: 2000-11244.24a

Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017

Form/Genre: Digital Image

Date: December 6, 2000

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Digital Logbook, SPS

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Summary

  • Visitors look on as the National Zoological Park's new giant pandas, Mei Xiang (female) and Tian Tian (male), explore their new home on the day of their arrival. Both pandas were born at the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, China.
  • On July 9, 2005 Mei Xiang gave birth to her and Tian Tian's first cub, Tai Shan. Tai Shan returned to China on February 4, 2010, and lives at the Bifengxia Panda Base, in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China.

Subject

  • Tian Tian
  • Mei Xiang
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.) Panda House
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Digital Logbook, SPS

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

December 6, 2000

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Animal enclosures
  • Animals
  • Endangered ecosystems
  • Habitat conservation
  • Wildlife
  • Mammals
  • Zoo visitors
  • Giant panda
  • Wildlife conservation
  • Endangered species

Place

  • China
  • Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Digital Image
  • Animal, candid

ID Number

2000-11244.24a

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Color ; Size: 10.58w x 7.44h ; Type of Image: Animal, Candid ; Medium: Digital Image

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