Description: Buffalo group collected on William Temple Hornaday expedition in Buffalo Butte, Montana, 1886. The specimens were later mounted for exhibition in the United States National Museum, MNH-5469.
Description: Effects of milk on rodent skeletons from "Public Health" exhibition in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, circa 1930s, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-30884C.
Description: The 19th century was a transformative time for the natural sciences. New discoveries didn't just happen in an armchair. Scientists adventured into unfamiliar territory by land and sea on expeditions, and their new findings fed new theories. Groups like the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences formalized America's place
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="United States National Museum Taxidermist Watson M. Perrygo, on one of his field trips to the Canal Zone Biological Area, Panama, is followed around by his devoted companion, a Baird's tapir, February 28, 1951, by Alexander Wetmore, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7006, Alexander Wetmore
Description: 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.
Description: Exactly 165 years ago today, legislation establishing the Smithsonian Institution was passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President James K. Polk. From today’s perspective, it seems like a “no-brainer” to accept a generous bequest from a little-known Englishman named James Smithson and create an institution in his name. But from the perspective of that era, the
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Dr. Frederick W. True, Mammalogist at the United States National Museum, sits at a table with specimens, c. 1880s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 22A, Folder 77, Negative Number: 2002-32245."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Birds of the World Hall, 1956, by Unidentified photographer, Unidentified medium, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 190, United States National Museum, Office of the Director, Records, circa 1921-1973, Series 21, Box 89, Negative Number: mnh-43843b.jpg."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="414" caption="Lecture Room in the northeast Range in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, early 1900s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 32 Folder 24, Negative Number: 16242 (MHT)."][/caption]