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  1. View of the courtyard at the center of the Freer Gallery. A working fountain is in view.

    The World Is Yours: Freer Gallery of Art

    • Date: April 15, 2021
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Take a listen to clips from the episode of The World Is Yours about the Freer Gallery of Art.

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    William Stimpson and the Smithsonian’s First Aquarium

    • Date: July 14, 2015
    • Description: William Stimpson and the first aquarium at the Smithsonian Institution.

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    The Anniversary of the National Museum of African Art: A Gift in August

    • Date: August 13, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: On August 13, 2012 the National Museum of African Art, founded by Warren M. Robbins, became a part of the Smithsonian Institution.

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    The Smithsonian Institution in the 1884 New Orleans World’s Fair

    • Date: October 3, 2017
    • Description: It does not take long for today’s visitors to one of the Smithsonian Institution’s nineteen museums to find themselves engulfed within the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex. The flood of world’s fairs in the late nineteenth century played a central role in placing the Smithsonian en route to that unparalleled distinction. The New Orleans World’s

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    Location! Location! Location!

    • Date: July 6, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    In Living Color

    • Date: January 12, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_4178" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Levi Hill often photographed color lithographic prints, mostly European images, when attempting to perfect his Hillotype color process. This print of a girl and small animal shows his achievement in capturing natural colors on a daguerreotype plate, circa 1851-56."][/caption] Excepting the 8% of males and

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  13. Laboratory Interior, Beaufort, 1904, by Unknown photographer.

    The Broad Mission of the Division of Inquiry

    • Date: January 26, 2012
    • Description: An examination of logbooks in the Smithsonian Institution Archives reveals the multiple ways that the Division of Inquiry in the United States Commission of Fish performed scientific work at marine laboratories in the early 20th century to fulfill their expansive mission statement.

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  15. John Adams

    A Founding Father's Day

    • Date: June 16, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: A closer look at Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and the father-son duo's relationship to the Smithsonian.

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  17. Embracing the Crowd

    • Date: April 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: When I started working with museums in 2005, the concept of crowdsourcing was in its infancy. That year, James Surowiecki ‘s book, “The Wisdom of Crowds,” was published and there were tiny experiments in crowdsourcing occurring in the cultural heritage sector. There were hesitations and objections about the whole concept within the GLAM (gallery, library, archive, museum)

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  19. Rediscovering Historical Perspectives: A Newspaper Update on World War II

    • Date: November 11, 2014
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: In honor of Veteran's Day we talk a look at how a recently discovered newspaper illustrated how information was spread/kept secret during World War II.

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    The More I See You, the More I Want You

    • Date: September 25, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Treasuring the Past in the Present

    • Date: August 4, 2010
    • Description: When I was preparing to begin my internship at the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA), I wasn’t quite sure what I would be doing. I knew that I would be working in the Institutional History Division (IHD), and I knew that I would be helping to prepare oral history interviews to be sent off for transcription. During my senior year as an undergraduate student, I had dealt

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