Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Scientists on Bikini Atoll during the 1946-47 Operation Crossroads to conduct a biological survey of Bikini prior to testing the atomic bomb there, 1947, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222 Box 24, Negative
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Dr. Judith A. Blake, biological technician at the Smithsonian's new Molecular Systematics Laboratory operated by the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian's Museum Support Center in Suitland, MD, stores tissue samples from plants and animals at temperatures of -148 degrees Fahrenheit, 1990, by Harold E.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Image of the shoreline of Haiti, caption reads, "Hayti. Port au Prince from S.S. Panama at dock," The image was taken by Albert Spear Hitchcock, botanist with the United States Department of Agriculture and honorary curator of the Smithsonian's United States National Herbarium while on the Biological Survey of the Panama
Description: For Preservation Week, our team answered our burning, often ignorant questions about their biggest challenges, what they consider when treating objects, and beyond.
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: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and
Description: Solar eclipse trips can have lasting effects on an astronomy student’s life, as NASM’s David DeVorkin tells us about the 1970 Yale Observatory expedition and beach party to view an eclipse at Nantucket.
Description: Biological anthropologist Dr. Habiba Chirchir, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, researches the evolution of human and non-human primate bone density patterns to ascertain whether there are unique patterns of trabecular bone density among closely related species. #Groundbreaker
Description: While the Smithsonian Institution is perhaps better known for its museums that pepper the landscape of the National Mall in Washington DC, its devotion to scientific research easily matches its dedication to collecting, preserving, and displaying artifacts of cultural and historical importance. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) started off as a small field
Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Description: Dr. Joan W. Nowicke, Curator, Department of Botany, was an internationally recognized palynologist specializing in pollen morphology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1972–99. Nowicke earned special recognition in the 1980s for her work studying “Yellow Rain,” which some governments alleged was a form of chemical biological warfare. #Groundbreaker
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