Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.
Description: When you think of the National Museum of Natural History, what comes to mind are probably inanimate things—rocks and dinosaur bones, cultural objects, and stuffed animals. But did you know that the museum has a collection of live insects? Today is the 35th anniversary of the opening of the permanent installation of the Insect Zoo, though the Zoo actually began as a temporary
Description: See how Smithsonian scientists have always been willing to do what is needed to further their research—including camping in all conditions!
Description: Travel with us to the Galapagos and the Marshall Islands as we launch some warm-weather scientific field books, diaries, and correspondence. While it’s not very wintery in Washington D.C., we’re hoping this will offer an escape to those entering the long remaining months of snow, sleet, and ice. And if you’re avoiding the cold, what a better way to spend your time than helping
Description: While only two years old, World Migratory Bird Day is just one of the latest evolutions in conservation awareness. Related celebrations go back more than twenty-six years and draw on over a century of research.
Description: Dr. Robin L. Davisson, Professor of Molecular Physiology at Cornell University, won the Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Award for excellence in cardiovascular research from the American Heart Association and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is now part of the Smithsonian family. #Groundbreaker
Description: Conservator Carolyn Rose (left) was head of the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, was thesis advisor for over 30 students, and received the 1992 Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award for outstanding contributions to the American Institute for Conservation.
Description: Biologist and curator of mammals at the National Museum of Natural History, Viola Shelly Schantz was one of the founding members of the American Society of Mammalogists and one of the premier mammalogists of her day. #Groundbreaker
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