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  1. A woman stands near a table that children are working on.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Laura L. McKie

    • Date: April 24, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Laura L. McKie, Assistant Director for Education, 1987–2001, planned, coordinated, and conducted educational activities at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She began her career with the museum as a docent in 1969, and in 1971, she was hired as an Anthropology Education Specialist . #Groundbreaker

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  3. Hercules Beetle from the Insect Zoo of the National Museum of Natural History

    Sneak Peek 5/13/2019

    • Date: May 13, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Hercules beetle from the Insect Zoo of the National Museum of Natural History, May 1977, by Chip Clark, SIA Acc. 11-009, 78-9839-32.

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  5. A person holds a fossil above an open cabinet drawer.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Selina R. Cole

    • Date: June 30, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • 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.

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  7. Secretary Ripley stands beside the model and children climb around on top.

    The Dino Detours of Uncle Beazley

    • Date: June 8, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before Uncle Beazley, the popular life-size model of a triceratops, made its way to its final destination at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, he stopped at a couple other destinations around the Institution.

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  9. Shot of a large elephant, captured from the ground looking up toward the trunk of the specimen.

    Here at the Smithsonian: Tusks and Tentacles

    • Date: July 27, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: As Smithsonian museums reopen this summer, let’s revisit two main attractions at the National Museum of Natural History.

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  11. Lynn Volpi Demonstrates

    Sneak Peek 9/10/2018

    • Date: September 10, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Lynn Volpi demonstrates "By-Word" wand sound system in a mineralogy exhibit at National Museum of Natural History, November 26, 1975, by Harry Neufeld, SIA RU000371, 75-16336-11.

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  13. Woman looking at the camera and smiling with a bird sitting to her left.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Helen James

    • Date: September 26, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Dr. Helen James, Curator of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, studies fossil evidence of birds and developed ways to use modern techniques, such as carbon dating, to understand evolutionary and ecological context. #Groundbreaker

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  15. Brassia caudata (Orchidaceae) watercolor by Regina O. Hughes, c. 1980, National Museum of Natural History, Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Plate # 641.

    “Angels Can Do No More”: Regina Hughes’ Contributions as a Botanical Illustrator

    • Date: March 10, 2016
    • Description: This post discusses the contributions of Regina Hughes, a botanical illustrator, to the National Museum of Natural History.

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  17. An older woman sits at a desk. A lizard is resting on her shoulder but seems to blend in with her sweater.

    Doris Holmes Blake and Her Natural History

    • Date: March 21, 2019
    • Creator: Tatiana Swann
    • Description: Doris Holmes Blake's devotion to her passion for entomology made her a treasure to natural history and the Smithsonian Institution.

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  19. woman standing with human skeleton

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Sabrina Sholts

    • Date: June 27, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Research Anthropologist Dr. Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, uses bones to study the effects of environmental contaminants on people in the past and present, and directs the Smithsonian Institution Bio-Imaging Research Center. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Taxidermist Francis “Frank” Greenwell Repairs a Nubian Giraffe at National Museum of Natural History

    Sneak Peek 4/8/2019

    • Date: April 8, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Taxidermist Francis “Frank” Greenwell repairs a Nubian giraffe in an exhibit containing animals from Africa in the Hall of Mammals in the National Museum of Natural History, February 10, 1982, by Kim Nielsen, SIA Acc. 11-009, 82-2558-26A.

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  23. Portrait of a young woman with short, wavy hair. She is looking directly at the camera with a slight smile.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marsha E. Sitnik

    • Date: June 1, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • 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.

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