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    Another Wonderful Winter of Wetmore

    • Date: January 12, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: On this day, 72 years ago, ornithologist Alexander Wetmore became Smithsonian Secretary--continuing his life-long dedication to field research! Help transcribe Wetmore’s extensive research and make it available for a new generation of field scientists.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Tricia Edwards

    • Date: April 25, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Tricia Edwards, Interim Associate Director for Smithsonian Affiliations, spearheaded Spark!Lab, an interdisciplinary space at the National Museum of American History where educators use art, science, and engineering to engage kids and families with hands-on invention.

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  5. Halides on display in a well-lit exhibit case.

    Archives Puzzles: Shine Bright Like a Halide

    • Date: January 11, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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    See Here: 6/2/2010

    • Date: June 2, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="439" caption="Bird storage on the third floor of the National Museum of Natural History on January 15, 1911, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 79 Box 9 Folder 6, Negative Number: 24055."][/caption]

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    See Here: 1/7/2011

    • Date: January 7, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="341" caption="Storage cases in the Paleontology Laboratory in the National Museum of Natural History on January 15, 1911, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 79 Box 9 Folder 6, Negative Number: 24046."][/caption]

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    Link Love: 5/18/2018

    • Date: May 18, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture acquired a portrait of Henrietta Lacks, the African American woman whose cells were unknowingly contributed to over 10,000 medical patents, aiding research and benefiting patients with polio, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease and other conditions. [via Smithsonian

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  13. An older man sits at a booth as people wait in line. Banners are visible. They read: Why do research?; What is conservation?; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and Frog Voices.

    Festival of American Folklife 1996: Working at the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 2, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.

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  15. Link Love: 2/14/2020

    • Date: February 14, 2020
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    Link Love: 9/13/2013

    • Date: September 13, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    See Here: 12/30/2009

    • Date: December 30, 2009
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Visit of Muhammad Ali to the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, March 17, 1976, when he donated a pair of gloves and a robe to the museum for the "Nations of Nations" exhibition, 1976, Richard K. Hofmeister,

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  21. Rube Goldberg and wife Irma interacting with the machine exhibits and attendees riding a bicycle. Photographs being taken of Goldberg sitting near his cartoons speaking to the press. Also, dinner table seating with the Goldbergs, Smithsonian Institution Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and NMHT Director Daniel Boorstin.

    Do It the Hard Way, Like Rube Goldberg

    • Date: November 24, 2020
    • Description: Rube Goldberg, the subject of a 1970 exhibition at the National Museum of American History, produced thousands of drawings and comic strips, as well as, films, photographs, and over-the-top machines. A true celebrity in his time, Goldberg set standards in political cartooning and contributed to the development of thousands of extravagant and entertaining contraptions that have

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    See Here: 5/11/2011

    • Date: May 11, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="The 1401, a 280-ton Pacific-type passenger steam locomotive, was moved just inside the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, The locomotive was built in 1926 by the Richmond, Virginia, works of the American Locomotive Company, The railroad car was too large to move into

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