Results for "Animal culture"
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Tichkematse—A Great Favorite at the Smithsonian
- Date: November 25, 2021
- Description: A forerunner of today’s efforts to decolonize and Indigenize American museums, Tichkematse was one of the first Native American employees at the Smithsonian Institution. His work with natural history and anthropological collections continue to inspire Native and non-Native museum professionals nearly 150 years later.
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Link Love: 3/4/2011
- Date: March 4, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="Uncle Beazley being unloaded at the Smithsonian’s Office of Exhibits Central model shop, February 2011, Courtesy of Office of Exhibits Central blog."][/caption] Even dinosaurs need their baths… The Office of Exhibits Central gives a behind-the-scenes peek into the dino maintenance of Uncle Beazley—the Smithsonian’s
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More Thoughts on the Art of Science
- Date: January 7, 2010
- Description: In the most recent issue of Ezra (Winter 2010, pg. 3), Cornell University’s quarterly magazine, there is a small feature about photographs by graduate student Heather Flores of fruit fly ovaries. These images won the NYSTEM Stem Cell Awareness Day Image Contest. Besides the fact that there is a contest devoted to images that demonstrate the visual beauty of stem cell science,
Slide Digitization Goes Stereo
- Date: August 7, 2018
- Creator: Charles Zange
- Description: Stereo slides present unique challenges for digitization. Here are a few tips for documenting your collection.
Here At The Smithsonian: Celebrating Earth Optimism with Some Community Science
- Date: April 27, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Since April is both Earth Month and Citizen Science Month, we’re highlighting two clips that make us optimistic for the future.
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Family Vacation
- Date: March 24, 2009
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the third in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month.
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Freaks and Geeks
- Date: May 12, 2010
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: In the Smithsonian Institution Archives, we each have our favorite stories that are told through materials in our collections. Several times a year we might give "treasures shows" for interns or special visitors, and we pluck items that highlight moments and people in the Institution's history. We pull out a draft of James Smithson's will, letters from the Wright brothers,
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Protecting Wildlife in Our National Parks: William Temple Hornaday and the American Bison
- Date: August 17, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: August is National Parks Month, a time to celebrate the resources that have been preserved across the country for the public. In August of 1916, the US Congress created the National Park Service which today provides access to unparalleled natural beauty and treasured sites in American 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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jessie Cohen
- Date: March 21, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Photographer, Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian's National Zoo, worked for nearly 30 years patiently and sensitively photographing the animals while also managing the Zoo's photo collection which consists of thousands of images, from glass plate negatives to digital. #Groundbreaker
Takin' Care of Records
- Date: April 17, 2018
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Did you know April is Records and Information Management Month? Did you also know that the Smithsonian Institution has over 154 million objects, 10 million digital records, and 156,830 cubic feet of archival materials in its collections? It is mostly thanks to amazing record keeping that we are able to locate, care, and give access to millions of fascinating objects.We look at
Color Our Collections 2021
- Date: February 4, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Stuck inside and looking for a fun activity? Color the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives collections!