Results for "Aquariums"
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Andrew Whitesell
- Date: January 29, 2013
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 08-050, National Zoological Park (U.S.) Directorate for Conservation and Research, Training Program Records, 1975-2007
- Date: 1975 1975-2007
- Creator: National Zoological Park. Directorate for Conservation and Research
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA RU007317, Myers, George S (George Sprague) 1905-1985, George Sprague Myers Papers, circa 1903-1986 and undated
- Date: 1903 1903-1986 1903-1986 and undated
- Creator: Myers, George S. (George Sprague), 1905-1985
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 03-021, Conservation and Research Center (National Zoological Park), Associate Director's Research Files, 1973-1998
- Date: 1973 1973-1998
- Creator: Conservation and Research Center (National Zoological Park)
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 01-052, National Zoological Park (U.S.) Office of the Director, Professional Activity Files, 1983-1998
- Date: 1983 1983-1998
- Creator: National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- SI History Bibliography
Grace Lincoln Temple and the Smithsonian's Children Room of 1901
- Date: 1988
- Creator: NeCastro, Linda
- Creator: NeCastro, Linda
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It Takes a Village: Anniversary of the Anacostia Museum Opening
- Date: September 15, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_8698,size=300,left]Today marks the forty-fourth anniversary of the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum (ACM), then called the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. The ACM opened in 1967 at the old Carver Theater in the Anacostia section of Washington, DC. The “experimental community museum” was first suggested by the Smithsonian’s eighth Secretary S.
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- Date: October 13, 2015
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: With nineteen museums and research centers, the Smithsonian Institution is so much more than just the buildings on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. In fact, if you drive about 33 miles east of the National Mall, you will find the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), located in Edgewater, Maryland, and this year, the site is celebrating its 50th Anniversary.
Joseph Henry Hypes Hypsometers
- Date: October 29, 2019
- Description: Although initially skeptical about the effectiveness of the hypsometer, Secretary Joseph Henry soon recognized the value of the instrument, which he discovered from his colleagues in the scientific field.
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SIA Acc. 08-097, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Center for Tropical Forest Science, Program Records, 1980-2005
- Date: 1980 1980-2005
- Creator: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Center for Tropical Forest Science
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 11-166, National Zoological Park (U.S.) Department of Zoological Research, Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program Records, 1970-2000
- Date: 1970 1970-2000
- Creator: National Zoological Park. Department of Zoological Research
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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The Smithsonian’s First Radiometers
- Date: April 25, 2019
- Description: When curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History looked at seven radiometers in storage, they learned the instruments had been at the Smithsonian for nearly one hundred fifty years.