Description: A rare meeting of the scientific minds at the 92nd Annual British Association Conference in 1924, captured by Science Service journalist Watson Davis.
Description: Waldo L. Schmitt, a curator with the United States National Museum, participated in a 1938 expedition with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to survey the Clipperton, Cocos, and Galapagos Islands.
Description: An employee of the Smithsonian since 1975, Michael Barnes is one of a select group of photographers with the responsibility of documenting the history of the Smithsonian.1 Pragmatic and passionate about photography, he worked his way up from the Smithsonian’s print shop and taught himself the art of taking pictures. An employee of the Smithsonian since 1975, Michael Barnes is
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="365" caption="At the end of the three-story high concourse in the Smithsonian Institutions underground complex is an illusionist mural by Richard Haas, The mural depicts through ancient stone arches the Arts and Industries Building and the Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle, both located above ground, adjacent to the