Results for "Colorado Museum of Natural History"
Join us on Facebook Live: Dyar's Law Revisited at the National Museum of Natural History
- Date: July 20, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Join us on Facebook Live tomorrow at 12 p.m., as we visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History's Department of Entomology to learn how archival collections are being used in modern research.
Archives Puzzles: Constructing the National Museum of Natural History
- Date: September 7, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: This summer, 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.
“It Won’t Be Easy to Leave after 40 Years”: Sophie Lutterlough’s Career at the National Museum of Natural History
- Date: February 16, 2016
- Description: This post discusses the contributions of Sophie Lutterlough to the National Museum of Natural History.
Sneak Peek 3/16/2020
- Date: March 16, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 22339.
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Valentine’s Day at the Archives: A Blossoming Romance
- Date: February 14, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Nothing brings a couple together like scientific research, right? Celebrate Valentine’s Day by exploring a love so deep, new species were named about it.
Sneak Peek 7/9/2018
- Date: July 9, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Visit of Emperor Hirohito of Japan to National Museum of Natural History, 75-13769-14.
Sneak Peek 12/3/2018
- Date: December 3, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Museum visitors at National Museum of Natural History shop, November 3, 1977, by Richard Hofmeister, SIA RU000371, 77-14144-19A.
The Birth of a Building: Constructing the United States National Museum
- Date: June 20, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The birth of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, as told through construction photographs.
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Fishes and Frogs and Birds, OH MY!
- Date: May 26, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Cruriraja cadenati, 6 Oct 1959, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, USNM 196443. "][/caption] The Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, just launched nearly 2 million records on the Smithsonian Collections Search Center related to their vertebrate
Sneak Peek 10/15/2018
- Date: October 15, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Taxidermist Sybil Costanzo works on zebra model at Museum of Natural History, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-045B.
Sneak Peek 1/6/2020
- Date: January 6, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Exhibit case filled with West African knives, shields and axes from an exhibition of the Herbert Ward African Collection in the Museum of Natural History, MNH-26819H.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Virginia Beets
- Date: December 11, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Virginia Beets was instrumental in the early years of the National Museum of American History as an Administrative Officer, 1963–73, and Registrar, 1973–83. She initially joined the Smithsonian as a secretary in the Division of Insects at the National Museum of Natural History in 1949. #Groundbreaker