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    A Living Exhibition

    • Date: July 19, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey

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  3. A sketch of an exhibit floor plan that notes measurements of objects and panels.

    Adventures in Time and Space: Exhibition Records

    • Date: October 25, 2018
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Transferring, processing, and describing exhibition drawings pose significant challenges to the archival workflow.

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  5. Page one of The Crossroads exhibit.

    Exhibiting the Enola Gay

    • Date: June 25, 2020
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, controversy surrounded the context in which the Enola Gay was to be displayed.

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    The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 9, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific

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  9. To Preserve or Not to Preserve: Social Media

    • Date: June 13, 2012
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A quick overview of how the Archives decides what social media to preserve to document the Smithsonian’s history.

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  11. Cockroach Kitchen, Dynamics of Evolution Hall, 1979, photographic print, Accession 13-125 - National Museum of Natural History, Office of Education, Exhibition Records, 1978-1979, 1995-1996, 2003, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. no. 87-7526.

    The Cockroach Kitchen

    • Date: October 29, 2013
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A cockroach covered kitchen illustrated population potential in a National Museum of Natural History exhibit.

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    A History of Celebrating the Insect Zoo

    • Date: August 23, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: When you think of the National Museum of Natural History, what comes to mind are probably inanimate things—rocks and dinosaur bones, cultural objects, and stuffed animals. But did you know that the museum has a collection of live insects? Today is the 35th anniversary of the opening of the permanent installation of the Insect Zoo, though the Zoo actually began as a temporary

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    Mothers Day Inspiration

    • Date: May 9, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Get ready for Mother's Day with these images of Smithsonian staff and their families caring for young animals.

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  17. Home Page of the First Smithsonian Website, Accession 98-094: Office of the Secretary, Smithsonian Website Records, 1995, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2012-0382.

    The Electronic Smithsonian

    • Date: May 7, 2015
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A look back at the first Smithsonian home page, launched 20 years ago.

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    The Enid A. Haupt Garden

    • Date: January 20, 2015
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A look at the Enid A. Haupt Garden as it was established in 1987.

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  21. Screenshot of “The Endangered Song Project” website as it existed on April 22, 2014. The website is maintained by the National Zoological Park and was launched in observance of Earth Day 2014.

    Web Archiving Update, October 2014

    • Date: October 7, 2014
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A progress report on the Archives' most recent two years of web archiving.

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  23. Registrar Cordelia Rose added personal and humorous details to the scroll as the automation of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum registration process progressed. This photograph, placed near the end of the scroll, depicts programmer Jay Vanatta walking away and a thought bubble noting

    "Scrolling" Through Museum Processes

    • Date: September 12, 2013
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Two almost forgotten scrolls document the automation of museum processes at the Cooper-Hewitt.

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