Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Portrait of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), physicist and first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1846-1878), taken on December 1, 1875. This print contains the portrait of Henry resting on top of a glass case containing a variety of arrowheads, by Fassett,
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="441" caption="A papier mache model of a Stegosaurus dinosaur in the Fossil Reptiles Exhibit. The exhibit opened in June of 1963 in the National Museum of Natural History as part of the Exhibits Modernization Program, 1963, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Eileen M. McCarthy, chief of the Publications Distribution Section of the Smithsonian Institution Press, opening gifts at her retirement party in the Great Hall, Smithsonian Institution Building, March 9, 1973, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="428" caption="At the Chicago Worlds Columbian Exposition in 1893, visitors ride in a gondola in the ‘Court of Honor.’ The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition, 1893, by Unknown
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="In the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History in an exhibit case of "Poisonous Mammals" displays the short-tailed shrew, the duck-billed platypus, and the spiny anteater, the only poisonous mammals, 1959, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="220" caption="Many scientists lived in the Smithsonian Institution Building in its early years. These four young naturalists lived in the building and often collected for the Smithsonian while on exploring expeditions in the mid-nineteenth century. Clockwise from upper left: Robert Kennicott, Henry Ulke, Henry Bryant and William
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="454" caption="At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1904, Smithsonian Institution's United States National Museum exhibit includes the Langley Aerodrome, a model of a whale suspended from the ceiling, natural history exhibits, archaeological objects, and industrial machines, The Smithsonian coordinated all of the
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="356" caption="Photo of a termite nest, near Aguadulce, Panama, From 1910 to 1912 the Smithsonian participated in the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, to document the natural history of the Canal Zone prior to construction of the Panama Canal, 1910-1911, by Henri Pittier, Photographic print, "Completion of the Biological
Description: A selection of posters from programs and exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (formerly National Collection of Fine Arts and National Museum of American Art) and Renwick Gallery.
Description: Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been our best friends. In honor of writing the third National Dog Day post, let’s take a look at the pooches from the Archives' staff (both past and present). Some of these doggos are home helping Archives' staff while we continue working remotely. Can we get an all around "Goooooood
Description: We’ve learned so much about the specific women of James Smithson’s family though the Hungerford Deed—but what can it tell us about women’s rights in the eighteenth century?
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