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    Preserving “The World Is Yours”

    • Date: January 23, 2020
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Here is a look into how the mixed media project of preserving The World Is Yours got its start.

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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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    The Legacy of I. Michael Heyman

    • Date: December 7, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: A discussion of the legacy of I. Michael Heyman, who served as the eleventh Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1994 to 1999.

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  7. Speak Softly . . .

    • Date: November 3, 2010
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: This summer witnessed an exciting find by interns Shereen Choudhury and Rachel Midura, who identified Teddy Roosevelt in one of the broken glass plate negatives they were inventorying. This glass plate comes from a collection of images that have all been numbered, but have minimal descriptive records indicating what they may represent.

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    Tomorrow is the “Ask the Smithsonian” Q&A on Facebook

    • Date: October 11, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  11. A woman watches from scaffolding as a man paints a ceiling.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Grace Lincoln Temple

    • Date: January 5, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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  13. Color photograph of the National Postal Museum building taken from across the street.

    The National Postal Museum Still Delivers After 25 Years

    • Date: September 25, 2018
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: 25 years ago the National Postal Museum first opened its doors to the public.

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  15. Highlighting Diane Arbus: "A box of ten photographs"

    • Date: March 29, 2018
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Opening on April 6, 2018, A box of ten photographs highlights the portfolio of Diane Arbus, an American photographer known for her black-and-white images of marginalized individuals, including the mentally ill, circus performers, and transgender people. The exhibition, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) until January 21, 2019, traces the history of Arbus's

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  17. Aerial photograph of the National Mall with the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt covering the four blocks west of the U.S. Capitol Building.

    Hot Topics in Archival Research, Fall 2022

    • Date: November 3, 2022
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields thousands of questions per year.

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  19. You Spin Me Round - Frisbee Festivals on the Mall

    • Date: May 23, 2019
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Starting in 1977, the National Air and Space Museum, with assistance from the International Frisbee Association, Wham-O Manufacturing Company, volunteer instructors from several states, and the Washington Area Frisbee Club, held their first Frisbee Festival on the National Mall.

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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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    Link Love: 7/1/2011

    • Date: July 1, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Note: I'll be on vacation for the next two weeks, so look for Link Love to start again on July 22nd! We’ve been blogging about the Civil War and the Smithsonian for the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, and others across the Smithsonian have been doing the same. Over at NPR’s Picture show blog, photography curator Shannon Perich shares some incredible animated Civil War-era

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