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    Smooth Operator

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

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    Link Love: 3/4/2011

    • Date: March 4, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="Uncle Beazley being unloaded at the Smithsonian’s Office of Exhibits Central model shop, February 2011, Courtesy of Office of Exhibits Central blog."][/caption] Even dinosaurs need their baths… The Office of Exhibits Central gives a behind-the-scenes peek into the dino maintenance of Uncle Beazley—the Smithsonian’s

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    The Smithsonian and Latin America

    • Date: February 15, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9988,size=500,center]While many people view the Smithsonian as a complex of museums in Washington, DC, it began as and still is an international organization devoted to research and education. A look at the Smithsonian Global website reveals where Smithsonian staff can be found today.Since the Smithsonian’s founding in 1846, the Institution has

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    Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 18, 2020
    • Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.

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  9. Route 66 runs through Winslow, Arizona. This corner is a tribute to the Eagles song, “Take It Easy.” The camera used included a date stamp. Photo by Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig.

    Making the Most of Vacation Memories

    • Date: June 24, 2014
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Summer means family vacations and making memories. Here are some ideas for before and during the trip.

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  11. National Zoo reproductive biologist JoGayle Howard holding black-footed ferret kits, an endangered species, c. 1997.

    Smithsonian Optimism for the Blue Planet

    • Date: April 27, 2017
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: An overview of the history of environmental conservation activities at the Smithsonian, since its founding in 1846.

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  13. Kevin Spacey as President Francis J. Underwood (detail) by Jonathan Yeo / Oil on canvas, 2015 / Collection of the artist

    Link Love: 2/26/16

    • Date: February 26, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: It happened. "President" Francis J. Underwood's portrait hangs at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and NPG's Director, Kim Sajet, appears on an upcoming episode of House of Cards. [via Variety]DC Public Library's Memory Lab has your digital back and can help you digitize your 3.5" floppies and MiniDV's. [via dcist]Everyone's up in arms over the Metropolitan Museum

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  15. Interior view of two visitors looking at a skeleton with prosthetics behind glass.

    Happy National Inventors Day!

    • Date: February 11, 2021
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: We wish you a Happy National Inventors Day and invite you to check out the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History!

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    Link Love: 7/22/2011

    • Date: July 22, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: I couldn’t resist this collection of beautiful butterfly and creepy crawly engravings from BibliOdyssey this week. The Smithsonian has created a new Facebook page in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, which we’ll regularly be contributing to. Hop on over and like the page! Apparently, it was not only illegal, but criminal for women to vote! Photos uncovered by

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    American History in an Earthenware Teacup

    • Date: January 14, 2016
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: C. Malcolm Watkins (1911-2001), curator of cultural history at the National Museum of American History, was a pioneer of material culture studies and historic archeology.

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  21. A person twists on a chair and their profile is visible. Wallpaper is in the background.

    The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 2 of 2: Who and How, and Why It Matters

    • Date: September 10, 2019
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: The historical legacy of amatuer photographer Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) is far greater than was acknowledged at the time, because of both who he photographed and how he set up the images.

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    Smithson’s Bequest to London’s East End

    • Date: October 23, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: When James Smithson wrote his will on October 23, 1826, he made several bequests to people before adding the contingent clause that created the Smithsonian Institution. One bequest was to a resident of London’s notorious East End.

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