Description: When tragedy struck during the space shuttle era, mourners found a place to honor the fallen astronauts of the tragic Challenger and Columbia flights at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="313" caption="The blue whale can be seen on display in the "Life in the Sea" exhibit as part of the the Exhibits Modernization Program in the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1963, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="After the Exhibits Modernization Program, an exhibit case in the Bird Hall at the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, features birds sitting on a tree branch in their natural surroundings, 1956, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: Just two days ago, the Smithsonian celebrated the one-year anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). It seems like just yesterday that we were all waiting for the doors to open; yet, so much has happened in the past year. Since President Barack Obama rang the bell that opened the museum, long lines and happy faces are
Description: President John F. Kennedy's doodles were given a new dimension by local Washington, D.C. sculptor Ralph M. Tate and the Anacostia Community Museum.
Description: Exhibit case containing presidential artifacts in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, MAH-12912.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="An exhibit of rocks and minerals in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, The exhibit includes Balls of Brecciated Marble from Japan in the middle case and other samples of rocks and minerals in the other cases next to it, 1900s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian
Description: First aid demonstration at Bureau of Mines exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Califonia, 1915, MAH-8187.
Description: The story of the damage context and advanced treatment of a Stivenson Magloire painting broken into fragments by the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Description: Ceramics exhibit in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, featuring "Haviland Memorial Vases," MNH-37695.
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