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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Marie-Hélène Sachet

    • Date: June 26, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Marie-Hélène Sachet joined the Smithsonian in 1966 as a special advisor in tropical botany at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. When the program ended in 1968, she was transferred to the Department of Botany, where she remained, eventually serving as a curator in the division, until her death in 1986. #Groundbreaker

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  3. Bridget Shea leans back in a theater seat. Caption: Bridget Shea was the manager of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Samuel P. Langley IMAX Theater and the Albert Einstein Planetarium, 1992–97, and manager of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater, which she also helped design, 1997–2000. Shea supervised the operations of the theaters and prioritized accessibility services, such as closed captioning and audio descriptions. #Groundbreaker

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Bridget Shea

    • Date: March 4, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Bridget Shea was the manager of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Samuel P. Langley IMAX Theater and the Albert Einstein Planetarium, 1992–97, and manager of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater, which she also helped design, 1997–2000. Shea supervised the operations of the theaters and prioritized accessibility

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  5. Retail Associate, Helen Jagodzinske, National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Helen Jagodzinske

    • Date: September 14, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Retail Associate, Helen Jagodzinske, National Museum of American History, was the oldest employee at the Smithsonian when she retired at age 94. Prior to that, she served at the Pentagon as clerk, and in the Women's Army Corp during WWII. #Groundbreaker

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  7. two separate side-by-side b&w portraits of African American women

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Drs. Joanne Hyppolite and Deborah Mack

    • Date: December 20, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Drs. Joanne Hyppolite and Deborah Mack had the near impossible task of distilling 400 years of African American style, food, craftsmanship, and more into the inaugural "Cultural Expressions" exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. #Groundbreaker (s)

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    See Here: 10/19/2010

    • Date: October 19, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="446" caption="Visitors to the National Museum of American History (NMAH) Military History Hall, costumed in Revolutionary attire for the Treaty of Paris Bicentennial celebration held on the grounds around the Washington Monument, 1983, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,

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  11. Portrait of African American woman with head resting in hand and blue sleeveless dress.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece

    • Date: November 1, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator of Music and Performing Arts, Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece, National Museum of African American History and Culture, created their inaugural music exhibition, Musical Crossroads, and co-curated the grand opening music festival, Freedom Sounds: A Community Celebration. #Groundbreaker

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    See Here: 3/23/2010

    • Date: March 23, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="436" caption="Clerks of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance occupying the Natural History Building, now the National Museum of Natural History. On the request of President Wilson, the Board of Regents closed the museum to the public on July 16, 1918, making available to the government the ground and two exhibition floors (138,600 sq.

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  15. Conservator Carolyn Rose (left) was head of the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, was thesis advisor for over 30 students, and received the 1992 Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award for outstanding contributions to the American Institute for Conservation.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Carolyn Rose

    • Date: December 16, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Conservator Carolyn Rose (left) was head of the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, was thesis advisor for over 30 students, and received the 1992 Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award for outstanding contributions to the American Institute for Conservation.

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  17. National Museum of Natural History paleontologist, Dr. Anna K. Behrensmeyer, reconstructs and compares land ecosystems through time to explore how ecology has helped to shape land vertebrate evolution and community structure throughout the Phanerozoic. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Anna K. Behrensmeyer

    • Date: February 3, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: National Museum of Natural History paleontologist, Dr. Anna K. Behrensmeyer, reconstructs and compares land ecosystems through time to explore how ecology has helped to shape land vertebrate evolution and community structure throughout the Phanerozoic. #Groundbreaker

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    Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

    • Date: July 3, 2018
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.[edan-image:id=siris_arc_394342,size=500,center]New Finding Aids Online:National Air and Space Museum, Space History Department, Exhibition Records, 2000-2004, 2010-2016, Accession

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    See Here: 11/3/2009

    • Date: November 3, 2009
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="413" caption="Construction of National Museum of Natural History Rotunda Dome, 1908, by unknown photographer, photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 79 Box 9 Folder 4, Negative Number:2004-10334. "][/caption]

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    See Here: 9/8/2010

    • Date: September 8, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="Exhibit of a hippopotamus in the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, 1959, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 2, Negative Number: MNH-217."][/caption]

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