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      A Popular Catalogue of the Extraordinary Curiosities in the National Institute, arranged in the building belonging to the Patent Office. Curiosities collected from all parts of the world, by the officers of the Army and Navy of the United States ..

      • Date: 1859
      • Creator: National Institute for the Promotion of Science
      • Creator: National Institute for the Promotion of Science

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      • A Conservator Abroad: Paper Conservation in Japan

        • Date: November 16, 2017
        • Creator: William Bennett
        • Description: Nearly two years ago, I first heard of a course on the conservation of Japanese paper co-organized by ICCROM, the cultural heritage arm of UNESCO, and the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (also known in Japanese as “Tobunken”). Over three weeks, the course offered a first-hand look at the traditional Japanese conservation techniques, materials, and

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      • SI History Chronology

        National Institution Established

        • Date: May 15, 1840

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        SIA2008-0801

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        • Hallager holding a kori bustard. The caption below reads: Sara Hallager, curator of birds at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, is responsible for managing daily avian care, including bird well-being, reproductive programs, conservation programs, exhibitions, and interpretive public programs. She began working at the Zoo as a volunteer in 1984 and as an employee in 1987. #Groundbreaker.

          Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sara Hallager

          • Date: September 2, 2020
          • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
          • Description: At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, we are determined not to let history repeat itself. From our colleagues at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, who research and track birds in the wild, to our Bird House keepers who care for and breed these animals at the Zoo, we are working together to study, understand and protect common birds

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              May 15 Organizers Plan National Institution for the Promotion of Science | Smithsonian Institution A

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              • Fleeing from the ruined city--California St., from Stockton to Ferry Tower, San Francisco, California, 1906, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, neg. no. 13496.

                The Smithsonian Seismological Institute

                • Date: August 26, 2014
                • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
                • Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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                Varden Collection Transferred to National Institution

                • Date: 1841

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                Coming into Focus

                • Date: October 1, 2009
                • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
                • Description: [caption id="attachment_2376" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="blurredvision, by Flickr user Paul Denton Cocker."][/caption] According to the National Eye Institute, more than 3 million Americans are blind or have vision so poor that everyday tasks become extremely difficult. Interestingly, according to a recent article by Pam Belluck in The New York Times, a new

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