Description: Barbara Faust, Smithsonian Gardens, 1977-present, became director in 2014. It was under Faust’s leadership as associate director that Smithsonian Gardens achieved accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums. #Groundbreaker
Description: [caption id="attachment_3266" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Mother Nature in Tears, Austfonna Ice Cap in Svalbard, Norway, 2009, by Michael S. Nolan, Digital photograph, Michael S. Nolan/www.wildlifeimages.net Image exclusively represented by: www.splashdowndirect.com."][/caption] In a world where we’re constantly inundated by disturbing imagery of environmental
Description: Museum visitor views dinosaur bone, the humerus (upper arm bone) of Brachiosaurus altithorax, on exhibit at Museum of Natural History, September 11, 1959, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-054A.
Description: Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Research Zoologist, National Museum of Natural History, focuses on the systematics, evolution, and host associations of two parasitic worms: leeches and tapeworms. She has conducted fieldwork on 6 of the 7 continents. #Groundbreaker
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
Description: Senior Curator and Historian Portia James (1953-2015) pioneered a community-based approach at the Anacostia Community Museum and led the exhibitions, publications and collections programs. She researched African American material culture. #Groundbreaker