Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="Exhibit case displays Arctic Mammals in the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Some of the animals exhibited include the Arctic hare, the Musk ox, and the Arctic ground squirrel, 1959, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 2,
Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="In the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History in an exhibit case of "Poisonous Mammals" displays the short-tailed shrew, the duck-billed platypus, and the spiny anteater, the only poisonous mammals, 1959, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Exhibit case displays examples of the adaptation of temperate zone mammals to the climate by the use of hibernation or aestivation, The case includes a deer, a ground squirrel, a fox squirrel, and a jumping mouse, The exhibit is in the Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, 1959, by Unidentified
Description: It's interesting to look back and see what resonated with you, our readers, this past year. Clearly, we along with many of you were fascinated by the solar eclipse of 2017 that was viewable from many parts of the U.S. Three of the top 10 were about solar eclipses. You also were captivated by our efforts to bring more attention to women in science. Three of the posts have to do
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Description: Bonanza! A gorgeous medieval illuminated manuscript from the University of Aberdeen is now online. [via Hyperallergic]Hello, funny face. A Japanese museum of rocks, with faces! [via Colossal]My childhood favorite wooden 'Little People' just entered the Toy Hall of Fame. [via NPR]Want to save your election day newspaper? Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute weighs in.
Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Three square-lipped rhinoceroses are displayed in a diorama in mammal hall of the National Museum of Natural History, These specimens come from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt Expedition of 1909-1910, post 1959, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="A view of part of the animals from Africa display in the newly modernized Mammal Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, These specimens came from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt Expedition (1909-1910), c. 1953, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Side view of a 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony House as originally built in Everett, Massachusetts, The house was installed in 1957 in the National Museum of Natural History as a part of the Hall of Colonial Culture, 1957, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit