Results for "National Zoo: The Zoo Behind the Zoo (Video recording : 1989)"
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National Zoo
- Date: September 19, 2013
- Description: The National Zoological Park was conceived by William Temple Hornaday and established by an act of Congress in 1889. The Smithsonian’s collection of living animals was originally intended to aid taxidermists’ studies, but Smithsonian Secretaries Spencer F. Baird and Samuel P. Langley helped expand the small menagerie’s purpose. Today it houses over 2,000 animals of around 400
- Blog Post
“Do Pandas Affect Everyone This Way?”: Celebrating 50 Years of Giant Pandas at the National Zoo
- Date: April 14, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: This year marks the 50th anniversary since the arrival of giant pandas Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing at the National Zoo. To celebrate, we’re highlighting some giant panda records at the Archives.
Dog Days at the Zoo, Part II
- Date: September 18, 2012
- Description: Though often overlooked, dogs played a featured role in the early history of the National Zoological Park.
Three Elk at the National Zoo
- Date: c. 1890s
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- SI History Bibliography
Smithsonian's New Zoo
- Date: 1990
- Creator: Page, Jake
- Creator: Page, Jake
Zoo Employees
- Date: c. 1920s
- Creator: National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- Creator: National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- SI History Chronology
Friends of the National Zoo Formed
- Date: 1958
Wetlands Exhibit at National Zoo
- Date: 1989
- Creator: Cohen, Jessie
- Creator: Cohen, Jessie
- SI History Chronology
Muntjac Escapes From Zoo
- Date: May, 1981
Zebra at the National Zoo
- Date: 1900
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
Holt House Property, National Zoo
- Date: 1889
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
Elk at National Zoo
- Date: c. 1890s
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
