Results for "National Zoological Park (U.S.). Office of Public Affairs"
Office of Public Affairs Photographic Collection
- Date: September 19, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Highlighting the photographic holdings at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Goody Goody Gumdrops
- Date: September 25, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: A history of pygmy hippopotamus naming conventions at the National Zoological Park.
- Blog Post
Sybil Hamlet’s History of the National Zoo
- Date: May 17, 2018
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Did you know that the first beaver came to the National Zoological Park in 1894? Or that the first animals on the official zoo grounds were two Indian Elephants, Dunk and Gold Dust? Surely, you knew that the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok donated an albino Asiatic turtle to the National Zoo in 1966? You didn’t know that? Well, thanks to the work of Sybil Hamlet in 1985, you can now
Where the Wild Things Are
- Date: July 26, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Take a look at the residents of the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 1973 with these newly digitized images.
Gone But Not Forgotten: Former Animals at the National Zoo
- Date: May 27, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A number of animals who used to call the National Zoological Park home are no longer there.
Mr. Rogers at the Zoo
- Date: June 18, 2013
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: The popular childrens’ TV program, Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, pays a visit to the National Zoological Park in 1982.
Sneak Peek 5/28/2018
- Date: May 28, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Nile hippopotamuses and baby at National Zoological Park, 73-3818.
Sneak Peek 12/9/2019
- Date: December 9, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Alpaca and vicuña at National Zoological Park, circa 1910s, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B48_F10_001.
Bringing out the Animal in Art
- Date: December 22, 2015
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: On National Visit the Zoo Day, a look at a unique exhibition at the National Zoological Park, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Animal In Art,” an exhibit and series of “sketch-ins,” part of an international campaign for the World Wildlife Fund.
- Blog Post
Donkeys and Alpacas and Cows Oh My!
- Date: May 12, 2011
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Silver Fox Rabbit at the Kid's Farm, 2008, by Meghan Murphy, National Zoological Park. "][/caption] Five years in the making, the Kid's Farm at the National Zoological Park opened in June 2004.
Sneak Peek 4/13/2020
- Date: April 13, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: A keeper feeds Asian elephants Hitam and Kechil in the octagonal elephant barn at the National Zoological Park.
Sneak Peek 7/16/2018
- Date: July 16, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Pygmy hippopotamus in mud wallow at National Zoological Park, SIA Acc. 11-009, 73-6860.