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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah Bell

      • Date: March 20, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Deborah Bell, Assistant Collections Manager for the U.S. Herbarium at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1975–2014, conserved, documented, and made accessible the collection of five million plant specimens. She participated in numerous expeditions, collecting specimens and training local students and staff. #Groundbreaker

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      “A Wildlife Paradise”: International Collaboration on the DMZ Ecology in the 1960s

      • Date: November 12, 2019
      • Description: The DMZ ecology project reveals the Smithsonian’s commitment to ecological research programs as well as the complexity and contingency of an international collaboration.

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      Reconstructing William Temple Hornaday’s 1888 Extermination Series

      • Date: March 2, 2017
      • Description: A look at taxidermist turned conservationist William Temple Hornaday's "Extermination Series" highlighting the environmental impact of man on North American mammals.

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary Skinner

      • Date: July 28, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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      “Ding” Darling’s Ducks and What’s Good for the Earth

      • Date: May 7, 2020
      • Description: Throughout his twenty-five years as a Science Service journalist, Frank Thone maintained an active correspondence with fellow scientists and conservationists. His letters in the Smithsonian Institution Archives both preserve his wit and offer a glimpse at the informal networking that helped shape how Americans perceived the natural world.

One of Thone’s correspondents was a

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      Smithsonian Scientists at Work

      • Date: April 20, 2017
      • Description: [view:sia_slideshow==75408]Scientific research has been integral to the Smithsonian, from its founding to today. The Smithsonian's founder, Englishman James Smithson, saw in the U.S. (according to his biographer, Heather Ewing) "a place of the future" that could support "science and progress for humanity." He believed that scientists were "citizens of the world" and that the

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      Unity for International Migratory Bird Day

      • Date: May 10, 2018
      • Creator: Matt Peterson
      • Description: The theme of this year’s International Migratory Bird Day is unity. The Smithsonian has a longstanding history of commitment to the natural world. No figure in the Institution’s history better exemplifies the theme of unity surrounding migratory species than sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. He knew the importance of the role that birds play in

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      2017 Top Blog Posts

      • Date: December 19, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • 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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      Link Love: 11/26/2010

      • Date: November 26, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Here at the Smithsonian: Tusks and Tentacles

      • Date: July 27, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: As Smithsonian museums reopen this summer, let’s revisit two main attractions at the National Museum of Natural History.

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      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.

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    23. Protection of Collections during Retrofit or Renovation

      • Date: May 2, 2019
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Yesterday, we celebrated MayDay2019 by reviewing the contents of Nora’s PRICE team go-bag, which you can explore in this Facebook Live, courtesy of the Foundation for the Advancement of Conservation!This MayDay post comes to you at a time when cultural heritage disasters on a mass scale are fresh in people’s minds. Paying attention to high visibility events offers opportunity

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