Description: Nothing brings a couple together like scientific research, right? Celebrate Valentine’s Day by exploring a love so deep, new species were named about it.
Description: [view in English][edan-image:id=siris_sic_6874,size=185,left]Alexander Wetmore, Sexto Secretario del Smithsonian, se interesó desde muy joven en la historia natural y publicó su primer trabajo sobre aves a los trece años. Recibió su B.S.de la Universidad de Kansas (1912) y su Maestría y Doctorado de la Universidad de George Washington (1916 & 1920).En 1924 Wetmore entró al
Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.
Description: For forty years, Miss Helena Weiss kept the Smithsonian running smoothly as a clerk, stenographer, director of the Office of Correspondence and Documents, and Registrar. When she retired, her position was divided into seven separate jobs.
Description: In 1982, the Smithsonian Institution paid homage to the birth of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30, 1882, through six new exhibits.