Description: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives recently welcomed Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty as our inaugural director. Join us as we get to know the new leader of our organization!
Description: Before you head to “Deep Time,” opening this weekend at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learn about how Smithsonian’s fossil collection was initially formed and exhibited.
Description: We've got your snow day browsing covered!Even the T-rex got into #museumselfie day Wednesday (please no selfie sticks.)To mark the passing of David Bowie, the Cincinnati Zoo named their baby penguin "Bowie." [via Mental Floss]Amelia Earhart's advice to a girl interested in becoming a pilot. [via Slate, The Vault]Dig into the sketchbooks of artist Richard Diebenkorn, 29 of
Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
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.
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_392292,size=800,center]Dr. John Thomas, Jr., M.D. was a renowned clinician, epidemiologist, and research scholar who taught at Meharry Medical College for more than half century. When this photograph was made, he had just been appointed Research Collaborator at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he was engaged in a study of the precursors of