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      Earth Day

      • Date: April 19, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In September 1989 the Smithsonian sponsored a discussion between scientists and journalists about how the media can responsibly report on environmental issues.

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      Searching the Archives’ Collections

      • Date: October 25, 2011
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    5. A man in a suit stands next to skeletal bones that are much larger than him.

      Link Love: 5/3/2019

      • Date: May 3, 2019
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    7. Animated photo of two men by space capsule, one man has finger on it while the other vaporizes.

      Link Love: 12/1/2017

      • Date: December 1, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Surreal, doctored historic images by Nicolas Monterrat. [via Colossal]Europeana announced the winners of the 2017 Gif It Up competition! [via Europeana blog]Chinese researchers are starting the daunting task of digitizing more than 200,000 volumes of Mongolian books and documents, including a rare Mongolian version of the Tibetan Buddhist classic Kangyur from 1720. [via

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    9. A sketch by William Henry Holmes, Cozumel, Mexico, 1895.

      Sketching with William Henry Holmes

      • Date: December 8, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: Celebrate the life and work of William Henry Holmes with coloring pages created from sketches in his field notes!

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      First collective Smithsonian staff photo?!?

      • Date: July 1, 2010
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_7327" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="The Smithsonian Institution Building, "The Castle""][/caption] When I'm walking around the National Mall, I often hear people exclaim, "There's the Smithsonian!" as they point to the large red Smithsonian Castle near the Metro exit; something I also would have assumed before my first visit to the Mall.

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      The Archives’ Hidden Women

      • Date: March 15, 2018
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9246,size=500,center]THE BIGGER PICTURE's “Wonderful Women Wednesday” series profiles the female curators, directors, and research scientists who have risen to prominence in their careers at the Smithsonian.These stories of broken glass ceilings are fascinating, but they barely scratch the surface of the Smithsonian’s female workforce through the

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    15. Oil based portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt profile wearing a blue suit and tie, signed Secretary Roosevelt.

      Remembering the Exhibitions Celebrating the Centennial of FDR's Birth

      • Date: January 28, 2021
      • 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.

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    17. Everything I Own

      • Date: February 6, 2020
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Some refer to the Smithsonian as "America's Attic." It probably earned this nickname because throughout its history, the Smithsonian has acquired artifacts, relics, paintings, personal collections, and even hair samples related to the Commander in Chief (yes, the National Museum of American History has a collection of presidential hairs!).With Presidents' Day coming up on

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    19. Visitors are entering and leaving the United States National Museum Building, now Arts and Industries Building, via the North Entrance.

      Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building in the 21st Century

      • Date: November 18, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: The Arts and Industries Buildings reopens this weekend with FUTURES, the first building-wide exploration of the future on the National Mall. Though we've written plenty about the building's past on our blog, today, we're diving into its more recent history in the 21st century.

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    21. They say it's your birthday...We're gonna have a good time!

      • Date: August 9, 2018
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Tomorrow is the Smithsonian’s 172nd birthday! So, let’s celebrate with cake through the ages.[view:sia_slideshow==84135]Related ResourcesJames Smithson: Founder of the Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution Archives17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!), The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesLooking Smithson’s Gift Horse in the Mouth, The

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    23. Lightning Fast Legislation for the National Museum of the American Indian

      • Date: November 29, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: Twenty-nine years ago yesterday the National Museum of the American Indian Act was signed and the Museum of the American Indian became part of the Smithsonian family.

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