Results for "San Diego Natural History Museum"
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Virginia Beets
- Date: December 11, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Virginia Beets was instrumental in the early years of the National Museum of American History as an Administrative Officer, 1963–73, and Registrar, 1973–83. She initially joined the Smithsonian as a secretary in the Division of Insects at the National Museum of Natural History in 1949. #Groundbreaker
Sneak Peek 10/3/2012
- Date: October 3, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: An employee assembles a skeleton for exhibit in the Natural History Building, now the National Museum of Natural History.
Sneak Peek 11/19/2018
- Date: November 19, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Construction of west wing of Museum of Natural History, by Jack Scott, May 27, 1964, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-114.
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Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives’ Website
- Date: January 18, 2018
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collections to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.New Finding Aids Online: A group of collections documenting the field work of scientists who worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology:
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheila Mutchler
- Date: March 31, 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.
Bug Hunting
- Date: September 16, 2014
- Description: In the early years of the National Museum of Natural History’s Insect Zoo, staff members, volunteers and their family ventured out to local field, streams and even monuments to collect specimens.
Exhibitions and Weather Conditions at an Exposition
- Date: May 29, 2012
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution’s involvement in the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, California.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Ashley Egan
- Date: July 25, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Research botanist Dr. Ashley Egan, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, works with the museum's 86,000 legume specimens to understand the processes and patterns that have formed biodiversity throughout the course of evolution. #Groundbreaker
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A Recipe: Elephant Hide and Ivory
- Date: April 21, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 7/9/2021
- Date: July 9, 2021
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary Parrish
- Date: May 10, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Scientific illustrator Mary Parrish, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, collaborates with paleobiologists to show the public what extinct landcapes looked like. #Groundbreaker
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Never Just the Facts
- Date: April 22, 2010
- Description: For the last year the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has been preparing to celebrate its 100 year anniversary. As part of the celebration, curators and archivists have been combing the files in preparation for an exhibition of historic photographs that will describe the museum’s history. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="218" caption="Photomicrograph