Results for "San Diego Natural History Museum"
Link Love: 4/17/2020
- Date: April 17, 2020
- 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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Margaret Collins
- Date: August 30, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The 1st African American female entomologist according to the Entomological Society of America, Dr. Margaret Collins, held professorships at Howard University, Florida A&M, and Federal City College, and was instrumental in building the termite collection at the National Museum of Natural History! #Groundbreaker
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Link Love: 8/6/2010
- Date: August 6, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Exploring Oral History at the Smithsonian
- Date: April 6, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: A brief history and exploration of oral history collections at the Smithsonian.
The Mammoth Task of Creating a Fossil Hall at the Smithsonian
- Date: June 6, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- 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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Phyllis Rudstrom Brenner
- Date: January 19, 2022
- 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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Betty Meggers
- Date: January 11, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Dr. Betty Meggers, Director of the Latin American Archaeology Program, National Museum of Natural History, and her husband, Clifford Evans, were the first archaeologists to study ancient Amazonians and they revolutionized thinking about early human activity in the Amazon rainforest. #Groundbreaker
Diana of the Tides: A Sensation of Her Time
- Date: January 25, 2011
- Description: This post originally appeared on the National Museum of Natural History's blog, Unearthed.Who would think that behind the west wall of NMNH's paleontology hall is a painting of a goddess that created a sensation when installed in 1910? Some of you who visited the museum fifty years ago may remember the captivating Diana of the Tides as she surveyed the hall.Diana was painted
Sneak Peek 4/27/2015
- Date: April 27, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Storage area for the Department of Mammals at the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, MNH-1246B.
Sneak Peek 9/23/2013
- Date: September 23, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Preparation of giant sloth skeleton in the Vertebrate Preparation Lab for exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History.
Sneak Peek 6/26/2017
- Date: June 26, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Praying mantis eating cricket at National Museum of Natural History's Insect Zoo, 78-12801.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Magda J. Schremp
- Date: May 20, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Magda J. Schremp, Docent Program Coordinator, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1971–2007, led a team of volunteers, who were responsible for assisting with school programs, leading hands-on activities and programs, and guiding the visitors’ experiences as tour guides. #Groundbreaker