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  1. View of the Smithsonian Castle in the distance behind a wall of trees, from downtown Washington

    The Smithsonian Castle Construction Begins

    • Date: March 19, 2019
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Building, or the “Castle,” is the most iconic of all the Smithsonian’s 769 facilities, which include its nineteen museums, nine research centers, National Zoo, and all of its other establishments. The Castle was the first building constructed specifically for the Smithsonian after it was founded in 1846. On March 19, 1847, a contract was signed with

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  3. quatic microscope made by John Cuff of London, around 1750. National Museum of American History, cat. MG*M-09898.

    Link Love: 5/15/2015

    • Date: May 15, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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  5. Conservators Vacuum the Star-Spangled Banner

    Sneak Peek 7/4/2016

    • Date: July 4, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Conservators on scaffolding vacuum the Star-Spangled Banner at the National Museum of American History, 82-9995-31.

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  7. Portrait photograph of a woman wearing a necklace of of Brazilian beetles set in gold.

    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

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  9. Design for National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2010.

    An Intern Learns from Those Who Came Before

    • Date: August 16, 2016
    • Description: A brief tale of a Smithsonian summer internship and the experience, knowledge, and change that ensued.

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    Watch Now: Today is Archives Fair

    • Date: October 19, 2012
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Tune into a live webcast of the Smithsonian's 2012 Archives Fair to watch the lecture series on "Revealing Hidden Treasures."

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    See Here: 5/7/2010

    • Date: May 7, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="The National Collection of Fine Arts, now the National Museum of American Art, exhibition "Art and Archeology of Viet-Nam" at the Natural History Building, October 27-December 8,1960, In this photograph taken on October 26,1960 at the opening reception for invited dignitaries, NCFA Director Thomas M. Beggs discusses

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  15. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Susan Kaplan

    • Date: July 26, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Arctic anthropologist and archaeologist, Dr. Susan A. Kaplan (left), formerly of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History , directs the Peary McMillan Arctic Museum & Arctic Studies Center, and studies Inuit responses to environmental change and Arctic exploration. #Groundbreaker

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  17. Color photo of Dr. Donald F. Squires, sitting in the Oyster Cove Restaurant.

    Dr. Donald Fleming Squires (1927-2017)

    • Date: February 13, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14492,size=500,center]Dr. Squires was a pioneer in the application of computer technology in science museums and the founding father of data processing at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). He died on his 90th birthday, December 19, 2017 in Tasmania, Australia, after a short illness. Squires received an B.A. from Cornell

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    See Here: 4/8/2010

    • Date: April 8, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="395" caption="Dr. William H. Holmes, first curator of the National Gallery of Art (NGA), now the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), (standing, right) with William H. Jackson (standing, left), Story B. Ladd (seated, left) and George B. Chittenden (seated, right), c. 1930, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian

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  21. American Library Association's Promotional Poster with David Bowie

    Link Love: 4/8/2016

    • Date: April 8, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Reading never looked so cool with the American Library Association. [via Open Culture]Libraries join the fight against homelessness. [via InfoDocket]NYPL and The Moth join forces to make their audio more accessible with Together We Listen. [via NYPL labs]Teen art museum programs have a lasting impact. [via Smithsonian.com]A peek into Vincent VanGogh's personal life from his

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  23. Unidentified Man on Deck of Ship with Hatching Equiment

    Sneak Peek 5/11/2015

    • Date: May 11, 2015
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Unidentified man on deck of ship with hatching equiment (pump and distribution tank) and blocks of ice, United States Fish Commission, MAH-2725.

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