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    How Uncle Maurice Saved the Smithsonian Elephant

    • Date: January 6, 2015
    • Description: There's no doubt that Washington, D.C. is a great place to raise kids. And one of the primary reasons why is the wide array of Smithsonian museums that are only a subway ride away. It's no wonder that regular visits to the National Mall have been an important part of our family's culture and history since the early 1970's. And part of that history has been the story of "how

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    The Smithsonian and the Solar Eclipse

    • Date: August 8, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: The Smithsonian has a history of eclipse-ready public programming! How the Smithsonian has worked with the public in 1972, and today, to help visitors view eclipses safely.

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    Publicity, Politics, and Physics

    • Date: March 10, 2010
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Long ago and far away, before gray hairs and creaky knees, before history became my passion, I was an undergraduate physics major.  Physics seemed fascinating and beautiful, if difficult.  Later, after career paths led into history and science policy, I learned that physics, however elegant, did not reside in a cultural vacuum.  Its people and discoveries coexisted with

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  7. 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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    See Here: 1/24/2011

    • Date: January 24, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Three square-lipped rhinoceroses are displayed in a diorama in mammal hall of the National Museum of Natural History, These specimens come from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt Expedition of 1909-1910, post 1959, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder

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    See Here: 3/19/2010

    • Date: March 19, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="431" caption="Exhibit of Contemporary Hungarian Artists under auspices of the American Federation of Arts and the American-Hungarian Foundation, at the National Gallery, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in the Museum of Natural History, April 23-May 31, 1930, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution

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    See Here: 1/27/2010

    • Date: January 27, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="Passenger pigeon group exhibit in Bird Hall in the National Museum of Natural History after the Exhibits Modernization Program, 1956, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 44 Folder 5, Negative number:

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    See Here: 2/10/2011

    • Date: February 10, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="A view of part of the animals from Africa display in the newly modernized Mammal Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, These specimens came from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt Expedition (1909-1910), c. 1953, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A,

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    See Here: 2/9/2011

    • Date: February 9, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="A group of East African buffalo, specimens from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt Expedition (1909-1910), are on display in the Mammal Hall at the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, c. 1915, by Unidentified photographer, Cyanotype, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95,

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  19. Icthyologist and Curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Dr. Carole Baldwin, has published over 60 scientific articles and discovered new species of fishes in several tropical locations. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Carole Baldwin

    • Date: December 3, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Icthyologist and Curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Dr. Carole Baldwin, has publised over 5 dozen scientific articles and discovered new species of fishes in several tropical locations. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Marvin Heiferman, Courtesy of Marvin Heiferman.

    Cheers to Marvin Heiferman

    • Date: October 12, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    See Here: 4/25/2011

    • Date: April 25, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Exhibit of drawings by Japanese and American children, organized by Teiichi Kobayashi and Rebecca Henderson, wife of Edward P. Henderson, at the Transportation Museum, Tokyo, 1951, by Unidentified photographer, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529, Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews, Negative

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