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    The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 9, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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    “A Wildlife Paradise”: International Collaboration on the DMZ Ecology in the 1960s

    • Date: November 12, 2019
    • Description: The DMZ ecology project reveals the Smithsonian’s commitment to ecological research programs as well as the complexity and contingency of an international collaboration.

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  5. Dr. Clifford Evans and Dr. Betty J. Meggers, anthropologists at Museum of Natural History, 1968.

    Betty J. Meggers: Pioneer in Environmental Archaeology

    • Date: March 7, 2017
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: The life of Betty J. Meggers, an Anthropologist, who speciailized in pottery identification, conducted extensive field work in Amazon Rainforest region of South America, and was associated with the Smithsonian for more than five decades.

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  7. A woman presents an award to a man. They are shaking hands.

    Smithsonian Spotlight: Carmen E. Turner

    • Date: February 20, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: How does one climb from working as a clerk typist to being appointed second-in-command at the Smithsonian? Meet Carmen Turner.

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  9. Television and the Smithsonian: The Moon Party and "Instant History"

    • Date: November 27, 2012
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: On July 20, 1969, television broadcasters and Smithsonian visitors joined in watching history in the making when astronauts stepped onto the Moon.

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  11. Color portrait photograph of National Museum of African Art curator, Dr. Karen Milbourne.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Karen Milbourne

    • Date: September 19, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Curator Dr. Karen Milbourne, National Museum of African Art, studies the arts of western Zambia and contemporary African art. Her exhibition "Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts" won an Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Excellence in Exhibitions award. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Manjula Kumar standing in front of a sculpture of Ganesha, the Hindu symbol of good fortune.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Manjula Kumar

    • Date: March 25, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Manjula Kumar was a Project Manager and Project Director in various offices around the Smithsonian, including the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service and the Center for Education and Museum Studies, between 1985 and 2015. She organized multicultural programming and directed the award process for proposals submitted to the Educational Outreach

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    Link Love: 4/26/2019

    • Date: April 26, 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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  17. Now Open to the Public (in 1922) - Museum of the American Indian

    • Date: November 13, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: On November 14, 1922 George Gustav Heye's Museum of the American Indian opened to the public in New York City.

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  19. Hallager holding a kori bustard. The caption below reads: Sara Hallager, curator of birds at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, is responsible for managing daily avian care, including bird well-being, reproductive programs, conservation programs, exhibitions, and interpretive public programs. She began working at the Zoo as a volunteer in 1984 and as an employee in 1987. #Groundbreaker.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sara Hallager

    • Date: September 2, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, we are determined not to let history repeat itself. From our colleagues at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, who research and track birds in the wild, to our Bird House keepers who care for and breed these animals at the Zoo, we are working together to study, understand and protect common birds

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  21. Preliminary plan for exhibition layout for Civil War Experience Civil War Photography: From the Home Front to the Battlefront.

    More of Our Favorite (Digital) Things

    • Date: November 12, 2020
    • Description: It’s time to add to our list of our favorite digital items from the Archives.

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  23. Fleeing from the ruined city--California St., from Stockton to Ferry Tower, San Francisco, California, 1906, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, neg. no. 13496.

    The Smithsonian Seismological Institute

    • Date: August 26, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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