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  1. a progression of 3 images of a brightly lit, round field of light with a dark hole in the middle and a ray of light projecting upwards.

    Link Love: 3/16/2018

    • Date: March 16, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Apparently black holes are not a one-way vortex we assumed. This image from NASA demonstrates objects projecting out of black holes! [via The Space Academy]The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will acquire records of The Academy of Washington, D.C., an LGBT organization that produced nationally-recognized drag pageants. [via Washington Blade]You can vote on

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  3. Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913.

    Sneak Peek 3/16/2020

    • Date: March 16, 2020
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 22339.

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    Valentine’s Day: Love is Blooming

    • Date: February 14, 2012
    • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
    • Description: Need a date idea for Valentine’s Day? Let the Smithsonian help you out with a tour of its Enid Haupt Garden.

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  7. A letter from Waldo Schmitt Jr. to his father, 1925.

    Care Package from Home

    • Date: July 11, 2017
    • Creator: Charles Zange
    • Description: A look at letters from home that the Smithsonian's Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt received while traveling on expeditions in 1925.

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    Biodiversity Illustrated

    • Date: June 30, 2011
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: While the Smithsonian Institution is perhaps better known for its museums that pepper the landscape of the National Mall in Washington DC, its devotion to scientific research easily matches its dedication to collecting, preserving, and displaying artifacts of cultural and historical importance. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) started off as a small field

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  11. Moving of Greenough Statue of George Washington

    Not Your Average Moving Day

    • Date: April 2, 2013
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: A slideshow of objects being moved at the Smithsonian Institution.

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    That's a Wrap! - Showcasing the Archives Through Video

    • Date: August 29, 2013
    • Description: When I first applied for an internship at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, I admittedly did not know much about it. For my internship, I was asked to make a video that would explain to the general public what the Archives was, as well as what resources it could offer them. On my first day here I was told that the Archives held the records and history of the Smithsonian

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  15. Observations taken from 9 p.m. August 3th to 2 a.m. August 9, 1872 in Holt County, Missouri, of an aurora. Detailed, timed observations on a single sized document in purple ink.

    The Increase and Diffusion of Data

    • Date: October 19, 2021
    • Description: Research has been at the core of Smithsonian’s mission from the beginning, and sharing that research—through activities like publishing papers and data—is still key to fulfilling that mission for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.”

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  17. Curator Emeritus, Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Bernice Johnson Reagon

    • Date: October 12, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator Emeritus, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, founded the Sweet Honey in the Rock music group, was a distinguished professor of history at American University, and was a MacArthur Fellow. #Groundbreaker

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  19. A woman stands in an exhibit space in front of pottery. A forrest or jungle scene is in the background.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Joan Madden

    • Date: February 5, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Joan Madden, Assistant Director for Education, 1987–88, Supervisory Information and Education Specialist, 1980–86, and Education Coordinator, 1974–80, was integral to the development and management of the Discovery Room and Naturalist Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She also managed volunteers for Smithsonian’s Office of Elementary and Secondary

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    “A Formal Voice at the Institution”

    • Date: June 18, 2020
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: Revisiting the call to create the Smithsonian Lesbian and Gay Issues Committee.

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  23. National Air and Space Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Under Construction

    Sneak Peek 4/17/2017

    • Date: April 17, 2017
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: National Air and Space Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden under construction, 72-10414-16A.

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