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  1. Section of Vertebrate Paleontology staff of the United States National Museum, with research associate Oliver Perry Hay, and assistant curators Charles Whitney Gilmore and James Williams Gidley

    Sneak Peek 7/29/2019

    • Date: July 29, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Section of Vertebrate Paleontology staff of the United States National Museum, with research associate Oliver Perry Hay, and assistant curators Charles Whitney Gilmore and James Williams Gidley, MNH-38548A.

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  3. Dr. Christine Mullen Kreamer, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, National Museum of African Art

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Christine Mullen Kreamer

    • Date: July 6, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Christine Mullen Kreamer, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, National Museum of African Art, is an expert on both traditional and contemporary African art. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Nora Atkinson

    • Date: August 8, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator of Craft Nora Atkinson, Smithsonian American Art Museum, researches the role of the handmade in modern culture and was responsible for bringing the large scale art of Burning Man to the nation's capital for the first time. #Groundbreaker

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    Seeing another world, this one behind the Iron Curtain…

    • Date: May 26, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="293" caption="Completed SA-2 missile site showing characteristic Star of David pattern, National Security Archive, The George Washington University"][/caption] Strangely beautiful surveillance photographs shot from an American U-2 spy plane triggered a terrifying nuclear standoff, The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. In a new click!

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Dolores Piperno

    • Date: March 14, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Archaeologist & curator emerita, Dr. Dolores Piperno, Smithsonian Tropical Research Center, greatly expanded the knowledge of pre-Columbian cultures and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005. #Groundbreaker

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    See Here: 1/9/2012

    • Date: January 9, 2012
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    See Here: 4/2/2012

    • Date: April 2, 2012
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    See Here: 4/6/2012

    • Date: April 6, 2012
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    See Here: 8/3/2018

    • Date: August 3, 2018
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: "See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives."

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  19. This satellite image was captured by DigitalGlobe’s GeoEye-1 satellite on October 6, 2014. Credit: Portrait by artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada, commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery; Satellite image collected by DigitalGlobe.

    Link Love: 10/24/2014

    • Date: October 24, 2014
    • 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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  21. Three Cheers for Smithsonian Volunteers

    • Date: April 12, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Okay, okay—sorry for the lame title, but I can’t resist a rhyme. In all seriousness, though, so much of the hard work at the Smithsonian is done by volunteers, and we would be remiss to not recognize them during National Volunteer Week.

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  23. Bat Skull

    Sneak Peek 10/28/2013

    • Date: October 28, 2013
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Velvety Fruit-eating Bat skull from the collections of the Division of Mammals at the National Museum of Natural History.

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