Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="287" caption="Eugene Behlan, chief of National Museum of Natural History Office of Exhibits, with a mannequin before the opening of "Western Civilization: Origins and Traditions," 1978, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder July 1978, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="259" caption="James Buckler, Michele Sensourinh and Gail Ufford of the Office of Horticulture, counting pennies thrown into the Arts and Industries Foley Fountain, 1976, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder October 1976, Negative Number: 94-13204."][/caption]
Description: In February 1975, twenty Smithsonian scientists gathered at the National Zoo's Conservation Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia to talk about their research and the future of science at the Smithsonian.
Description: Everyone loves a parade – especially one followed by a banquet. When scientists and politicians met in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1936, to celebrate the centennial of the U.S. patent system, they listened first to a conventional program of speeches. Then, in the afternoon, Science Service director Watson Davis arranged something different: a “Research Parade” featuring
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="283" caption="Captain Harold W. Hancock stands on the Natural History steps dressed in his Smithsonian Security Officer Force uniform, He celebrated his eighth year as captain of Natural History’s Office of Protection Services, Company A in 1992, Richard Strauss, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Description: C. Malcolm Watkins (1911-2001), curator of cultural history at the National Museum of American History, was a pioneer of material culture studies and historic archeology.