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    See Here: 3/23/2010

    • Date: March 23, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="436" caption="Clerks of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance occupying the Natural History Building, now the National Museum of Natural History. On the request of President Wilson, the Board of Regents closed the museum to the public on July 16, 1918, making available to the government the ground and two exhibition floors (138,600 sq.

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    Joseph Henry Timeline

    • Date: May 8, 2014
    • Creator: WhitesellA

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  5. A woman sitting at a table looks at diamond-bearing rocks under a microscope.

    Miss Margaret W. Moodey in Charge

    • Date: May 5, 2020
    • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
    • Description: For forty years, from around 1900 to 1941, Margaret W. Moodey (1862-1948) worked as a scientific aide in the Department of Geology at the United States National Museum. Her colleagues came to value her experience identifying, classifying, and cataloging geological specimens, which over the years, included gems and precious stones, fossil vertebrates and plants, and

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  7. Blog Post

    Discoveries Don’t Happen in an Armchair

    • Date: November 27, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: The 19th century was a transformative time for the natural sciences. New discoveries didn't just happen in an armchair. Scientists adventured into unfamiliar territory by land and sea on expeditions, and their new findings fed new theories. Groups like the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences formalized America's place

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  9. Joseph Henry Dismisses Smithsonian Librarian Charles Coffin Jewett

    Joseph Henry Dismisses Smithsonian Librarian Charles Coffin Jewett

    • Date: July 10, 1854

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  11. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 01-045, National Zoological Park (U.S.) Office of the Director, Smithsonian Institution Bureaus and Offices Files, 1967-1998

    • Date: 1967 1967-1998
    • Creator: National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  13. Baird's Network

    • Date: September 2, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A look at Spencer F. Baird's tenure at the Smithsonian establishing a network of collectors to launch the Smithsonian's first official museum.

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  15. Finding Aid

    SIA RU000079, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum, National Museum Building Construction Records, 1890, 1901-1916, 1923

    • Date: 1890 1890-1923 1890, 1901-1916, 1923
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 06-276, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Information Technology and Society, Exhibition Records, 1942-2001

    • Date: 1942 1942-2001
    • Creator: National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  19. Vertically oriented poster of abstract fabric in blue, orange, pink, and white.

    A Look into NCFA Exhibition Posters

    • Date: October 24, 2017
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has undergone many name changes over the years. One of these – the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) – was in use from 1937 to 1980. During this time, the NCFA underwent several exciting changes. After years of being housed in multiple locations and several failed attempts to build a permanent building, the collection moved to

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  21. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 96-173, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Office of the Deputy Director, Departmental Files, 1990-1994

    • Date: 1990 1990-1994
    • Creator: National Museum of the American Indian, Office of the Deputy Director
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  23. Joseph Henry statue, facing the National Mall, Neg. no. 96-1829.

    You Spin Me Right Round

    • Date: May 17, 2012
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: William Wetmore Story's statue of Smithsonian

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