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  1. For the Love of Bookshelves

    • Date: January 19, 2021
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: On January 19, 1858 renovations to the library located in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building to increase space for books were completed.

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    Are You Arty or Hearty?

    • Date: May 19, 2011
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: “Are you arty or hearty?” As family legend has it, this hilarious question was asked of one of our family’s old friends upon his arrival at Jesus College, Oxford University in 1932 as a Rhodes Scholar. Well, as the story goes, it turns out that he was hearty and intellectually gifted (physics). And, the same can be said of lots of Smithsonian employees.

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    Research at the Archives: Finding Grasses for the South

    • Date: May 26, 2011
    • Description: As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Museum of American History, I’ve spent months in the Smithsonian Institution Archives researching a book tentatively titled, Not Naturally a Grass Country: Environment, Plant Genetics, and the Quest for Agricultural Modernization in the Humid World. It’s largely a story about global attempts to replace one form of agriculture—the

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    Labor of Love: Art in Hard Times

    • Date: September 4, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_2167" align="aligncenter" width="185" caption="Biddle at work on Society Freed through Justice in the Justice Department Building, Washington, D.C. Photographer unknown. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, 1935-1942. Archives of American Art."][/caption] This Monday, as we observe Labor Day in the midst of a serious economic

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    “Smithsonian Station”: The Metro Station that Almost Wasn’t

    • Date: July 5, 2016
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: A station for the Metro, Washington DC’s subway system, was eliminated from early plans but protest by the Smithsonian ensured it would be built.

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  11. Now You See It, Now You Don't - The Foucault Pendulum at the National Museum of American History

    • Date: November 8, 2018
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In honor of the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, a look inside the Foucault pendulum that used to hang at the National Museum of American History.

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  13. The Tropical Travels of George C. Wheeler - Part I

    • Date: January 10, 2013
    • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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    Revisiting the Construction of the Freer Gallery of Art

    • Date: September 29, 2016
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Some new insights from the construction records of the Freer Gallery of Art, celebrating 100 years since groundbreaking.

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    Digital Humanists Dive Into Archives

    • Date: August 3, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Bloggers on The Bigger Picture often describe how, in the course of their work, they come across intriguing archival objects and artifacts that trigger new insights into history. “Hands on” encounters with compelling evidence from the past are thrilling and can be provocative. But so can different sorts of encounters, including those that are driven by data, rather than

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    Seeing the Invisible

    • Date: May 11, 2009
    • Description: Throughout May and June, we are inviting people throughout the Smithsonian to talk about photography and astronomy. This is the first installment from Megan Watzke, Press Officer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Most people think of a telescope as something in a backyard or the dome at the local planetarium. And it’s true that many telescopes are designed to

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    Crowdsource This (please): Scopes Trial Photos

    • Date: July 13, 2011
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: In July 1925, two photographers were among the crowds of people (including, of course, many other photographers) who descended upon Dayton, Tennessee, to witness the "Trial of the Century." Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes was a test trial to overturn the newly-passed state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in schools.

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    Link Love: 4/27/2018

    • Date: April 27, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: You can now step inside a Klimt painting in these large-scale immersive environments brought to you by projection technology. [via Artsy]Don't be surprised if you encounter an inquisitive robot on your next visit to the Smithsonian. [via Digital Trends]U.S. National Archives is now publishing a public dashboard which logs any notices received of unauthorized records

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