Results for "United Nations Earthwatch Program"
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jacqueline Frost Austin
- Date: March 24, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
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See Here: 3/29/2011
- Date: March 29, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="After the Exhibits Modernization Program, an exhibit case in the Bird Hall at the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, features birds sitting on a tree branch in their natural surroundings, 1956, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
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See Here: 12/6/2010
- Date: December 6, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Image of a wall case displaying specimens from the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee, Arizona, The case, part of the Exhibits Modernization Program, is located in the Hall of Gems and Minerals in the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, 1958, by Unidentified photographer,
A Whale of a Tale
- Date: November 13, 2014
- Creator: Andrew Whitesell
- Description: In honor of the 163rd anniversary of the publishing of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, here’s a whale themed slideshow.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Mara Mayor
- Date: November 10, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
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Link Love: 5/27/2011
- Date: May 27, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Bearly Survived to become an Icon
- Date: May 27, 2010
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: Some of you may recall the symbol of the United States Forest Service fire prevention program, Smokey Bear. Perhaps I am dating myself, however I distinctly recall posters and television commercials between Saturday morning cartoons depicting the almost human looking bear wearing his park ranger hat and blue jeans, with shovel in one hand and stern finger pointed with the
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Ready-made Home for a Scimitar Horned Oryx and Przewalski’s Horse
- Date: June 25, 2015
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: When Dr. Ted Reed became director of the National Zoological Park in 1959, he committed himself to carrying out the zoo’s complete set of mandates that included research, education, and conservation of endangered species. All these came together in a new non-public facility, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, founded in 1975 in Front Royal, Virginia.
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It’s a (sea) Bird!
- Date: August 16, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Enjoy a collection of images documenting pelagic birds from the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Magdalena Mieri
- Date: November 3, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Design + Archives: Posters
- Date: October 6, 2016
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A selection of posters from programs and exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (formerly National Collection of Fine Arts and National Museum of American Art) and Renwick Gallery.
Scared to Death?: The Curious Case of a Pine Mouse
- Date: August 14, 2012
- Description: “Can a Rattlesnake hypnotize a Pine Mouse to death”? Questions from a typical day of treatment for a Pre-Program Paper Conservation Intern.