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
Description: In this next edition of our Miscellaneous Adventures, choose your own adventures by diving into the folders yourself in the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
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.
Description: Storage area for the Department of Mammals at the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, MNH-1246B.
Description: Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States National Museum, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-41054.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Visitors, including children, are viewing entomology exhibits in the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, June 1954, by United States Department of Agriculture, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 10, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="View of the Mineralogy/Geology Hall in the new United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, soon after it was completed, 1911, by Unidentified photographer (Thomas W. Smillie?), Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 79 Box 9 Folder 1A and Record Unit 95 Box 44
Description: Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 22339.
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Description: Young museum visitors with horse and carriage outside the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, SIA_000095_B67_F16_004.
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