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Read Some of the Zoo’s Most Amazing Animal Stories of 2024
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This year was filled with incredible and heartwarming stories about the animals and the people who care for them. Enjoy a look back at some of the amazing things that happened this year.
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Viewfinder, Camera, Leica, Friendship 7
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In order for John Glenn to take photographs during his February 20, 1962 mission while still wearing his bulky spacesuit, NASA engineers modified a Leica camera with this special viewfinder.
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The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex with 21 museums and the National Zoo.
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Keyboard, Display (DSKY), Apollo Guidance Computer
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Although computers controlled much of an Apollo mission automatically, there were several parts of a mission where an astronaut's interaction with the computer was critical.
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Stink Bug | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Jennifer Bartlett is the daughter of a pipeline engineer and a fashion illustrator. In the late 1950s she attended Mills College, an unconventional school in Oakland, California, that encouraged experimentation and discouraged textbooks.
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The Modern Potato Latke Was Not Inevitable
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Latkes are a great example of the thriftiness of home cooks.
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Introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 1982, the Commodore 64 was an inexpensive and popular home computer. It used an MOS 6510, 1 mHz processor, and had 64 kilobytes of random access memory -- hence its name.
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Firespike, Firespike | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Hiller Model 1031-A-1 Flying Platform
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One-man, twin-engine, flying platform with two counter-rotating rotors turning on vertical axis inside ducted fan.In the mid-1950s, Hiller constructed a series of innovative Flying Platforms for an Army-Navy program as a one-man flying vehicle that the pilot could control with mi
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Leaving the Moon, Watching at Home
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After pressing some buttons to start up the ascent engine of their lunar module Challenger, astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the Moon on December 14, 1972. That’s 39 years ago – before many of us were even born. While these men looked out the tiny triangular windows of the lunar...
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Emmett Till's Death Inspired a Movement
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The alleged youthful teasing of 14-year-old African American Emmett Till with white store clerk Carolyn Bryant, on August 28, 1955, led to his brutal murder at the hands of Bryant’s husband Roy and his half-brother, J.W. Till's death was the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
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The First Pictures from the Moon’s Surface
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Half a century ago, in February and June 1966, robotic spacecraft first landed on the Moon. I vividly remember those events from my days as a 14-year-old space buff. On February 3, the Soviet Union’s Luna 9 thumped down on the vast lava plain known as Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms), after...
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Nesosilicate Mineral Andalusite | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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An interview of Steven Englander conducted 2007 Sept. 7 and Oct. 10, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art, in conjunction with Artists' Spaces
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Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgement | National Museum of African American History and Culture
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This is a paperback volume of poetry titled "Black Feeling, Black Talk/ Black Judgement" by Nikki Giovanni. The cover is done in tonal dots of brown and black that makes up an image of a crowd of people. A white rectangle is centered at the top margin. Within this rectangle is black text that...
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Edward Harvey Davis photograph collection | NMAI.AC.001.031 | SOVA, Smithsonian Institution
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This collection includes phtographic prints and negatives made by Edward H. Davis during his time working as a field collector for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. These include images made in Southern California, Mexico, and Arizona between 1903 and 1938 that document Native...
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The Music of Ann Mayo Muir | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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As a member of Folk-Legacy Record’s flagship group Bok, Muir, Trickett, Ann Mayo Muir played a crucial role in the trio’s sound, cementing their three-part vocal harmonies with her rich, warm contralto and delicate soprano, and adding a depth of color to the group’s instrumentals with flute, harp, …
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Ron Fleming is a native of Oklahoma. He is a professional illustrator as well as a woodturner. He's received many awards for his work including the Grand Prize in the 1991 American Crafts Awards.
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Carbonate Mineral Siderite | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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The Apple Lisa introduced the graphic user interface (GUI) into the Apple Computer Corporation's line of personal computers. Instead of using only text-based commands, users could employ pictorial icons displayed on the screen to initiate operations.
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Water Scavenger Beetle | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Fossil Ray-finned Fish | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Record <I>Pintades</I> | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Star Fruit | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Indicator, Hydraulic Pressure, Japanese Army
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53mm diameter; range 0 to 100; white on black face; one fitting.
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Bryozoan | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Pawpaw | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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American Woodcock, American Woodcock | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences...
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Artist to Artist: T.C. Cannon and Fritz Scholder
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Two artists coming together as teacher and student as part of the "New Indian Art" movement.
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Global Volcanism Program | Student Volcano Art Gallery 2024
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Student Volcano Art Gallery 2024
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Nesosilicate Mineral Kyanite | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Golden Ground Beetle | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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The Albert H. Small Documents Gallery, located on the second floor of the National Museum of American History, is devoted to the display of rare and historically significant documents. The gallery features documents that reflect major events and themes in American history from the Smithsonian’s...
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In October 1961, three chimpanzees were brought to Cape Canaveral to join two already there. One of the new arrivals was Enos, a native of Cameroon in west central Africa. Discover the story of the often forgotten chimp and his contribution to human space travel.
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A new pair of giant pandas is now home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo! Find out when Bao Li and Qing Bao will make their debut and learn about the Smithsonian's panda conservation program.
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Powdered Dancer, Damselfly | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Russian-born Saul Kovner studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City with Charles Hawthorne and William Auerbach-Levy, considered one of America's most renowned caricaturists.
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Calendar of Events | National Museum of the American Indian
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The NMAI fosters a richer shared human experience through a more informed understanding of Native peoples.
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Meet the Eastern Red-Backed Salamander, A Tiny Environmental Hero
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Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small woodland creature with a huge role to play.
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Skate, Sting Ray | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution
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Indicator, Fuel Quantity, Japanese Army, Type-98
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83mm diameter; black face; 0 to 10; red warning light; World War II.
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Buy Bird Friendly Coffee Online
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You can support the best in organic, eco-friendly farming by shopping for your favorite Bird Friendly® certified coffees online.
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Ryan PT-22A Recruit, propeller driven, primary flight trainer.Improved from the earlier PT-16, the PT-22 was a military trainer aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps and it successor, the United States Army Air Forces.
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