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Smithsonian Voices

The Smithsonian Institution has hundreds of scholars, researchers and curators, each with an amazing story to tell about their work, their quests and their passions. Here is a sampling of the unique voices that make up the chorus of ideas at the Institution.

African Bush Elephant, Skeleton Coast, Namib Desert, Namibia by Arby Lipman. Winner of “African Wildlife.” (© Arby Lipman, Nature’s Best Photography Awards 2018)
National Museum of Natural History

Check out the Winning Photos From the 2018 Nature’s Best Photography Awards

October 29th, 2018, 10:40AM
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S. Fullerton (Spencer Fullerton) Weaver invitation to Mary Fanton Roberts, 19--?. Mary Fanton Roberts papers, 1880-1956. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Archives of American Art

Halloween Costume Guide: Archives Style

October 29th, 2018, 10:12AM
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Previous Teen Earth Optimism events have engaged kids in the conversation around environmental challenges.
Conservation Commons

Food and Good Spirits at the Smithsonian 2019 Teen Optimism Event

October 26th, 2018, 12:00PM
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The newly opened Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University preserves and displays Israel’s natural heritage. (David Furth, Smithsonian Institution)
National Museum of Natural History

Here’s How the Smithsonian Helped Develop the Middle East’s First Natural History Museum

October 26th, 2018, 7:28AM
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Still from home movies of Paris studio and zoo, between 1934 and 1936. Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers, 1929-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Archives of American Art

Why Would an Archives Copy a Film Twice?

October 25th, 2018, 4:28PM
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Hollywood Forever Collections. Smithsonian Latino Center, 2012.
Smithsonian Latino Center

Remembering the Dearly Departed: Day of the Dead Celebration

October 25th, 2018, 3:00PM
/ BY Xanath Caraza
Smithsonian Latino Center avatar representation of La Llorona
Smithsonian Latino Center

Ante el río / Before the River

October 23rd, 2018, 2:34PM
/ BY Xánath Caraza
Smithsonian Latino Center, Hollywood Forever Collections
Smithsonian Latino Center

Literary Calaveras

October 23rd, 2018, 12:15PM
/ BY Dr. Xóchitl Chávez
Smithsonian Latino Center avatar representation of La Llorona
Smithsonian Latino Center

¡Ay, mis hijos!, a Llorona Story

October 23rd, 2018, 12:12PM
/ BY Xánath Caraza
Young Ambassador, Mia Cooper and her supervisor Cathy posing with the cast of the superhero show
Smithsonian Latino Center

Taking a Walk on the “Science” Side of Life

October 19th, 2018, 12:16PM
/ BY Mia Cooper