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From the Smithsonian Museums

Rendon working on a photoshoot with Selena, 1994. Photo courtesy of Rick Tolar. (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

How an Advertising Photographer Created Some of the Most Iconic Images of Selena

Entomologist and Collections Manager Dr. Floyd Shockley cares for the 35 million specimens in the Entomology Collection at the National Museum of Natural History. He also studies the diversity, natural history and evolution of fungus feeding beetles. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Say Hello to the Scientist Caring for Smithsonian's 35 Million Entomology Specimens

This view of Gemini VII from VI-A in December 1965 shows the spacecraft’s orbital configuration.

National Air and Space Museum

Gemini VIII’s Near-Disaster

Vera Rubin and Kent Ford (white hat) setting up their image tube spectrograph at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. (Photo: THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE)

National Air and Space Museum

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory and Women of Chilean Astronomy

The Perseverance captured this image of itself and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter days before its maiden flight. (NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ ASU/ MSSS/ Seán Doran)

National Air and Space Museum

The Wright Moment: Ingenuity Prepares for Flight

Clavelina puertosecensis, a species of tunicate, taken by Shih Wei, a student of the Tunicates course at the Bocas del Toro Research Station, in Panama. Experts teach courses and create instructional videos on how to collect, preserve and observe marine invertebrate groups. (Credit: STRI)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Like A Cooking Show With Worms: Smithsonian Videos Teach Tropical Taxonomy of Diverse Marine Creatures

Example of a new meeting background in use, featuring the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology. (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Celebrate National Library Week with Virtual Meeting Backgrounds

National Museum of American History

How Do the Arts Promote Social Change?

The National Museum of Natural History’s 146 million objects and specimens are studied by researchers worldwide who are looking to understand all aspects of the natural world. (Chip Clark, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

How Museum Collections Advance Knowledge of Human Health

Elizabeth Acevedo (Photo by Jonathan B. Tucker)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

How Poet Elizabeth Acevedo Brings Sacred Monsters to Life

This leaf-tailed gecko hatchling receives his medication from a syringe, which he laps up with his impressive tongue.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

How Do You Give Medicine to Zoo Animals?

Eating canned food in space. (NASA)

National Air and Space Museum

I’ll have the Veal! Preservation with a Can-Do Attitude

Christina Koch (left) poses for a portrait with Jessica Meir while preparing for their first spacewalk together. (Image courtesy of NASA)

National Air and Space Museum

A Seat in the Cockpit: Recognizing and Replacing Biases with Gender Inclusive Language

Lena Richard (Image courtesy of Newcomb Archives and Vorhoff Library Special Collections, Newcomb College Institute, Tulane University)

National Museum of American History

How Chef Lena Richard Became a Culinary Icon and Activist

Children learning to weave carpets at Telik Crafts. (Photo by Narek Harutyunyan, My Armenia Program)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Traveling with the Little Ones: Entertainment in Armenia

Mitchelene BigMan with fellow members of the Native American Warriors. (Photo courtesy of NMAI)

National Museum of the American Indian

National Women's History Month: Mitchelene BigMan

Alma Thomas, Autumn Leaves Fluttering in the Breeze, 1973, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 1980.36.9

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Five Women Changemakers in American Art

Illustration from the graphic novel 'Martina and the Bridge of Time' by Aaron O'Dea and Ian Cooke Tapia. (Ian Cooke Tapia)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

A Young Comic Book Heroine Travels Through Panama’s Deep History

The purple-flowered crown of Dipteryx oleifera, one of the biggest trees on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, towers above the forest. Big trees may be most exposed to the effects of climate change: more frequent and severe drought, and the high winds and lightning of monster storms. (Evan Gora)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

How Will the Biggest Tropical Trees Respond to Climate Change?

Participate in the City Nature Challenge by spotting and recording animals and plants in your city starting Apr 30. (Katja Schulz)

National Museum of Natural History

11 Free Natural History Programs Streaming in April