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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.

Foraminifera from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur. (Ernst Haeckel)
National Museum of Natural History

Here's How Scientists Reconstruct Earth's Past Climates

March 23rd, 2018, 12:33PM
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Lonnie Holley with artwork, ca. 1995 / unidentified photographer.Jimmy Hedges papers and Rising Fawn Folk Art Gallery records, 1969-2015, bulk 1991-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Archives of American Art

Lonnie Holley and the Geologies of Alabama

March 23rd, 2018, 9:06AM
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National Museum of the American Indian

"Never Underestimate the Power of Your Mind"—Artist Caroline Monnet

March 22nd, 2018, 4:58PM
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World Water Day is March 22.
Smithsonian Science Education Center

World Water Day | Don’t Take Your Water for Granted

March 19th, 2018, 2:39PM
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George Catlin (1796–1872).
National Museum of the American Indian

The Choctaw Nation's Gift to the Irish

March 16th, 2018, 2:41PM
/ BY Judy Allen
Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian, and Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation representative and CEO of Oneida Indian Nation Enterprises, at the dedication of the new interpretive sound, light, and imagery around the sculpture “Allies in War, Partners in Peace.” (Katherine Fogden [Mohawk], National Museum of the American Indian)
National Museum of the American Indian

New Sound-and-Light Installation Brings to Life the Oneida Nation's Aid to the American Revolution

March 15th, 2018, 12:07PM
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Photograph of Loren Madsen with sculpture Inverted Pyramid, Floating at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1979 / unidentified photographer. Loren Madsen papers, 1969-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Archives of American Art

Acquisitions: Loren Madsen Papers

March 13th, 2018, 11:12AM
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Middle school students learning with educational resources on American Indian removal produced by the National Museum of the American Indian. (Alex Jamison)
National Museum of the American Indian

Teachers, Do You Need Better Resources? You’re Not Alone: Native Knowledge 360° Is Here to Help

March 8th, 2018, 11:30AM
/ BY MaryBeth Yerdon
Betty Parsons standing in the doorway of her gallery, 196-? / unidentified photographer. Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, circa 1920-1991, bulk 1946-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Archives of American Art

How Betty Parsons Became an American Tastemaker

March 5th, 2018, 11:02AM
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With more disciplines working together, better use of big data, and more computer simulations and other quantitative approaches, archaeologists may be able to make meaningful predictions of the future. (Photo courtesy of Wendy Cegielski and Jay Etchings)
National Museum of Natural History

Convergence May Help Scientists Predict the Future

March 1st, 2018, 12:53PM
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