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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.

Orangutans are brachiators, which means they can swing hand over hand. Kiko loves traveling across the O line in this way! Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Smithsonian Science Education Center

How To Design a Zoo Exhibit In Four Steps

July 30th, 2018, 1:40PM
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C. David de Santana and his team exploring the Javari River on the border of Brazil and Peru on a misty morning. (Douglas Bastos)
National Museum of Natural History

Discovery and Danger: The Shocking Fishes of the Amazon's Final Frontier

July 30th, 2018, 8:52AM
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Macbeth Gallery, ca. 1896 / unidentified photographer. Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968, bulk 1892-1953. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Archives of American Art

Fifty Ways to Use an Archive

July 27th, 2018, 3:13PM
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Unidentified Native child near Baracoa, Cuba, 1919. Detail of photo by Mark Raymond Harrington. NMAI N04470
Smithsonian Latino Center

Musing Relevance: A Taíno Exhibition Beyond Archaeology, Beyond Columbus

July 24th, 2018, 9:45AM
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The Nation’s T. rex decapitating a Triceratops in its new pose as the centerpiece of the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time, a 31,000-square-foot dinosaur and fossil exhibit slated to open June 8, 2019. (Smithsonian Institution)
National Museum of Natural History

Q&A: Smithsonian Dinosaur Expert Helps T. rex Strike a New Pose

July 17th, 2018, 12:02PM
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Photograph of Don Reitz loading a kiln on his farm in Spring Green, Wisconsin, circa 1965 / unidentified photographer. Don Reitz papers, circa 1940-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Archives of American Art

Acquisitions: Don Reitz Papers

July 6th, 2018, 8:11AM
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Lotte Lenya / Saul Bolasni / c. 1954 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Gift of Lee Boltin
National Portrait Gallery

The Legendary Lotte Lenya

July 2nd, 2018, 5:05PM
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Detail from Ludwig sketchbook, learning from That Person's work, 2005. Matt Mullican papers, circa 1968-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Archives of American Art

Dice and Divination: Matt Mullican's Symbols

June 26th, 2018, 11:14AM
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Ernest Hemingway / Henry Strater / 1930 / Private collection
National Portrait Gallery

Henry Strater’s Portrait of Ernest Hemingway

June 25th, 2018, 5:02PM
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Detail of page 3 of Trek Vol. 1, no. 2, 1943 February. Esther McCoy papers 1876-1990, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Archives of American Art

Miné Okubo, Number 13660

June 22nd, 2018, 11:53AM
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