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Collage of audio visual material that will be screened during the Smithsonian 175th Film Fest.

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Tune in for the Smithsonian 175th Film Fest

Girlhood (It’s complicated) opened to the public on October 9, 2020. Artwork by Krystal Quiles for NMAH.

National Museum of American History

Why Did the Smithsonian Create an Exhibit About Girlhood?

Local Washington, D.C. based chef Jerome Grant was one of 12 presenters in the DCPS Career Ready Internship program for students interested in hospitality careers. Grant shared his philosophy around creating unforgettable dining experiences as a former chef in Smithsonian spaces including the Mitsitam Café at the National Museum of the American Indian and Sweet Home Café at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. (Marvin Joseph, The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Smithsonian Education

From Museum Chef to Zoo Educator, Careers Come to Life for Local Students

Rebecca Lukens (National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum, Coatesville, Pennsylvania)

National Museum of American History

How Rebecca Lukens Became the Nation's First Woman Industrialist

Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is causing global warming. This means glaciers in Antarctica are melting. Those same glaciers were originally made when carbon dioxide dropped 34 million years ago. (NASA/Jim Ross)

National Museum of Natural History

Drop in Greenhouse Gas Caused Global Cooling 34 Million Years Ago, Study Finds

Smooth pearls in the shape of orbs and ovals are usually created by bivalves, like mussels, in pearl farms. As with all gems, the less blemishes they have, the more valuable they are. (Chip Clark, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

The True Story Behind How Pearls Are Made

Robert Abbe's hourglass (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

Curing Cancer with a Single Gram of Radium

Sara Cognuck (center) shows the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action.

Smithsonian Science

Nature & Nurture: How Costa Rica's Environmentalism Shaped Sara Cognuck Into a Climate Leader

This glass tube, part of the museum’s collection, once contained a sample of helium. Its paper label reads, “HELIUM / SIR W. RAMSAY, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S. / THOMAS TRYER & CO., Ltd. / STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.”

National Museum of American History

The History of Holding Helium

Jenova Chen, Kellee Santiago, Flower, 2007, video game for SONY PS3, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of thatgamecompany, 2013.70, © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment American LLC. Flower is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. Developed by thatgamecompany.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Building Community Through Video Games

Preparing klulik from Sasoun at Noosh. (Photo by Areg Vardanyan, My Armenia Program)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Eat Like an Armenian with These Tips from a Local Guide

From the surface, the havoc caused on a coral reef by a layer of low-oxygen water was barely evident.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Watch What Happens When A Coral Reef Can't Get Enough Oxygen

The first page of the Hungerford Deed, 1787, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 19-150. (Smithsonian Institution Archives)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

The Property Contract that Sheds New Light on James Smithson's Gift to the Smithsonian

Angel Rodríguez-Díaz, The Protagonist of an Endless Story, 1993, oil on canvas, 72 x 57 7/8 in. (182.9 x 147.0 cm.), Museum purchase made possible in part by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1996.19, © 1993, Angel Rodriguez-Diaz.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Exhibition Showcases How Artists Challenge Mythic Conceptions of the American West

Bald eagles are native to the United States, but caring for them is a unique and rare opportunity. Every bald eagle in human care, including Annie pictured here, is a rescue.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Meet Rescued Bald Eagles Tioga and Annie

Carolyn Smith collecting beargrass in Klamath National Forest, 2015. For beargrass to be supple enough for weavers to use in their baskets, it needs to be burned annually. Ideally, it is burned in an intentionally set cultural fire, where only the tops are burned, leaving the roots intact. Prescribed fires in the Klamath National Forest are few and far between, so weavers “follow the smoke” and gather, when they can, after wildfires sweep through the landscape. (Photo courtesy of Carolyn Smith)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

How Indigenous Ecological Knowledge Offers Solutions to California’s Wildfires

Heather Stewart, former PhD fellow at STRI, is very involved in local and global initiatives related to the conservation of coastal ecosystems in the Caribbean, such as mangrove forests.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Caribbean Mangrove Forests May Serve as Coral Shelters

The Anacostia Community Museum was able to serve incarcerated audiences through use of newly issued tablets at the D.C. Jail. (Anacostia Community Museum)

Smithsonian Education

Reaching Out to Those Behind Bars

Professional puzzler Stanley Newman leads a Smithsonian Associates Streaming seminar

Smithsonian Associates

Mastering Crosswords and 19 Other Smithsonian Associates Programs Streaming in August

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, an example of an art hanging storage

Office of Academic Appointments and Internships

Can Virtual Internships Help Protect Vulnerable Collections at the Smithsonian?

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