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From the Smithsonian Museums

3D printed guitar from Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces

Smithsonian Science Education Center

Smithsonian Science Education Center Releases “Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces”

Walter Shirlaw watercolor of two turkeys, ca. 1903-1919. Dorothea A. Dreier papers, 1881-1941, bulk 1887-1923. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Archives of American Art

The Bird is the Word: Turkeys in the Archives

Petty Officer S. Joe Crittenden (U.S. Navy retired), deputy principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and a member of the advisory committee to the National Native American Veterans Memorial. (Photo by Jeremy Charles, courtesy of the Cherokee Nation)

National Museum of the American Indian

A Tradition of Service: Navy Veteran S. Joe Crittenden, Deputy Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

Portrait of Henry Ossawa Tanner with a palette, circa 1935 / unidentified photographer. Henry Ossawa Tanner papers, 1860s-1978, bulk 1890-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Archives of American Art

How a Photograph Solved an Art Mystery

The seeds of common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) only germinate when the soil in which they live is disturbed. Intense fighting during World War I decimated Europe’s physical environment, causing thousands of poppies to bloom where battles once raged. (Gary Houston, CC0 1.0)

National Museum of Natural History

100 Years Ago, Poppies Became More Than Just Flowers

2018 SLC Day of the Dead. From left to right: Melissa Carrillo, SLC New Media & Technology Director; Xanath Caraza, Scholar and Writer; Frida Larios, Artist; José A. Ralat, Digital Media Specialist. Photo by Tyler Orsburn.

National Museum of the American Latino

Smithsonian Latino Center Day of the Dead Celebration 2018

The red siskin or cardenalito is inextricably linked with Venezuela’s identity, yet it is now rare in its natural habitat.

Earth Optimism

Coffee and Chocolate Could Help Preserve Endangered Birds in Venezuela

Ramey Growing Thunder (Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Tribes), Chief John Spotted Tail (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), Carolyn Brugh (Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Tribes), and Tamara Stands and Looks Back–Spotted Tail (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) take part in a ceremony at the National Museum of the American Indian honoring the Treaty of Fort Laramie. Ms. Growing Thunder holds a photograph of Medicine Bear (Yanktonai Band of Sioux), one of the Native leaders who signed the treaty 150 years ago. Delegations from the Yankton Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, and Northern Arapaho Tribe also traveled to Washington, D.C., for the installation of the treaty in the exhibition

National Museum of the American Indian

The 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, Never Honored by the United States, Goes on Public View

Women's life class at the Chase School of Art, circa 1896 (detail) / unidentified photographer. F. Luis Mora papers, 1891-1986, bulk 1891-1922. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Archives of American Art

Halloween Costume Guide: Archives Style (Last-Minute Edition)

Halloween crabs are known for their orange and black pattern.

Smithsonian Science Education Center

7 Animals That Were Made For Halloween

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

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

Previous Teen Earth Optimism events have engaged kids in the conversation around environmental challenges.

Earth Optimism

Food and Good Spirits at the Smithsonian 2019 Teen Optimism Event

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

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?

Hollywood Forever Collections. Smithsonian Latino Center, 2012.

National Museum of the American Latino

Remembering the Dearly Departed: Day of the Dead Celebration

Smithsonian Latino Center avatar representation of La Llorona

National Museum of the American Latino

Ante el río / Before the River

Smithsonian Latino Center, Hollywood Forever Collections

National Museum of the American Latino

Literary Calaveras

Smithsonian Latino Center avatar representation of La Llorona

National Museum of the American Latino

¡Ay, mis hijos!, a Llorona Story

Young Ambassador, Mia Cooper and her supervisor Cathy posing with the cast of the superhero show

National Museum of the American Latino

Taking a Walk on the “Science” Side of Life