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Murray & Baker, Chicago, IL. Awnings and Tents, Signs and Banners (1882), page 28, “Adams and Westlake Oil Stove.” (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Roughing It in the 19th Century

Oree Originol, Justice for Kayla Moore and Justice for Layleen Polanco, from Justice for Our Lives, 2014-2020, 78 digital images, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Patricia Tobacco Forrester Endowment, 2020.51A-MM, © 2014, Oree Originol.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Chicanx Queer Visions: Fighting for Change and Exploring Identity

Stunning views inside the Arpa Protected Landscape. (Photo by My Armenia Program)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Adventuring the Armenian Way

A giant replica of the Aedes mosquito, a known vector for the disease yellow fever, has been waiting for visitors to return the National Museum of Natural History’s “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World” exhibit. (James Di Loreto, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Don’t Miss These Objects When the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum Reopens

Transgender flag designed by Monica Helms (right), and friends. The flag's stripes represent the traditional pink and blue associated with girls and boys and white for intersex, transitioning, or of undefined gender. Helms served in the United States Navy and became an activist for transgender rights in the late 1990s in Arizona where she grew up. She designed the flag in 1999. (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

Can an Object Be Gay? LGBTQ Collecting

James Eike’s field book entry for April 6, 1971; his 31st Anniversary. (Record Unit 7342 – James W. Eike Papers, 1927, 1950-1983, Box 1, Folder 8, Smithsonian Institution Archives.)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Falling for Field Books

Picket signs carried by protestors at the White House and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, 1960s (Frank Kameny Collection, NMAH)

National Museum of American History

The Most Radical Thing About Stonewall Wasn't the Uprising

As a virtual intern with the National Museum of American History, Samara Angel, works on coordinating a meeting for her professional learning projects in Experience Design. (National Museum of American History)

Smithsonian Education

Can Remote Internships Be a Best Practice Instead of a Band-Aid?

Syunik-Artsakh rug from the collection of the Local Lore Museum of Goris, 20th century. (Photo by Areg Balayan, My Armenia Program)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

From Wool to Elegant Carpets: The Smoothest Route Through Armenia

Miscellaneous objects from the museum’s collection that feature rainbows, including “That’s So Gay!” trivia game, coasters, and flags promoting marriage equality and immigration equality (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

Where Did the Rainbow Flag Come From, Anyway?

The Indianola dock stretches out into the Puget Sound. Since time immemorial, the Suquamish Tribe has sourced their sustenance, folklore, and community from the salt waters and pebbly beaches of the sound. Photo by Julian White-Davis

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

The Struggle for Native Lands in Indianola, Washington

This jellyfish, Scolionema suvaense, was raised in the National Museum of Natural History’s Invertebrate Zoology “AquaRoom.” Here, the species is sinking through food with its tentacles spread wide. (Allen Collins, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Live Jellyfish Make a Splash in Marine Education

The coast on the island of Curaçao

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Connecting Ocean Conservation from Sea to Sky

Paine uses her background in social work and sustainable development to develop solutions that work for both people and the planet.

Smithsonian Science

Empowering Pastoralists and Hunter-Gatherers for Conservation in Tanzania

Speaker’s card advertising Walker’s services as a lecturer. Walker described herself as

National Museum of American History

Mary Walker, the Original "New Woman"

Lisa Marie Thalhammer holds her original LOVE poster with her mural in the background. (Photo by Grant Langford)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

This D.C. Muralist Finds Pride and Power in Public Art

Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.557, Wall-Mounted Tied Wire, Closed Center Twelve-Petaled Form Based on Nature), bronze wire, 38 x 38 x 12 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2011.39.

Archives of American Art

Conversations Across Collections: Ruth Asawa at the Ankrum Gallery, 1962

While this year’s Arctic sea ice extended further than last year’s, there still wasn’t as much of it as there was only two decades ago. Thinner and younger sea ice in winter and less ice in the summer are two of the many elements of the Arctic’s new reality. (Credit: Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard. Public domain.)

National Museum of Natural History

Climate Change Redefines What 'Normal' Means in the Arctic

The cassowary's helmet-like casque is made of keratin, the same material that makes up our hair and fingernails.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Meet Cassowary Brothers Irwin and Dundee, Descendants of Dinosaurs

© Sophia Chapin

Smithsonian Science

The Power of Storytelling in Conservation

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