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Introductory graphic for “Adopt-a-Book: Preserving Treasures Together” video series. (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

New Video Series Highlights Book Conservation Treatments

This 1989 custom-made guitar was designed by Prince and constructed by a small company, Knut-Koupee Enterprises, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

Five of the Most Intriguing Electric Guitars at the National Museum of American History

Elexia Alleyne. Photo courtesy of the artist

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Coming of Age in Poetry: An Interview with Elexia Alleyne

LEFT: Malaquias Montoya, Yo Soy Chicano, 1972 (reprinted in collaboration with Dignidad Rebelde, 2013). Gift of Gilberto Cárdenas and Dolores García © 1972, Malaquias Montoya (2019.51.1) RIGHT: Rupert García, Frida Kahlo (September), ​​​​​from Galería de la Raza 1975 Calendario, 1975. Gift of the Margaret Terrazas Santos Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum © 1975, Rupert García (2019.52.19)

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A prairie warbler greets the spring in New Jersey. PHOTO Cameron Darnell

Your IMPACT | Your Smithsonian

Deciphering the Mysteries of Migratory Birds

Library Bureau, Boston, MA. Classified Illustrated Catalog of the Library Department of Library Bureau (1899), page 82, Perforating Stamp. (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Vintage Supplies that Kept Libraries Running

Happy Earth Day 2021! Hillary Hughes, Panamanian actress, visits the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Agua Salud Project during the filming of videos in Spanish and English to share hope for the success of tropical forest reforestation informed by the largest experiment of its kind in the tropics. (video still)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Watch These Two Videos and You Will Feel More Hopeful About the Future of Tropical Forests

Many organisms like coral — and even people — create their own minerals to perform basic life functions. Geologists can study these biominerals to learn more about Earth. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

How Biominerals are Stepping Stones for Climate Change Research

Celebrate Earth Day online again with Earth Optimism.

Smithsonian Science

Earth Day Is Going Digital Again, but Don't Let That Get You Down

CULINASIA panel discussions will be held May 5, May 19, June 9 and June 23.

Smithsonian Associates

CULINASIA Conversation Series Explores the Future of Asian Food in America

Chinese poetry carved on the wall of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the San Francisco Bay. (Text from Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

The Chinese Poetry Left at Angel Island, the “Ellis Island of the West”

A sea lion at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

5 Free Programs Streaming for Earth Week

Landscapes have been managed by humans for thousands of years – some sustainably, others less so. The Martu people of Australia burn the grasses in continent’s Western Desert. The practice yields food, but also increases biodiversity in the area. (Rebecca Bliege Bird)

National Museum of Natural History

New Study Pushes Origins of Human-Driven Global Change Back Thousands of Years

Shreya Ramachandran created her own nonprofit, The Grey Water Project, to educate and provide resources to diverse audiences on water recycling both at home and in the workplace.

Smithsonian Science

Meet Shreya Ramachandran, Water Hero and Advocate

Photograph for a Coca-Cola ad featuring Selena, 1994. Photo by Al Rendon. (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

How Do We Remember Selena?

The periodical cicada species, Magicicada septendecim, will erupt from the ground this spring in the mid-Atlantic region. The last time the species from Brood X appeared for their cyclical mating cycle was in 2004. (ARS Information Staff, USDA)

National Museum of Natural History

What to Expect When the Cicadas Emerge This Spring

Rendon working on a photoshoot with Selena, 1994. Photo courtesy of Rick Tolar. (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

How an Advertising Photographer Created Some of the Most Iconic Images of Selena

Entomologist and Collections Manager Dr. Floyd Shockley cares for the 35 million specimens in the Entomology Collection at the National Museum of Natural History. He also studies the diversity, natural history and evolution of fungus feeding beetles. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Say Hello to the Scientist Caring for Smithsonian's 35 Million Entomology Specimens

This view of Gemini VII from VI-A in December 1965 shows the spacecraft’s orbital configuration.

National Air and Space Museum

Gemini VIII’s Near-Disaster

Vera Rubin and Kent Ford (white hat) setting up their image tube spectrograph at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. (Photo: THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE)

National Air and Space Museum

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory and Women of Chilean Astronomy

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