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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives invites you to a series of four Adopt-a-Book Salons in March and April.

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Upcoming Adopt-a-Book Salons with Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Artist’s conception of the Perseverance rover sampling rocks on the floor of Jezero crater. The rover also carries the Ingenuity helicopter (not shown) that can fly in advance of the rover and scout out high priority rocks and outcrops for the rover to visit. (NASA)

National Air and Space Museum

Is There Life on Mars?

Alan Shepard on the lunar surface of the Moon during Apollo 14 mission. Photographed by Edgar D. Mitchell still inside Antares. (NASA)

National Air and Space Museum

Lessons from Apollo 14

Jack Schmitt picking up the gnomon after collecting samples. This view is to the west toward the Lee Lincoln Scarp. Apollo image AS17-140-21496.

National Air and Space Museum

Small Steps and Giant Leaps in the Apollo Lunar Landings

Fighting conch with lime as prepared in Bocas del Toro, Panama. (Felix Rodriguez, STRI)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

The Genetics of Shrinking

Elisa Hough interviews Dennis Zotigh (Kiowa/San Juan Pueblo/Santee Dakota), a cultural specialist at the National Museum of the American Indian. (Daniel Martinez, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives.)

Smithsonian Education

Learning through Listening

Traverse our universe in a special program from the National Museum of Natural History and National Air and Space Museum streaming on Mar. 3. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

National Museum of Natural History

Nine Free Natural History Programs Streaming in March

Artist’s rendition of Ingenuity flying on Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

National Air and Space Museum

Driving Mars Exploration: How the Perseverance Rover Will Pave a Path into the Future

During World War I, Black soldiers served in segregated units. (Scurlock Studio Records, NMAH Archives Center)

National Museum of American History

How Black Philadelphians Fought for Soldiers During World War I

Portrait of Frances E.W. Harper (detail), Frontispiece, Poems, 1900. (Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Poetry towards Progress: Frances E. W. Harper

Theodore Roosevelt scholar and historian Clay Jenkinson tells the story of Roosevelt’s beloved west and the national park that bears his name in a Smithsonian Associates Streaming program on March 4. (National Park Service)

Smithsonian Associates

Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota and 27 Other Smithsonian Programs Streaming in March

The parasitoid samurai wasp, Trissolcus japonicus, is one of many microscopic wasps being studied and sometimes used as biocontrol agents in the fight against invasive species. (Elijah Talamas, USDA)

National Museum of Natural History

How Tiny Wasps Became Agricultural Defenders

James Miller has used his personal passion for wildlife to draft other youth to the cause.

Smithsonian Science

Meet James Miller: A Cambridge Student and Aspiring Champion for Biodiversity

Album cover, Sound, 1966; Designed by Laini Abernathy (American) for Delmark Records (Chicago, Illinois); Lithograph on folder paper; 31.8 × 31.8 cm (12 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.); Gift of Caitlin Condell

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Laini Abernathy, Black Graphic Designer

Many contemporaries argued that Black men had more than earned the right to vote through their military service in the Civil War. (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

In 1868, Black Suffrage Was on the Ballot

This fossilized dinosaur head and vertebrae were discovered in 1883 but only recently gained its name, Smitanosaurus agilis. (Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Scientists Give Old Dinosaur a New Name

Maggie Lena Walker (Scurlock Studio Records, NMAH Archives Center).

National Museum of American History

How Maggie Lena Walker Became the First Black Woman to Run a Bank in the Segregated South

At the Smithsonian, educators have used the pedagogy of game-based learning to create innovative programs and activities that open the door to vast content and collections for learners of all ages. (National Museum of Natural History)

Smithsonian Education

Changing the Game with Game-Based Learning

Black Banjo Reclamation Project founders Hannah Mayree and Carlton “Seemore Love” Dorsey, with banjos made by Brooks Masten of Brooks Banjos in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Avé-Ameenah Long)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

A Quest to Return the Banjo to Its African Roots

Scientists described a new species of Bryde’s-like whale using the skeleton of a whale that washed ashore in the Florida Everglades in 2019 and is now part of the Smithsonian’s marine mammals collection. (NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC Permit No. 779-1633-0)

National Museum of Natural History

Scientists Describe New Species of Rare Bryde’s Whale

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