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National Museum of Natural History

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has hundreds of scientists, researchers, curators and collection managers who connect people everywhere to life’s unfolding story. Here is a sampling of the unique voices that make up the chorus of ideas at the museum.

Scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History traveled the world and made many new discoveries this year--like this Cyrtodactylis payarhtanensis, a new species of bent-toed gecko. (Daniel G. Mulcahy)

Countdown to the New Year: 7 of Our Favorite Discoveries from 2017

December 29th, 2017, 9:00AM
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Temple of Man promotional postcard featuring Robert Alexander, 1970s. Robert Alexander papers and Temple of Man records, 1956-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Robert Alexander Papers and Temple of Man Records

December 28th, 2017, 12:36PM
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Around December 21, the Northern Hemisphere tilts the farthest away from the Sun. This is called the northern winter solstice, and it is when we have the least amount of daylight of any time of the year.

What is the Winter Solstice?

December 20th, 2017, 10:26AM
/ BY Smithsonian Science Education Center

The winter solstice begins a season of storytelling and ceremony

December 19th, 2017, 9:27PM
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Captain Jefferson Keel (U.S. Army retired), Lieutenant Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. (Courtesy of Jefferson Keel)

A tradition of service: Captain Jefferson Keel

December 18th, 2017, 2:46PM
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Specialist Allen Kale‘iolani Hoe (U.S. Army retired), the son and grandson of veterans and a Gold Star father, serves on the advisory committee of the National Native American Veterans Memorial. (Courtesy of Allen Hoe)

A tradition of service: Specialist Allen Kale‘iolani Hoe

December 18th, 2017, 1:57PM
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In 1988, artist Laura Farabough exhibited Santa Dog, a site–specific video installation at the Hanson Gallery in Sausalito, California. That same year, Farabough featured “Santa Dog” on her holiday card to artist David Ireland. Laura Farabough christmas card to David Ireland, 1988. David Ireland papers, circa 1910s-circa 2009, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Dog Days of December

December 14th, 2017, 3:17PM
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Children's books written by Native American authors or by non-Natives who have consulted with Native communities highlight the diversity of Native cultures throughout the Western Hemisphere. (All images courtesy of the publishers)

Happy holidays! Six favorite picture books from imagiNATIONS Story & Discovery

December 11th, 2017, 9:41PM
/ BY Leah Thomas
Joseph Henry (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-BH824-4499)

Joseph Henry: The Father of Weather Forecasting (And the First Smithsonian Secretary!)

December 11th, 2017, 3:48PM
/ BY Smithsonian Science Education Center
Exhibition announcement for The Chicano Codices, 1993. Kathy Vargas papers, 1980-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Exhibition catalog for (en)Gendered Visions: Race, Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Art, 1992. Kathy Vargas papers, 1980-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Naming Ourselves: Asian American and Latina/o Arts Meet in the Kathy Vargas Papers

December 5th, 2017, 3:57PM
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