At our Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Kirsten Hall observes celestial objects much larger and more mysterious than stars. https://s.si.edu/3YjddIZ
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- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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- 5,001-10,000 employees
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- museum, archive, libraries, zoos, research, and education
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Dave Lu
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Space fans, meet Deadheads 💫💀 Or perhaps you’ve already met. While Dead & Company performed at the Sphere in Las Vegas, images inspired by nebulas and exploded stars captured by our Chandra X-ray Observatory lit up the largest spherical structure in the world. The idea was born after percussionist Mickey Hart both saw and heard the Chandra X-ray Observatory’s data translated into stunning visuals and mind-bending sounds through a process called sonification. At the Dead & Company’s concerts, Earthlings not only danced along to the music, but also to the dazzling view of scientific data from some of the highest-energy regions of our Universe! This year, we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of Chandra’s deployment by Space Shuttle Columbia, where it just keeps truckin’ on, more than a third of the way to the Moon. Learn more: bit.ly/3Ws9s1g #Chandra25 #CosmicJourney
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From the desk of Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III: I am sorry to learn of the passing of Alma Powell. She and General Colin Powell were important supporters of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and personal friends to whom I could always turn for advice and guidance. My condolences to her friends, family, and community. General Powell kept this family photo on his desk in his home in McLean, Virginia. It includes their children Annemarie (left), Michael (center), and Linda (right). In his autobiography, Powell describes this photograph as depicting "the most important people in my life." Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
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This Congressional Medal of Honor was awarded to a team of soldiers charged with identifying and protecting European cultural sites, monuments, and buildings during World War II. Known as the "Monuments Men," they were awarded this medal in 2015. It's in the collection of our Smithsonian Archives of American Art and currently on display at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Designed by Joel Iskowitz, and sculpted and engraved by Phebe Hemphill, the medal was struck by the United States Mint in 2014. 🎖️ Did you know our Archives of American Art also holds the papers of several Monuments Men, including George Leslie Stout, Thomas Carr Howe, Jr. and Walter Horn? Learn more about them in their virtual exhibition “Monuments Men: On the Front Lines to Save Europe’s Art, 1942–1946”: https://s.si.edu/3SomH1Y
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Two-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel is taking to the pool this summer for her third summer games. This signed swim cap, in the collection of our Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, is from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio where she became the first Black American woman to win an individual Olympic swimming title for the women’s 100m freestyle. 📸 Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Simone Ashley Manuel #SmithsonianOlympics #GameChangers
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Why did the woolly dog vanish? New podcast ep: https://s.si.edu/4fjvL1W 🎧
The Lost Woolly Dog | Smithsonian Institution
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Today, the Olympic torch relay ends with the lighting of the flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics.🔥 The flame will burn brightly for all to see over the next two weeks. Closer to home, Kniphofia (torch lily) lights up our gardens with fiery reds, bright oranges, and golden yellows. This plant is native to Africa and thrives in average, well-drained garden soil in full sun. Like the athletes of the Olympic Games, Smithsonian Gardens is pleased to represent plants from all over the world, showcasing plants native to the United States alongside equally outstanding species from other countries. #SmithsonianGardens #SmithsonianOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics #PublicGarden
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We’re so ready for the #2024SummerOlympics—the competition, the hero’s journey, the snacks at watch parties. Sports curator Jane Rogers is getting us in the spirit by highlighting #Olympics objects in our Smithsonian National Museum of American History's collection.
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Fiber art fans, this is a treat for you from our Smithsonian Archives of American Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum. Explore: https://s.si.edu/4dfkRbM Lia Cook, "Crazy Too Quilt," 1989, dyed rayon; acrylic on woven and pressed abaca paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and Bernard and Sherley Koteen and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1991.199, © 1989, Lia Cook
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Congrats to our wonderful Smithsonian interns! If you're a former Smithsonian intern, we'd love to hear from you about how the experience helped you grow.
We are so proud of the hundreds of Smithsonian interns that joined us this summer! In the Smithsonian Office of the Under Secretary for Education, five interns supported a wide range of events, serving teachers, students, and out-of-school time learning. They explored skills in research, program planning, and communications and outreach. Happy #NationalInternDay! 🎉 (L-R: Jasmyn Brown, Dionna Honeyblue, Seth Gillespie, Melanie Jalbert, and Kayla Melgar)
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