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Current Exhibitions | Smithsonian Institution
WEBAbout. The world's most popular natural history museum is dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it. Delve into the fascinating story of our planet, from its fiery beginnings through billions of years of transformation, and explore life on Earth through exhibitions and activities, collection objects and research that happens in …
The real history of Cinco de Mayo | Smithsonian Institution
WEBMay 3, 2021 · In 1971, inspired by the 7-Eleven Slurpee machine, owner Mariano Martinez and his friend Frank Adams adapted a soft-serve ice-cream machine to make margarita “slush.”. After 34 years of service, the first one was retired to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Learn about the origins of the holiday and frozen margaritas.
Largest snake the world has ever seen is being brought back to life …
WEBTogether with their research teams, Jonathan Bloch of the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida and Carlos Jaramillo of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, joined forces with one of the world’s foremost experts in ancient snakes, Jason Head of the University of Nebraska, to unlock the mysteries of this ancient time and discover exactly how Titanoboa appeared ...
Why languages become endangered, and how we can keep them …
WEBApr 12, 2018 · Pérez Báez: A language can, unfortunately, become endangered relatively easily. It happens when fewer and fewer people speak it, and especially when children stop learning it as their dominant language. These children are then less likely to speak it at home and teach it to their children. Gabriela Pérez Báez working with children of the ...
German Nazi Swastika Flag | Smithsonian Institution
WEBRed wool bunting cloth with white circle in center. In the center of the white circle is a swastika. General History. In 1920, Adolf Hitler decided that the Nazi Party needed its own insignia and flag. For Hitler, the new flag had to be “a symbol of our own struggle” as well as “highly effective as a poster.”. On August 7, 1920, at the ...
Video Game History | Smithsonian Institution
WEBVideo Game History. From the earliest days of computers, people have found ways to play games on them. These early computer programmers weren’t just wasting time or looking for new ways to goof off. They had practical reasons to create games. During the 1940s and 1950s, computers took up entire rooms and were so expensive that only ...
Native New York | Smithsonian Institution
WEBStretching from Long Island through New York City and on toward Niagara Falls, it covers pre–Revolutionary War exchanges through contemporary events. From Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) ironworkers who helped build Manhattan’s iconic skyscrapers to Lenape (Delaware) teens visiting their ancestral home, stories of Native New Yorkers provide an ...
Air and Space Museum | | Media Contact | Smithsonian Institution
WEBThe Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has two public display facilities—the flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Va. It is also a vital center for historical research on aviation and spaceflight and related science and technology, and home to the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, which performs ...
Current Exhibitions | Smithsonian Institution
WEBAbout. Launch into the history of flight by surrounding yourself with icons of air and space travel. The flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, exhibits aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets, and other flight-related artifacts.
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