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National Air and Space Museum: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

This Smithsonian website promotes the building of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center "for the display and preservation of its collection of historic aviation and space artifacts." Visitors will find images, diagrams, and descriptions of many of the over 200 aircraft and 135 spacecraft that will be on display at the center such as the Boeing B-17D Swoose, Spacelab Module, and Space Shuttle Orbiter...

https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center
Smithsonian.TV: A gateway to live online events and multimedia content

The Smithsonian Institution presents a wide variety of multimedia presentations on this section of its website. Included is the live panda cam of Mei Xiang and her cub Tai Shan, born July 9, 2005, archived arts events such as Senior Curator Richard Murray explaining the role of myth in Emanuel Leutze's historical painting Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, interviews with Carol Burnette...

https://www.si.edu/
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Smithsonian Magazine: Anthropology & Behavior

The Smithsonian magazine's website brings together a tremendous amount of material related to just about any topic imaginable. This particular section of the site deals with materials related to anthropology and human behavior, broadly defined. First-time visitors can browse by looking through the Most Popular Science & Nature pieces, which are quite delightful. Also, the Editors' Picks include...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/category/human-behavior/
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Smithsonian Research Online

Every week, every month, and every year, the Smithsonian Institution and its various entities produce publications that appear online and in digital form. One could imagine that looking for each document separately would be quite time-consuming. Fortunately, the Smithsonian Research Online site allows visitors to look for such documents quickly and efficiently. On the left-hand side of the page,...

https://research.si.edu/
Within These Walls: 1 House, 5 Families, 200 Years of History

This Website from the National Museum of American History (NMAH) opens a door on the everyday history of American families from 1757 to 1945. The exhibit is organized around a house in Ipswich, Massachusetts and five of the different families that lived there over time. Visitors can click on one of the family names at the top of the page to bring up a thumbnail introduction to the family, images...

https://americanhistory.si.edu/within-these-walls
National Museum of African Art

Although not brand new, the Web site of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art is worth a visit. The What's New link from the homepage leads to 5 different specialized interfaces of the museum's collections: diversity, uses, imagery, currently on view, and advanced. For example, in the imagery section, you can search by Animal, Human, or Object Imagery. In diversity, clicking on a...

https://africa.si.edu
Smithsonian National Postal Museum Art of the Stamp

The Art of the Stamp online exhibit presented by the National Postal Museum is designed to complement the exhibit on display at the Museum itself in Washington, DC. The online exhibit begins with a brief description of how subjects and themes for postage are suggested, and then continues to discuss the timeline for developing a stamp, which often can take two years or longer. The main material on...

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/art-of-the-stamp
Smithsonian Institution: America on the Move

While most people get on the road each morning around the U.S. to drive to work, they may not think of how the massive interstate system first emerged in the years following World War II. That rather interesting question, along with a number of other transportation themes, is covered in this fine online collection from the Smithsonian Institution. Designed to complement this new exhibit at the...

https://americanhistory.si.edu/america-on-the-move
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Smithsonian X 3D

Would you like to explore a wooly mammoth skeleton in great detail? How about some ceremonial masks created by Pacific Northwest Native Americans? The Smithsonian X 3D project makes all of this possible for visitors from all over the world. This site was created by the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office and currently visitors can examine twelve digitized models, including a fossilized...

https://3d.si.edu/
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Smithsonian Profiles

With researchers and experts sprawling across its nineteen museums, nine research centers, and the National Zoo, the Smithsonian Institution has grown to become "the world's largest museum, education, and research complex." For the first time, the Smithsonian Institution has created a central, searchable directory of their scholarly experts. Launched in October 2018, Smithsonian Profiles is a tool...

https://profiles.si.edu
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