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IN THE MUSEUM
Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty
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ON THE WEB
Smithsonian Orchid Collection
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The 20th annual orchid exhibition will explore the rich crossroads where orchid botany, horticulture and technology connect.
On view January 24 - April 26, 2015. 1st Floor.
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The Smithsonian Orchid Collection has grown from five plants to nearly
8,000 specimens since 1974. It is an invaluable resource for education, exhibition, and scientific research.
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Channel Islands. Photograph by Torben Rick, Smithsonian Institution.
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"Tracking Human Influences" featuring Dr. Torben Rick
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Film Premiere and Discussion: "Language Matters with Bob Holman"
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What clues lie in Earth's history to help guide environmental conservation, restoration and management efforts today?
Dr. Torben Rick, curator of North American archaeology, looks back over thousands of years to see how changing environmental conditions interacted with human lifestyles to shape the biodiversity of the Channel Islands and the Chesapeake Bay.
Tuesday, January 13, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Q?rius Theater, Ground Floor
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What do we lose when a language falls silent? What does it take to save a language?
Filmed on location in Australia, Wales and Hawaii, "Language Matters" provides an intimate look at the lives of speakers of endangered languages and brings a new appreciation of the unique role that language plays in shaping culture. A discussion with Holman and filmmaker David Grubin follows.
Sunday, January 18, 2 - 4 p.m.
Baird Auditorium, Ground Floor
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Live Webcast -- Ecosystem Change: Plotting with Plant Collections
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Students Use Museum Objects to Complete the "Q?rius Collections Challenge"
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Meet botany collections manager Rusty Russell who manages collections activities in the U.S. National Herbarium, which contains more than 5 million specimens. Take a journey with Rusty to see how plant collections can be used to map ecosystem change over time.
Thursday, January 15, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. EST
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During this free, 60-minute program for grades 6-12, students put themselves into our scientists' shoes and use the more than 6,000 objects in the Margaret E. Cargill Collections Zone to help them answer questions.
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The "Q?rius Collections Challenge" is just one of six school programs offered in Q?rius on weekday mornings.
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Smithsonian Institute for Biodiversity Genomics Launches
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New Volume Published on Plants of the Venezuelan Andes |
With the establishment of the Smithsonian Institute for Biodiversity Genomics, the study of biodiversity will be transformed to offer a more complete understanding of what patterns of genomic variation reveal about the past, present, and future.
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The first of a multi-volume set, "Flora of Guaramacal (Venezuela)," by botanist Laurence J. Dorr was
recently published by the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. The volume covers the monocotyledons, almost half of which are orchids.
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Volunteer Opportunities
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BANNER IMAGE:
Clarkey's Esmeralda (Esmeralda clarkei). Photograph by James Osen, Smithsonian Institution. From the exhibition, Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty, which opens on January 24, 2015.
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