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The Last American Dinosaurs: Discovering a Lost World
Opens November 24, 2014
2nd Floor
Long before the first humans populated the Western
hemisphere, dinosaurs dominated the landscape.
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Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice International Awards
2nd Floor
View sixty award-winning, large-format photographs that bring the beauty of the natural world to the walls of the Smithsonian.
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Preparing for The Last American Dinosaurs
Digging the Fossil Record, the Department of Paleobiology's Blog, takes you behind the scenes to learn how specimens for the exhibition were found, collected, selected and prepared.
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Online Gallery: Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice International Awards
Can't come to the Museum? View the winning photographs in our Online Gallery.
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Dancing of a Tlingit Killer Whale hat (left) and a replica hat (right) during a traditional dance performance at the National Museum of Natural History. Photo: Smithsonian Institution.
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| Preserving Tlingit Traditions |
Smithsonian Associates' Programs |
The Expert Is In: Eric Hollinger
Thursday, December 4, 2-3 p.m.
Q?rius, Ground Floor
Anthropologist Eric Hollinger discusses how 3D digital scanning was used to create a replica of a Killer Whale hat from Alaska's Tlingit Dakl'aweidi Clan for educational use in the Museum. Visit Eric in Q?rius to learn about 3D technology and preserving Native American culture.
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Smithsonian X 3D Explorer >
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The "Chicken from Hell" and The Last American Dinosaurs
Evening Seminar with Paleontologist Hans Sues
Tuesday, November 18, 6:45-8:45 p.m.
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Secrets of Kennewick Man: the Definitive Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton
Evening Seminar and Book Signing with Anthropologist Douglas Owsley
Thursday, December 4, 6:45-8:45 p.m.
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Smithsonian Science How--Island Biodiversity: Tracking Human Influences
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Do You Have the Guts?--An Art-Science Workshop for Teens
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Thursday, November 6 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. EST
Free Live Webcasts at: qrius.si.edu/live
Join archaeologist Torben Rick for a discussion about the impacts early inhabitants of North America had on island and coastal ecosystems. Submit your questions online during the program!
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View the 2014 - 2015 webcast schedule >
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Tuesday, December 2, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Q?rius, Ground Floor
People living in the Arctic have been making incredible things out of intestines of marine mammals for generations. Get behind-the-scenes access to the Natural History Museum's collection and meet contemporary artists who use guts in their work. You'll also make your own beautiful creation to take home with you.
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Cranberries. Photo by Keith Weller, courtesy of USDA Agricultural Research Service.
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Turkey, Pumpkin, Potatoes, Corn, and Cranberries |
Harrington Collection Website Launch
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Smithsonian anthropologist Bruce Smith shares the origins of a few of your favorite Thanksgiving foods.
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The National Anthropological Archives has launched a website providing access to the extensive J.P. Harrington collection of linguistic and cultural materials from North America.
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BANNER IMAGE:
Stemmed points, crescents and worked bone from an 11,500 to 12,200 year old site on Santa Rosa Island, California. Learn more about the site during Torben Rick's live webcasts on November 6 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
(Photo from Erlandson, Rick et al. 2011)
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