A new global analysis reveals a critical oversight in sustainable coffee and carbon-capture initiatives. These programs ...

National Tour Launches Sept. 13 and National Museum of American History Exhibition Opens Sept. 26 ...

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Object Details recording artist Bob Skyles and his Skyrockets maker Bluebird Location Currently not on view date made 1937 ID Number 1996.0320.27098 accession number 1996.0320 catalog number 1996.0320 ...

Abstract of a plan of a rail-road, peculiarly adapted to facilitate the operations of the mail, with an estimate of the cost of one between the city of Washington and the city of New Orleans, in a ...

Historic structure report : Kaymoor Mine; New River Gorge National River, West Virginia / by Bonita J. Mueller ...

Thousands of years ago, Chinese musicians worked with foundry technicians to cast matched sets of bronze bells of different sizes to produce a range of tones. They developed oval-shaped bells that, ...

The Easter Island script : a definitive decipherment and study of its origins / Herbert Marshall ...

Tables and formulas for the use of U.S. surveyors and engineers on public land surveys; a supplement to the Manual of surveying instructions ...

Learn about Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) and how environmental disasters of his day inspired the creation of Earth Day in 1970. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now ...

PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR INSTRUMENT TO THE SMITHSONIAN Violins by famous makers such as Stradivari, Guarneri, Maggini, Amati, or Stainer had numerous followers and imitators. Often a disciple placed a ...