Christmas was tough during the Great Depression, b... ...uch a card his parents received in 1933 to the he Smithsonian Institution. Despite the glum economic situatio...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/12/25/A-Cheerful-Depression-era-Holiday-Greeting/The shoes that Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of... ...nd wore in The Wizard of Oz are on display at the Smithsonian 's National Museum of American History. They are c... ...protect them from light damage. The shoes at the Smithsonian don't even come from the same pair -they are diff... ...to the other slipp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/12/18/What-Happened-to-Dorothys-Ruby-Slippers/The original starship USS Enterprise from the 1966... ...eries Star Trek has been sitting neglected at the Smithsonian Institution for years. Now it’s on display...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/06/30/The-Enterprise-Studio-Model-Restored-and-on-Display/The picture above is of William Henry Bishop, US C... ...se fortune was beaqueathed to the US to found the Smithsonian Institution. We posted about that bequest last ye... ...quo;s all true. I checked around. (Image credit: Smithsonian Institution)
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/16/Poor-James-Smithsons-Restless-Corpse/The National Air and Space Museum in Washington is... ...tar Trek from 1966 to 1969. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1974, and was on display until 2014. But the s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/09/09/Trekkies-Needed-for-USS-Enterprise-Restoration-Project/In 1899, a story appeared in McClure's magazine by... ...tusks, and bones to a man who donated them to the Smithsonian Institution. While wintering at Fort Yukon in 1... ...h and what he did with the remains. It caused the Smithsonian no small amount of grief. The number of visitors...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/19/A-Tale-of-Bagging-a-Mammoth-in-Alaska/Have you ever wondered about the person the Smithsonian Institution was named after? It’s a rather... ...ca, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase &a... ...ut the conundrum Smithson caused at (where else?) Smithso...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/01/When-Congress-Looked-James-Smithsons-Gift-Horse-in-the-Mouth/(Photo: North Dakota State University Archives)Thi... ...gest in the world at 17 feet and 6 inches.(Photo: Smithsonian Institutional Archives)Langseth began growing his... ...r his death, his beard eventually ended up in the Smithsonian Institution, where it remains to this day. With d... ...ost remarkable sa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/23/The-Worlds-Longest-Beard-Is-One-of-the-Smithsonians-Strangest-Artifacts/Before we had postcards, refrigerator magnets, and... ...g that has an actual connection to a place.In the Smithsonian collection circumscribed by the exhibition and bo... ...iew, we also get a fascinating rundown of how the Smithsonian Institution’s mission has changed over time...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/08/The-Relic-Hunting-Vandals-Who-Saved-American-History/Photo: superbonnie/imgur "The... ...l wearing a bear costume looking longingly at the Smithsonian 's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., which was tem... ...Due to the federal government shutdown, the Smithsonian 's National Zoo is closed to the public. All progr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/11/The-Saddest-US-Government-Shutdown-Photo/
