MORE SMITHSONIAN EXHIBITS
Sep 21 2011 - 3:23pm
There are different types of beaches and multiple factors that influence the formation of sand. Many beaches may look alike, but they are actually very different from each other. Wave patterns,...
Dec 5 2012 - 10:09am
An X-ray image of grooved razorfish, Centriscus scutatus . Razorfish are encased in thin, transparent bony plates attached to their spines, which you can see in the X-ray. Scientists in the Division...
Jan 26 2010 - 10:45am
As Chilton prepared the cedar for carving, he noticed a raven with an injured wing watching. Later, as he carved the canoe in Juneau, he again noticed a raven with an injured wing looking on. He...
Jul 14 2011 - 5:32pm
Gyotaku is a traditional form of Japanese art that began as a way for fisherman to keep a record of the fish they caught. The fisherman would apply sumi ink to one side of a freshly caught fish, then...
May 17 2011 - 11:10am
Guests enjoy American wines and seafood at the Smithsonian's 2010 sustainable seafood event. This year, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural HIstory is hosting Demystifying Seafood , a wine...
Jan 26 2010 - 10:45am
A model marker applies paint to the life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix which today is on exhibit in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National...
Feb 17 2011 - 12:20pm
This over 2,000-year-old shipwreck in Mazotas, Cyprus, was discovered in 2007. The ship was loaded with wine from Chios, one of the most expensive and sought-after Greek wines in antiquity. The...
Dec 8 2010 - 6:07pm
Rutgers oceanographers Josh Kohut (left) and Scott Glenn aboard the Investigador after recovering the Scarlet Knight in Spanish waters. Scientists and students on both sides of the Atlantic...
Jul 11 2011 - 6:53pm
Building the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall --like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and...
Feb 6 2012 - 5:58pm
The robust oval, spine covered body of a long-spined porcupine fish, Diodon holocanthus , is revealed in this X-ray image. Scientists in the Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian's National Museum of...
Feb 7 2012 - 11:32am
The clearly pictured spines, rays and snout make identifying this longnose butterflyfish, Forcipiger longirostris , straightforward in this X-ray image. Scientists in the Division of Fishes at the...
Jan 26 2010 - 10:45am
This X-ray shows the mouth on the underside of a white-rimmed stingray ( Himantura signifer ) . The ray feeds without seeing its prey. Its eyes are on the top of its body, while its mouth is on the...
May 9 2011 - 10:00am
Calligrapher Myoung-Won Kwon's pen name is Mook Jae. He poses here with a work that has an ocean-themed message . Kwon moved to the United States from South Korea in 1986. While he's a master of his...
Jul 11 2011 - 1:59pm
Building the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall --like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and...
Jan 26 2010 - 10:45am
The Raven Spirit canoe is now prominently displayed in the Smithsonian Institution’s Sant Ocean Hall—a reminder of how native peoples of the North Pacific honored and depended on the bounty of the...
Aug 25 2011 - 12:45pm
Artist Shih Chieh Huang spent a good part of 2007 exploring specimens of deep-ocean animals found in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History . He was a Smithsonian Artist Research...
Jan 26 2010 - 10:45am
Tlingit paddlers carefully lift the Raven Spirit canoe into Washington’s Potomac River for its ceremonial launch. More about raven spirit can be found in our Raven Spirit featured story .
Oct 14 2010 - 11:33pm
Local crafters who contributed to the Smithsonian Community Reef proved that there is no limit to the colorful reef forms that can be created using hyperbolic crochet techniques. Their wildly...
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