At the Smithsonian NMNH in Washington, D.C., our 2022 #TechGirls engaged in fun activities and spoke with professionals researching everything from meteorites to coral reefs. Go to techgirlsglobal.org to apply!

#TechGirls Global #gtechgirls #TechGirls 2023
Educational & Cultural Affairs—U.S. Dept. of State Smithsonian

Join us in real life Smithsonian NMNH on Thursday, October 27 at 6:30pm for our #BatWeek celebration, featuring: tequila, bats, themed crafts, experts, and more! Must be 21 or older to attend. Buy your tickets here: s.si.edu/3EKcPcR

Cellphone: #UnseenConnections and its suite of educational programming is made possible through a generous gift by lead sponsor Qualcomm. It will open @nmnh June 23, 2023.

naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits/cellp…

🖼️ ⬆️: “Babu is Taking a Selfie with his Bibi and Dog Rose,” © Bhaskar Chitrakar, 2020.

“‘Cellphone’ explores the global stories and natural histories of our mobile devices,” says @nmnh's Joshua Bell, the exhibit's lead curator. “Visitors will see anew the intersections between culture, nature and technology, which are central dynamics of what it means to be human.”

“Cellphone” will display 350+ objects ranging from the first commercial cellular phone to undersea cables. It will also present an array of 📱-related objects that have emerged to express identity and culture including clothing, a fantasy coffin, and 📱cases designed by artists.

Is it a landscape painting? Look again.

This is a piece of petrified wood from Arizona, where silica-rich groundwater permeated the wood with fine-grained quartz. Impurities in the quartz (like iron and carbon) produced colors in the petrified wood, now in our Smithsonian NMNH.

In the darkness of the deep, animals strive to see but not to be seen.

A new study has found that the barrel amphipod, Phronima sedentaria, evolved eyes to help it see from within its gelatinous barrel: ow.ly/9F1950Lculp.

How does history shape and inform community well-being today? Join us and Smithsonian NMNH tomorrow (10/18) at 6 PM EDT for the first of a series of conversations - In the Pandemic's Wake: 'Fight the Virus, Not the People'
naturalhistory.si.edu/events/pandemi…

That time our curator of Dinosauria, Matthew Carrano, unscienced a T. rex. #FossilFriday #UnscienceAnAnimal

🦖by Andrey Atuchin

If you can't make it to Smithsonian NMNH's #DeepTime for #NationalFossilDay listen to The Dinosaur War, our episode detailing the bitter feud between two early paleontologists and former best friends that led to some of the fossils in the exhibition.

🎧:si.edu/sidedoor/ep-1-…

Our National Air and Space Museum is a GO for launch with eight new and renovated galleries in its National Mall building. 🚀 To celebrate the reopening today, here's some of what you can see in its west wing.

Free timed-entry passes are required to visit. Reserve online: s.si.edu/3CYAtRG