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We close the book of notable birthdays for the week with that of #reverendmartinlutherkingjr who we #quote and back with a picture of the #smithsonians #africanamericanmuseum in #washingtondc If this #quotograph speaks to you please #repost it (at African American History Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKElbRzJ-Pz/?igshid=fs4qamzbacv4

The Smithsonian’s Slow Walk To Re-Opening

SERC researchers race to find out how higher temps will affect coastal wetlands by Mollie McNeel Genevieve Noyce collects a blade of marsh sedge to measure in lab, in the Smithsonians wetland of the future. (Kristen Minogue/SERC) Wetlands are typically filled with the sounds of crickets chirping, bees buzzing and frogs croaking. But at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center(SERC), those are all accompanied by the whirring of motor-powered pumps. These pumps are driving air from hexagonal ...

Ok so there was this monkey and a t-Rex that thinks it is a dog, a small cowboy who was fighting w a small Roman solder, oh and a dead President... #smithsonianmuseumofnaturalhistory #museumofnaturalhistory #nightatthemuseum #roadtrip #iwata #familyroadtrip #piloteers #familyroadtrip2018 #hondapilot #familyroadtrips #smithsoniansnationalmuseumofnaturalhistory #smithsonians (at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History)

My new favorite lunch spot is the Atrium between the Portrait Gallery and the Gallery of American Art -- it’s all the perks of being outside but without any of the heat and humidity. We even caught a group of high school students performing monologues as some of the portraits! So talented.