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Tuning in for World Television Day

To celebrate November 21 as World Television Day, staff from the Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative (AVMPI) have aggregated 100 of their favorite online Smithsonian collection items about TV. Take a look at our Spotlight on Smithsonian television collections. Screenshot of Smithsonian Spotlight on Television First designated by the United...

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Featured Collections and Exhibitions

Photo of a page of an artists book depicting a stylized drawing of people, animals, and flowers.

Artists' Books and Africa

Trade card of seed company depicting a carrot with top hat and cane

Cultivating America’s Gardens

Once There Were Billions- Vanished Birds of North America

Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America

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Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web

Color in a New Light

Color in a New Light

A Jules Verne Centennial- 1905 - 2005

A Jules Verne Centennial: 1905 - 2005

Hull of a wooden ship being carried by one large balloon and many smaller balloons filled with people on the deck and dressed in 19th formal clothing.

Fantastic Worlds

Whales- From Bone to Book

Whales: From Bone to Book

Vibrant Visions- Pochoir Prints in the Cooper-Hewitt

Vibrant Visions: Pochoir Prints in the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library

Doodles, Drafts & Designs- Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian

Doodles, Drafts & Designs: Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian

Chasing Venus- Observing the Transits of Venus 1631-2004

Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus 1631-2004

Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn

Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn

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Kurtze Betrachtung Derer Kräuterabdrücke im Steinreiche
Geology
Burkart's Sammlung der Wichtigsten Europäischen Nutzhölzer in Characterischen Schnitten
Agriculture
Paradisus Batavus, Continens Plus Centum Plantas Affabre Aere Incises & Descriptionibus...
Botany
North American Indian Costumes (1564-1950) v. 1
Indians of North America
North American Indian Costumes (1564-1950)
Indians of North America
Georgii Trapezuntii In Claudii Ptolemaei Centum Aphorismos Commentarius
Astronomy
Initia Doctrinae Physicae
Philosophy
Geometriae pars Universalis
Mathematics
Epistola de Praecipuis Naturae et Artis Curiosis Speciminibus Musei
Natural History
Family Education and Government
Language and Literature
Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition
Science
Isagoges in Rem Herbariam Libri Duo
Botany
Handwörterbuch der Mineralogie und Geognosie
Geology
Icones Piscium : Indicem Systematicum
Fishes
Handbuch fur Naturaliensammler oder Grundliche Anweisung die Naturkorper Aller Drei Reiche zu...
Natural History
Histoire Naturelle des Lepidoptères Exotiques
Insects
Les Trochilidées, ou, les Colibris et les Oiseaux-Mouches
Birds
Les Robes de Paul Poiret
Handicraft
Histoire Naturelle et Médicale des Casses : et Particulièrement de la Casse et des Sénés Employés...
Pharmacy
Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Zoologie. Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés (3...
Science
Eine Gläserne Flinte und Zugleich Nüzliche Bergwerksmaschiene
Physics
Die Versteinerungen des Steinkohlengebirges von Wettin und Lobejun im Sallkreise
Geology
Die Spinnen Amerikas
Invertebrates
Der Conservator oder Prakitische Anleitung, Naturalien Aller Reiche zu Sammeln, zu Conserviren und...
Natural History
De Natura et Veritate Methodi Fluxionum
Mathematics
De Infinitis Infinitorum, et Infinite Parvorum Ordinibus Disquisitio Geometrica
Mathematics
Catalogus Variorum Exoticorum Rarissimorum Maximam Partem Incognitorum et Nullibi...
Natural History
Alberti Ritter Gymnasii Ilfeldensis Regii Con-Rectoris Commentatio II. De Zoolithodendroidis in...
Geology
Contemplatio Philosophica
Philosophy
British Mineralogy
Geology
Bible [in Mohawk]
Religion
Beschreibung Eines Ellipsograph
Mathematics
Beschreibung Einer Elektrisir-Maschine und Deren Gebrauch
Physics

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