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    Feb 25

    The Smithsonian's treasures belong to you. Now you can download, remix, reuse and share them with , for free, for any purpose. Explore at .

    Smithsonian Open Access: 2.8 Million Images Are Yours to Use
    People everywhere can now download, remix and share Smithsonian Open Access content for any purpose, for free. What will you create, imagine and discover?
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    Learn more about the collaborators who are showing what you can do with :

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  3. 4 hours ago

    You can remix. Students and teachers can get up close to use and reuse our collections through .

    3D objects in rows on a plane. They include portrait busts, a chair, the Apollo 11 command module, masks of Abraham Lincoln, a triceratops and a boot.
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  4. 4 hours ago

    You can discover. This visualization from shows connections between our collections and the global sum of human knowledge.

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  5. 4 hours ago

    You can imagine. hosts more than 80,000 open access collections from several of our museums, including .

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    You can create. Artist used a 3D scan of a Triceratops skeleton from our to create nine sculptures that explore the impact of technology on evolution. Amy Karle, "Deep Time and The Far Future," 2020.

    Metallic gold fossil skeleton of a Triceratops in profile. Its bones are webbed like veins in a leaf.
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  7. 5 hours ago

    What can you do with ? SO MUCH. You can download, transform and share thousands of Smithsonian 3D objects for any purpose, for free. (Like this vase.) Explore models:

    Tall, white vase with lid. Blue illustrations or paintings depict people sitting and standing in a leisurely moment. One is being fanned. They wear long robes.
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  8. 5 hours ago

    With , we're inviting everyone around the world not just to experience the wonders of the Smithsonian, but to make those wonders their own.

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  9. 20 hours ago

    What will you discover and create? Thanks for joining us for the launch of . Now it's your turn to download, remix, reuse and share:

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  10. 21 hours ago

    Tune in to our event celebrating the millions of digital resources—collection images, 3D models, data and research—that you can now make your own. See them at

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  11. Feb 25

    Our launch includes about 2.8 million of our digital collection images and nearly two centuries of data, with content across disciplines—from portraits of historic American figures to 3D scans of dinosaur skeletons.

    Colorful graphic with the words “Create. Imagine. Discover. #SmithsonianOpenAccess.”
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    Feb 24

    curators reflect on the life and legacy of Katherine Johnson.

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    Feb 24

    We join in honoring the memory of mathematician Katherine Johnson, who passed away today at age 101. Starting with aircraft in 1953, through projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle, she supported NACA and NASA missions.

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  14. Feb 21

    This aspirational illustration is from the pages of “La Guirlande” (1919), a limited edition design publication. The title in our is a gift of “the Misses Hewitt, 1921-1922,” founding sisters of .

    Illustration of a woman reading a book. She has red hair that is pulled up. Her head is surrounded by a wreath of pink, yellow and blue flowers, with more blue and yellow flowers in the background. Text at the bottom: La Guirlande.
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  15. Feb 21

    Us: "Big weekend plans!" Also us:

    Brightly colored illustration of a woman in a yellow dress reclining on a blue couch. Behind her is a bookcase filled with books, and a small window.
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  16. Feb 20

    Loïs Mailou Jones' career as an artist and educator spanned 70 years. At the center of her "Moon Masque" (1971) in our is a papier-mâché replica of a Kwele mask from Zaire surrounded by profiles and designs drawn from Ethiopian textiles.

    Rectangle canvas with a grid of bright patterns and shapes in blues, reds and yellows. At the center is a pale mask in a circle, with tears falling from it. It is framed by two faces in profile.
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  17. Feb 19

    Today is the is the , the annual recognition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9066 and the subsequent incarceration of about 120,000 Japanese Americans. Our shares their stories in this thread:

    A baby sits on a pile of boxes.
    Today in 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, under which nearly 75,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry were taken into custody. Another 45,000 Japanese nationals living in the United States were also incarcerated.
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  18. Feb 17

    Our has the nation's only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House. This , explore their collection online:

    Gallery space with columns. In the center is a full-length portrait of George Washington, with portraits of George and Martha Washington on either side.
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  19. Feb 15

    Susan B. Anthony was born 200 years ago today. Although she began her 60 years of political activism as an abolitionist, Anthony later became convinced that women would never win the vote if they focused on securing voting rights for African Americans.

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  20. Feb 14

    Our collections are feeling the love this . Peruse vintage valentines and other heart-shaped finds:

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