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Find lots of fast, fun, cool, scary, patriotic, and beautiful things from the Smithsonian and send free E-cards to your friends!
 

Build your own solar shingle powered invention.

Discover ten stories from UNESCO’s World Heritage List: The list of the most outstanding natural and cultural sites in the world. Add your voice to the conversation! In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1972 UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and to further its objectives, the Smithsonian and UNESCO have partnered to produce the Stories of World Heritage app and website.

Follow the clues and see if you can identify famous Americans!

Introduction to primary sources as well as an introduction to life on the home front. You can examine a ration book, morale posters, and an Office of War Information film to learn how Americans lived in a time of sacrifice.
 

A mystery is brewing at the Smithsonian Institution, and our scientists want the help of 11-14-year-olds to solve it! Through games, puzzles, online challenges, museum visits, and scientific thinking, can you help them uncover the truth before time runs out?

Journey back in time to experience the incredible Apollo 11 mission!

An activity to see how museum professionals study and preserve wooden santos from Puerto Rico and New Mexico.

The Anthropology Outreach Office serves to promote the understanding of the field of anthropology and the research conducted in the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology. 

This information has been prepared to cover topics most frequently encountered: career information, excavation, fieldwork opportunities, artifact identification, and preservation.

Answers to some of the questions most often asked of the National Museum of Natural History  about the biology and natural history of these shy, nocturnal creatures.

Frequently requested Information on insects from butterflies to wasps.

Information and reading list on the process of Egyptian mummification.