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This bear went to space.🚀 Magellan T. Bear flew as the "education specialist" aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in February 1995, becoming the first official teddy bear in space. The bear's journey was part of a project to boost students' interest in geography, science and social studies. Now it's in our @airandspacemuseum's collection.
Location: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
2 years ago
Photo Smithsonian - This year we’re celebrating 50 years of our #RenwickGallery! It was the first place built as an art museum in the country, and now it's home to @americanart’s collection of contemporary craft and…
Photo Smithsonian - We're big fans of this artwork by Tawaraya Sōtatsu from early 17th century Japan. "Screen with Scattered Fans," in our @natasianart's collection, stretches about 5 feet high by 12 feet long. The 42…
Video Smithsonian - We all do deep-sea research in a yellow submarine.🎶 @smithsonianpanama scientists recently took 11 dives in a yellow vessel to an unexplored undersea mountain range off the coast of Panama. Some of…
Photo Smithsonian - The hottest party accessory for Victorian women? Bouquet holders. Along with fans, parasols, gloves and dance cards, they were must-haves for well-dressed women who often carried flowers at dinner…
Photo Smithsonian - Spending the afternoon daydreaming about this scene from our @archivesamerart. This is a landscape study from around 1940 by Erle Loran, who spent most of his life painting and teaching in…
Photo Smithsonian - Gazing at the summer sky? For generations, hunter-gatherers of sub-Saharan Africa (known as the Khoisan) have passed down a myth about a girl dancing around an evening fire who threw the glowing…

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