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The Bird-Based Color System that Eventually Became Pantone

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 22, 2016September 25, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC — An effort to describe the diversity of birds led to one of the first modern color systems.

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Airships and Reanimated Corpses from the Pages of Early Science Fiction

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 1, 2016May 31, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC — Science fiction rose to prominence in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when authors like H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Mary Shelley imagined the extraordinary possibilities of advances in technology and exploration.

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Art Deco Patterns of Beetles and Butterflies

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 29, 2016March 30, 2016

Emile-Allain Séguy was enamored with the overlooked wonders of the natural world.

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How Audubon Pranked a Fellow Naturalist with a Bulletproof Fish

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 25, 2015November 26, 2015

Field books capture essential information for ecological history but are often difficult to track down in scientific collections.

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The 16th-Century Fossil Book that First Depicted the Pencil

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 14, 2015October 16, 2015

The first book to illustrate a pencil was published in the 16th century, and its author was more interested in the properties of the lead than the implement itself.

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A Portal to Unite the Smithsonian Libraries Artists’ Books Collection

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 12, 2015October 15, 2022

This month the Smithsonian Libraries Artists’ Books Collection launched an online platform that unifies artists’ books from across several Smithsonian collections.

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