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View at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., 1909. The zoo first started as the National Museum's Department of Living Animals in 1886. [12] By an act of Congress on March 2, 1889, [13] [14] [15] for "the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people", the National Zoo was created.
EarthCam, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, United States, provides webcam content, technology and services. Founded in 1996, EarthCam.com is a network of scenic webcams offering a complete searchable database of views of places around the world.
Aerial America is a television series airing on the Smithsonian Channel.Each episode is an aerial video tour of a U.S. state or destination in the United States. The narrated show consists entirely of aerial scenes using the Cineflex V14HD gyro-stabilized camera system mounted under the "chin" of a helicopter.
Flag of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution (/ s m ɪ θ ˈ s oʊ n i ə n / smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."
Two more Smithsonian museums are located in New York City and one is located in Chantilly, Virginia. The Smithsonian also holds close ties with over 200 museums in all 50 states, as well as Panama and Puerto Rico. [1] These museums are known as Smithsonian Affiliates. Collections of artifacts are given to these museums in the form of long-term ...
The two pandas are loaned to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for 10 years, with an annual fee of $1 million to support conservation efforts back in China. ... The zoo’s 24-hour Giant Panda Cam ...
Smithsonian Institution; Klyuchevskoy Volcano live webcam "Klyuchevskaya Sopka". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. – photos; Science Daily article on the 2007 eruption's disruption of air traffic
The Anacostia Community Museum (known colloquially as the ACM) is a community museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States.It is one of twenty museums under the umbrella of the Smithsonian Institution and was the first federally funded community museum in the United States. [2]