Stories
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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A virtual view of history
Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Inside the Cold War mind
Martin Sixsmith explores the competing national psyches of Russia and America, and a world divided between their irreconcilable visions of human nature.
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Catalogue
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Material culture of the people of southeastern Panama : based on specimens in the United States National Museum / by Herbert W. Krieger.
Krieger, Herbert W. (Herbert William), 1889-1970.Date: 1926
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A list of the publications of the United States National Museum, 1901-1906 : with an index to titles / by Randolph I. Geare.
Date: 1906
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A descriptive account of the building recently erected for the departments of natural history of the United States National Museum / by Richard Rathbun.
Rathbun, Richard, 1852-1918.Date: 1913- Journals
Report of the United States National Museum.
United States National Museum.Date: 1885-1906
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A list of the publications of the United States National museum (1875-1900) : including the Annual reports, Proceedings, Bulletins, Special bulletins, and Circulars, with index to titles / by Randolph I. Geare.
Date: 1902