Smithsonian Snapshots

A weekly peek into the Smithsonian's collections, one object at a time.


05/15/2012   Apollo 10 Space Meal
05/09/2012   On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
05/01/2012   Draisine
04/24/2012   D.M. Ferry & Co. Seed Box
04/18/2012   Babe Ruth and other Red Sox Pitchers
04/09/2012   Dizzy Gillespie’s B-flat Trumpet
04/03/2012   Pony Express Mail
03/29/2012   American Garden Glass Lantern Slide
03/20/2012   Columbia Light Roadster High-Wheel Bicycle
03/13/2012   Shortsnout Scorpionfish X-Ray
03/06/2012   Alexander Graham Bell’s Large Box Telephone
03/01/2012   Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega 5B
02/21/2012   Levi Strauss Jeans
02/14/2012   Hoop Skirt
02/08/2012   The Beatles' First Appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
02/01/2012   Super Bowl XIV Football
01/24/2012   Sonja Henie’s Autographed Ice Skates
01/19/2012   Apple "Classic" Macintosh Personal Computer
01/10/2012   Alaskan Dog Sled Mail Carrier
01/04/2012   Buck Rogers Ray Gun Toy
12/27/2011   Ford Model T with Snow Attachment
12/20/2011   Rural Postal Carrier’s Christmas Postcard
12/15/2011   The Wright Brothers’ Flight
12/06/2011   Apollo 17 Spacesuit
11/29/2011   Ford Model A Automobile
11/22/2011   Plymouth Rock Piece
11/15/2011   Giant Sloth Dung
11/08/2011   Quipu
11/03/2011   Edison Light Bulb
10/28/2011   Harper’s Weekly Issue
10/17/2011   Evel Knievel’s Harley-Davidson XR-750
10/12/2011   Pneumatic Mail Container
10/04/2011   Roberto Clemente’s Baseball Uniform
09/27/2011   Skyhook Mail Container
09/20/2011   Duryea Automobile
09/13/2011   Anoplogaster cornuta, Fangtooth
09/07/2011   U.S.S. Enterprise Model, “Star Trek”
08/30/2011   Historical Lunch Boxes by Thermos LLC
08/24/2011   Scarecrow Costume
08/17/2011   Shire Velocipede