Filipino American Mural at Unidad Park titled Filipino Americans: A Glorious History, A Golden Legacy
Celebrating Filipino and Filipino American Communities
Recognizing the heritage and history of the Filipino community, past and present.
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Vela Muxe Los Angeles
Research and Collections
Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Muxe
A limited series on some of the world's third gender Indigenous people
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Ellen, Mabel and Annie Soo
A Chinese American Legacy
A small collection of photographs sheds light on a Chinese American story
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Clear glass drug bottle from turn of the century
Message From A Bottle
Finds from Exposition Park excavations reveal past lives.
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Ben-Hur costume in Becoming Los Angeles
A Shield at Hart
A piece of history linked to a blockbuster movie
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Pregnant Plesiosaur specimen in Dinosaur Hall
Mind-Blown Science: Dr. Luis Chiappe and NHM's Extraordinary Plesiosaur
Dr. Luis Chiappe, Director of our Dinosaur Institute, explains why this giant marine reptile blows his mind.
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Assistant Conservator Marina Gibbons
Naturalist
Sewing for the Gold
Conservators really like weird, unique problems. We’re not happy that something deteriorates, but we’re really fascinated to find out how that's happening.
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Great Auk in NHM's collections
Naturalist
Auk-Ward
One story goes that, in just half an hour, hundreds of auks were herded onto a single ship
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woman in gem vault
Gems of the Americas
Travel back in time with one of NHM's most beloved gems, this video from our vaults. 
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