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Year of the Rabbit

Celebrate the 2023 Lunar New Year with highlights from the collection
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Small Wonders

NHM’s new Scanning Electron Microscope Lab connects guests with big science and tiny specimens.
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Weaving a Shared Culture

Two Pacific Islander artists at NHM combine a traditional craft with contemporary weaving and design
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Naturalist

Aaron Celestian Saves the Planet

No big deal, but our Curator of Mineral Sciences has a few Earth-shattering ideas—how to cure disease, protect the environment, and find extraterrestrial life.
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Research and Collections

Big Bee Bonanza

Help digitize NHM's bee collections and keep bees buzzing with this crowd-sourced community science project
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Making Monsters in L.A
Jordu Schell | Creature Designer
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Depth Perceptions

NHM’s marine collections illuminate the shape of life in deep water.
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Naturalist

Dakota Gets a Makeover

See how our Performing Arts staff refurbished the Museum's life-size Triceratops puppet for her starring role in the all-new Dino Encounters show.
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Petals to the Metal

Celebrate a blooming New Year with a look back at the Rose Parade's history through NHM's Seaver Center collections.
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