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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
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Three rectangular windows showing Briana Pobiner, a woman doing sign language, and a pair of paper cutout hands.

Webinar: Natural History at Home – Exploring the Art of Ancient Humans

Videos and Webcasts
Montage of three images from a video webinar: Gale Robertson, a medium-skinned woman with long, black hair; Briana Pobiner, a light-skinned woman with brown hair down to her chin, and Nate Wragg, a light-skinned man with dark brown hair, beard, mustache, and soul patch.

Webinar: Camp Croods at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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Harvard & Smithsonian and dance artist Kylie Murray from Local Motion Project

Webinar: Dancing the Milky Way

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A prehistoric, reddish-brown painting of animals on a rock shelter in Mashonaland, Zimbabwe

Make Your Own Cave and Cave Art

Hands-On Activities
Color illustration of an ancient human making art on a cave wall

Handprints of Your Family

Hands-On Activities

Natural Jewelry

Hands-On Activities

Create an Imaginary Animal

Hands-On Activities
Geologist Ben Andrews and Maggy Benson at a table doing a demonstration with a tray of dry ice while wearing protective glasses.

How Volcanic Eruptions Send Materials Up and Out

Videos and Webcasts
Maggy Benson and Dr. Cari Corrigan sitting at a table with rocks and pick..

Exploring the Solar System with Antarctic Meteorites

Videos and Webcasts
Maggy Benson and Dr. Kay Behrensmeyer are seated at a table with several large bones and various rocks on the table and in a display case behind them.

How Bones Fossilize ... or Don't

Videos and Webcasts
A woman in a yellow shirt and a man in a plaid shirt sit at a table with antlers and other objects on it.

What Tiny Marine Fossils Reveal about Extinction

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