Second Floor

New

Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake

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• February 7, 2009 – January 6, 2014
• Examine the history of survival at Jamestown, Va.

The Evolving Universe

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• October 21, 2011 - April 21, 2013
• Explore how stars and galaxies—even the universe itself—change from birth to maturity to death

2011 Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards

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• March 30, 2012 - April, 2013 TBD
• Celebrate nature through the art of photography that brings wildlife up close and personal! 48 award-winning, large-format prints combines art with science and technology to take you on a photographic journey from the wild to the walls of the Smithsonian.

Permanent

The Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals

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• View our unparalleled specimens of gems, minerals, rocks and meteorites.

Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution

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• Walk through a living butterfly house while learning about evolutionary processes and patterns.

The O. Orkin Insect Zoo

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• Observe live insects and other arthropods.

Osteology: Hall of Bones

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• See skeletons grouped by their evolutionary relationships.

Korea Gallery

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• Discover Korea's distinctive culture through ceramics, paintings, textiles and sculptures.