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Year of the Ox

Celebrate the 2021 Lunar New Year with 21 highlights from the collection
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A Long Lived Leaper

NHM’s Prince Rogers Nelson the Western Spadefoot frog sets longevity record  
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The Art of Museum Education

NHM’s Teacher Advisory Council reimagines museum learning
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Science in a Half-Shell: Dissecting Turtles at Home

NHM researchers dig for plastic in freshwater turtles
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Lon Chaney’s Hidden Makeup Secret

How Lon Chaney made himself into "A Man of a Thousand Faces"
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Nature in L.A.

Angelenos Building Community: Celebrating Christian La Mont, Latino Outdoors

Bringing together Latinx hikers, campers, and environmentalists in Los Angeles
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Olvera Street

The transformative history of Los Angeles
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Celebrating Hispanic, Latino/a and Latinx/e Communities

Recognizing the heritage and history of the Hispanic and Latino/a/x community, past and present.
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Charlotta Bass the first African-American woman to own a newspaper in the U.S.

The Pioneering Charlotta Bass

Hers was a life of inaugurals—the first African-American woman to own a newspaper, and the first to be nominated for Vice President
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Race to the Skies

A historically brave flight
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