Why 99% Of Smithsonian's Specimens Are Hidden In High-Security | Big Business
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Channel: Business Insider
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Length: 12min 15sec (735 seconds)
Published: Sun May 01 2022
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What a cool overview video, thanks for sharing
This is nuts. Imagine your job, like the thing you do all the time with your life is to organize thousands of dead birds into thousands of drawers.
I met a woman one evening at a dive bar in Fells Point years ago when I was playing the National Theatre with a broadway show. She enquired about getting a couple tickets to see the show that she would trade for a tour of the archives of the Smithsonian American History Museum where she was an archivist/ conservator.
And thatβs how I ended up blubbering like a little kid, tears in my eyesβ¦ holding Kermit the Frog.
Well, according to the documentary Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, it's probably so they don't accidently come back from the dead. Haven't seen the video yet though, so maybe they touch on that point.
What is a Smithsonian Specimen?
Cool video but the flesh-eating bugs, pickled animals and bird remains on airplane parts were all pretty gross to watch while eating my lunch
Well you can't just leave the Ark of the Covenant out in the open. I heard one dude got a severe sunburn from it.
Answer: Because 99% of the specimens are used for research purposes so they are stored away.