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Michelle Knovic Smith
Director of Publications and Electronic Media

Patty Housman
Senior Writer and Editor

Joanna Champagne
Senior Web Producer

Kristina Nink
Web Producer

Kristen Shaffer
Publications and Web Intern

A Special Thanks To:

Dave Burgevin, Smithsonian Photographic Services

Julia Forbes, National Museum of American History

Kathleen Gordon, National Museum of Natural History

Paul Greenhall, National Museum of Natural History

Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum

Roger White, National Museum of American History

Cedric Yeh, National Museum of American History


Photo Credits

Coca-Cola Urn,
National Museum of American History

Jackie Robinson Stamp,
National Postal Museum

Kermit the Frog, photograph by Richard Strauss,
National Museum of American History

Mummy, photograph by Chip Clark,
National Museum of Natural History

Cuban Land Snail, photograph by Chip Clark,
National Museum of Natural History

Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit, photograph by Eric Long,
National Air and Space Museum

Pandas, photograph by Jessie Cohen,
National Zoological Park

Richard Petty’s 200th Victory NASCAR Stock Car,
National Museum of American History

The Star-Spangled Banner,
National Museum of American History