"100 Years of America's National Park Service: Preserve, Enjoy, Inspire" |
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico) |
Here, visitors to the exhibition learn about connections, past and present, between the Smithsonian Institution and the NPS, showing how the Smithsonian’s surveys and collections played a role in creating new national parks, including Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana and Idaho), the world’s first national park created in 1872.
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ohio) |
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (South Dakota) |
The exhibition also presents ongoing efforts, by Smithsonian Institution researchers, to study the biological diversity of the national parks, such as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee and North Carolina).
The 1,820 sq. ft. exhibition, featuring more than 60 stunning images of America’s national parks by award-winning photographers, showcased the majesty, diversity, and importance of America's national parks where wildlife, culture, history and people come together.
It also shares stories of how the National Museum of Natural History and the NPS have collaborated, throughout their shared histories, to preserve America’s cherished natural and cultural heritage sites and treasures for future generations to experience forever.
Badlands National Park (North Dakota) |
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (Texas) |
The photographs present stories and snapshots from 53 national parks, including national monuments, historic sites, battlefields and picturesque natural scenes from lake shores and seashores to trails and preserves where both wildlife and people come together, from the Eastern Seaboard to the West Coast, extending to the far reaches of Hawaii and Alaska.
The 50 images in the
exhibition include wall-mounted photos by 18 award-winning photographers,
including 15 panoramas by nature photographer Stan Jorstad and 24 images by
Carol M. Highsmith, a photographer of America’s cultural and natural heritage, showing
breath-taking views of popular parks like Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana and Idaho), Yosemite National Park (California), Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee and North Carolina), Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming) and Glacier National Park (Montana).
Left - Quinault - Olympic National Park (Washington) |
Gateway Arch National Park (Missouri) |
America’s National Parks at 100, a new documentary which aired on the Smithsonian Channel last August 28, 2016 (8 PM EDT/PDT), tells the story of how a radical idea of saving these incredible places has become an enduring mission shaped by the creativity, resourcefulness and passion of individual Americans.
The Smithsonian Channel’s
documentary also builds on the stories in the exhibition with vignettes from
the founding of America’s first national parks to their modern-day uses for
recreation and science. The film also
explores how Smithsonian scientists are actively deepening, through various
national parks today, the knowledge of America’s historical, cultural and
natural heritage stewarded.
Map of the U.S.A. showing locations of National Parks |
100
Years of America's National Park Service: Preserve, Enjoy, Inspire: 2/F, Special Exhibits Gallery, Natural History
Museum, 10th and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC.
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