Collection Spotlights

View curated sets of collection items. Many of the collection items feature stories from our experts and curators.

bat

The Art and Science of Bats

bird

The Art and Science of Birds

spouted elephant vessel

The Art and Science of Elephants

Golden Poison Frog

The Art and Science of Frogs

Goeldi's Monkey on a branch

The Art and Science of Monkeys

yellow orchid

The Art and Science of Orchids

squirrels

The Art and Science of Squirrels

tiger sculpture

The Art and Science of Tigers

Turtle motif on textile

The Art and Science of Turtles and Tortoises

American Architecture postage stamp

The Art of Architecture

ballet

The Art of Ballet

Bob Dylan poster

The Art of Rock and Roll

Image of painting of King George III and Queen Charlotte viewing a balloon launch

The Birth of the Balloon

Painting of circus.

The Circus is Coming to Town!

Dark brown wood-grain box. Two smaller boxes with knobs sit wired to the left and right of it.

The Father of the Video Game: The Ralph Baer Prototypes and Electronic Games

An etching of the Normandy countryside. A cliff rises above a beach littered by rocks

The Ferris Collection of Prints

collage of 4 orchid plants on pastel colored backgrounds

The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration

Red, spikey berry

The Giving Garden

album cover

The Hammered Dulcimer

Hope diamond

The Hope Diamond

The Many Faces of Abraham Lincoln: Art and Artifacts

Print of all types of large and small birds sitting at the top of a tree or flying near the top of a tree

The Marsh Collection

Frayed airplane seatbelt

The National September 11 Collection

A model of the Ocean Liner Leviathan

The Ocean Liner Leviathan

Passenger Pigeon

The Passenger Pigeon

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