👁️👁️ More than 500 million years ago, some of the very first #vertebrates may have navigated the world with four eyes.

New #research suggests two of those eyes eventually evolved into the pineal gland – the part of our modern #brains that regulates #sleep.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-earliest-known-vertebrates-had-four-eyes-and-they-worked-a-lot-like-ours-do-new-research-suggests-180988104/

#paleontology #evolution #fossils #biology #science #Smithsonian #history #nature #stem

The Earliest Known Vertebrates Had Four Eyes—and They Worked a Lot Like Ours Do, New Research Suggests

Two of those eyes may have evolved into a part of the brain called the pineal gland

Smithsonian Magazine
#art #history #india #USA #smithsonian
The Smithsonian Museum has announced that it will be returning three sculptures to India. The three sculptures made of bronze were illegally removed from their setting. Dating between the 10th and 16th centuries they were originally scared objects. One of the sculptures whilst being returned to India's possession will remain on long term loan. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/smithsonian-museum-to-return-three-bronze-sculptures-to-india/article70565711.ece
Smithsonian museum to return three bronze sculptures to India

Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art will return three bronze sculptures to India, acknowledging their illegal removal from temples.

The Hindu

⭐ Contracting Job Opportunity⭐
The National Museum of Natural History of the #Smithsonian Institution seeks to contract an individual to provide collections care services, including cataloging and rehousing legacy archaeological collections from the San Luis Valley of Colorado. The contract period is for 12 months.
Qualified individuals are invited to review the RFQ and SOW for specifics. https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/6cfd4b99-7a7e-4b43-bb37-d0d93ce6dbe1 .)

Bids are due by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on Friday February 9, 2026.
#globalmuseum

All sorts of interesting flags and artifacts will fly to the Moon on Artemis II

NASA's first astronauts to launch to the moon in more than 50 years will pay tribute to the lunar and space exploration missions that preceded them.

Ars Technica

Die National Portrait Gallery kürzte Trumps Biografietext – seine Impeachment-Verfahren verschwanden. Derweil dokumentieren 600 Freiwillige als „Citizen Historians", was aus den Smithsonian-Ausstellungen entfernt wird.

#Smithsonian #Trump #Museum #Washington
https://www.kunst-mag.de/2026/01/17/smithsonian-tilgt-trumps-impeachment-verfahren-aus-ausstellungen/

Smithsonian tilgt Trumps Impeachment-Verfahren aus Ausstellungen - Kunst Mag

Die Smithsonian Institution hat Hinweise auf Trumps Impeachment-Verfahren aus zwei Museen entfernt. Kritiker werfen der Regierung Geschichtsfälschung vor.

Kunst Mag - Das Online Kunst Magazin

@GaryRLundberg
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#Smithsonian must summit

@oatmeal
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Suppressing content

And The 4 your info on this too
@Nonilex
@SteveThompson

So right, if the #trumpadministration removes (plays with history) with the current exhibitions, the institution can use their power and (smile) charge $90 to enter which causes nobody to see the #censored info

That what they say is just a pretext becomes glaringly apparent when white government agents are stopping, arresting, and imprisoning Native Americans over their purported immigration statuses.

https://apnews.com/article/ice-minneapolis-tribal-citizens-immigration-detention-29ac43de85569b80bd64875388097ab6

The shameful atrocities committed by the U.S.A. against native Americans from the 18th to the 20th centuries are the very things that #DonaldJTrump last year ordered the #Smithsonian to stop telling people about and is still suppressing today.

#fascism #racism #history

Oglala Sioux Tribe president says three tribal citizens transferred to ICE facility

The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for their immediate release. President Frank Star Comes Out said the Department of Homeland Security refused to release more information on the men arrested unless the tribe entered into an immigration agreement with ICE. He said the tribe has no plans to enter into an agreement with ICE.

AP News
Here's a hidden gem in DC. The National Portrait Gallery has an enclosed courtyard with a glass ceiling. Can't believe I never knew this existed. #WashingtonDC #Smithsonian

The Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex, faces a deadline to comply with a White House demand looking for “improper ideology.” #Smithsonian #trump #politics

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0113/smithsonian-museum-deadline-trump-ideology?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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What do Trump demands mean for Smithsonian’s independence?

The Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex, faces a deadline to comply with a White House demand looking for “improper ideology.”

The Christian Science Monitor
The Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex, faces a deadline to comply with a White House demand looking for “improper ideology.” #Smithsonian #trump #politics
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0113/smithsonian-museum-deadline-trump-ideology
What do Trump demands mean for Smithsonian’s independence?

The Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex, faces a deadline to comply with a White House demand looking for “improper ideology.”

The Christian Science Monitor