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May 2015

Consul the Educated Monkey, or the inventions of William H. Robertson

May 28, 2015

Packaging the Pill

May 26, 2015

Baddledors, twig whips, and yards of thunder and lightning: Decoding a colonial ledger

May 26, 2015

6 Jewish American objects for Jewish American Heritage Month

May 26, 2015

Collecting the present: Partnering with researchers to document new developments in money

May 20, 2015

The battlefield cross

May 19, 2015

1.5 ton vault door to greet visitors in the new Gallery of Numismatics

May 18, 2015

5 things you probably didn't know about the ‘ukulele

May 18, 2015

The Cheshire innovation

May 15, 2015

Donors support their daughters' favorite museum, help build new learning spaces

May 14, 2015

Salvation Army jacket comes to the collection bearing pins, stories of 9/11

May 14, 2015

The oldest microscope in the museum

May 12, 2015

Cruising through America’s cycling history with a digital scrapbook

May 6, 2015

Caroline R. Jones: Trailblazing adwoman

May 4, 2015

Remember the Lusitania: 3 pieces of World War I propaganda

May 4, 2015

From the wok to the frozen food aisle

May 1, 2015

Reinventing the chair, a pencil sketch in three dimensions

May 1, 2015