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Still image from: 10 Fun Facts about New York

Still image from: Alma's Way -- My Way: Dinosaurs!

Person sitting in front of a bookcase with books on various scientific subject. Caption: Microbes come in a huge variety of shapes--

Archaeologist David Hurt Thomas, a man with short gray hair and a white goatee, talks in front of a large bookshelf and a globe. Caption. "A relative or a leader."

Automobile factory with an assembly line of cars surrounded by several robotic devices.

Still image from: Carl the Collector: The Plushie Collection / The Bouncy Ball Collection

A spider in the center of a web with double helix DNA strands in the background. Caption: the relationship between changes in spider genomes

Group of people running down a tree-lined road, wearing numbers on their shirts like they are competing in a race. Caption. Only 375 yards to go.

Woman stands on stage facing out towards the audience and using sign language. Behind her, a covered wagon is parked on set. Caption. Because I did not know when I came here that the actress.

Still image from: Extraordinary Hobbies: Chucky, Everyone's Favorite (Spanish)

Still image from: Extraordinary Hobbies: Museum of Video Games (Spanish)

Girl seated next to a small window and talking to a teenage boy. Caption. How long have you been keeping a diary?

Rustic wooden house next to a haystack. Caption. Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928.

Colored illustration of a senior man and small child. They lean over an arched bridge to look down at a pool of water, camera dangles from the man's neck.

Still image from: Make48: Milwaukee, WI / Institute of Art & Design

Garage with four small planes parked inside.

Still image from: Museum Access: American Impressionists--Bruce Museum/Bush-Holley House (Greenwich, CT)

View of New York City’s Museum of Natural History with a horse-drawn carriage on the road in front of it.

Plaque on the side of the American Writers Museum with text that reads, “one hundred eighty, American Writers Museum.”

Still image from: Museum Access: Art Institute of Chicago

Still image from: Museum Access: Best of Mother Nature

Still image from: Museum Access: Best of Prehistoric Times (LA/Chicago)

Still image from: Museum Access: Best of Transportation

Still image from: Museum Access: Best of Wildlife (Tupper Lake, NY/Chicago, IL)

View looking up at a bridge in the middle of Chicago. On the edge of the bridge are the American Flag, Chicago Flag, and Illinois flag flying in the wind.

Still image from: Museum Access: Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe, IL)

Bronze statue of a man in uniform holding his belt. On the wall behind him is a star below text that reads, "In honor of those members of the Office of Strategic Services who gave their lives in the service of their country."

Street-view of a concrete multi-story office building surrounded by other similar buildings. The front has 6 tall, Roman-style columns with American flags on either side.

Statue of a man extending 1 arm backward as he does a wheelie on a motorcycle up an incline. Behind him are 2 large buildings connected by an enclosed bridge, with a Harley Davidson Motorcycles' sign on a tower above it.

2 trains face opposite directions on separate tracks. The train on the left is black and older, probably coal-powered, and the train on the right has thick tan and green horizontal stripes and is more modern.

Still image from: Museum Access: International Spy Museum (Washington, DC)

Outside view of a 2-story green building with a pitched roof and one turret next to a grass tennis court. There's a small bronze statue of a man with an older tennis racquet extended backward next to a small informational sign.

Still image from: Museum Access: Liberty Science Center

Four different vintage covers for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

Still image from: Museum Access: Milwaukee Art Museum

Still image from: Museum Access: Morgan Library and Museum (NYC)

Still image from: Museum Access: Museum Access Profiles

Old film projector made of dark metal sits on a table in a dimly lit warehouse room next to cardboard boxes and other artifacts in the background.

Still image from: Museum Access: Museum of the City of New York

Old film camera used on old motion pictures rests on a tabletop in a museum.

Large wooden ship with 3 masts is painted black and docked on a sunny day with calm waters. People walk along the dock in the background.

Painted statue of a policeman in full uniform kneeling next to a sitting German Shepherd police dog. The statue is inside a museum.

Still image from: Museum Access: National Museum of American Illustration

Still image from: Museum Access: National Museum of Mathematics

Still image from: Museum Access: National Museum of Racing

Still image from: Museum Access: National Museum of the United States Army (Fort Belvoir, VA)

Still image from: Museum Access: Neue Galerie & Museum

Old red fire truck that looks like an early car from the 1920s in a museum.

Still image from: Museum Access: Profiles

Colorful poster for Ringling Bros Circus has images of Alf T. Ringling, Al Ringling, John Ringling, Chas Ringling, and Otto Ringling. Text reads, “Ringling Bros, Kings of the Circus World"

View of the Salvador Dali Museum sign in Peterburg, Florida with text that reads, "The Dali Museum, One Dali Boulevard.”

Still image from: Museum Access: Sterling Hill Mining Museum

Still image from: Museum Access: Submarine Force Museum (Groton, CT)

Closeup of the face and shoulders of one of the Terracotta Warriors. Parts of other Terra Cotta Warriors and one of the horses are visible in the background.

Still image from: Museum Access: The Adirondack Experience Museum

Street view of the entrance of the Adler Planetarium, a domed building made of darker stone with a wide staircase leading up to it. It is surrounded by a building of a triangular shape made of glass.

Lare blue sign is next to a glass case displaying lots of photos and documents. The sign has large text that reads, "AKC Library and Archives," above smaller text that is indiscernible.

Still image from: Museum Access: The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum

Still image from: Museum Access: The Best of America

Still image from: Museum Access: The Best of World History

2 panels of an enlarged Charlie Brown comic. In panel 1, Charlie's kite is tangled in a tree. Lucy looks at it and says something indiscernible. In panel 2, she asks, "Do you want me to yell at it, Charlie Brown?" He says, "No, thank you, Lucy."

Aerial view of the Met Cloisters, a square building with a red roof, a large courtyard in the middle, and a tall tower in 1 corner. The building is surrounded by green trees and is near a body of water.

Still image from: Museum Access: The Empire State Building Museum

Street view of the entrance of a large, ornate stone building with 4 Roman-style pillars and wide stairways leading up to it. Several banners advertising different museum displays hang on the building or between pillars.

Street-view of an ornate 4-story concrete building with large windows every few feet. Several groups of people are congregating on the sidewalk out front.

Large gray World War 2 aircraft carrier sits at dock on a sunny day with calm waters. Multiple airplanes are visible on its deck.

Round, modern white building seen from the courtyard at dusk. There are several tables with umbrellas in the courtyard next to 2 tall evergreen trees. The building has large windows revealing a circular staircase.

Window into a large fish aquarium at the John G. Shedd Aquarium. Several different types of fish swim by, including 2 that are shiny silver, tall, and thin, and have squared-off foreheads.

The front of a large building with animal scenes carved into the cement at the top of it. In front of the staircases leading up to the entrance is a gray statue of 2 large cats crouching with text underneath that reads, "La Brea Tar Pits and Museum."

Several aged pieces of paper with indiscernible handwriting and drawings of machine prototypes, including a gas balloon, a compound bow, and some sort of rake.

Angled street view of the entrance of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at night. A lit-up water fountain is in front of the ornate Roman-style columns and archways, which are also lit up.

25 brightly colored face masks of differing styles and materials on display in a lighted case. Some are more animalistic, with horns, tusks, and large noses, while others are more humanistic.

Still image from: Museum Access: The NASA Goddard Space Center

Still image from: Museum Access: The National Cryptologic Museum

A person opens the door of a 2-story building with white metal siding and green beams and roof. A sign at the top reads, "The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History." There's a tower with a large model of an atom to one side.

Sign with gold lettering on a green background that reads, "New York Botanical Garden," hangs on a low fence surrounded by blooming red and orange flowers on a sunny day.

Large, red, 4-story building with a green roof and many windows of varying sizes seen from the street. Many people walk around in front of it on a sunny day.

Still image from: Museum Access: The Sailing Museum

Aerial view of a large pond behind a complex of red brick buildings. A small white tent is to the right of the buildings, and a large array of solar panels is to the left of the buildings. Evergreen trees surround it all.

Still image from: Museum Access: Volo Auto Museum (Volo, IL)

Colorful plaque that has a bald eagle with its wings spread out over an emblem of the American flag that has a Roman helmet with a sword stuck in it. There's a ribbon wrapped around the eagle that says, “duty, honor, country, west power.”

Small silver plane with a front propeller and a sealed cockpit sits outside a large warehouse. Text on the plane reads, "Toulouse Nuts."

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Are Museum Collections Ethical?

Woman speaks to camera with a slight smile and eyebrows raised. Caption. That are especially confusing when it comes to pronouns.

Giant bouquet of yellow, blue, purple, and green faux-glass balls of varying opacities arranged into a tall sculpture. Caption. "It's really incredible."

Person holding the fossilized skull of an animal. Caption: but there's still a liveliness and a connection

Illustration of a person standing on the shoreline next to a squid with a body larger than the person is tall. Caption: had just found a giant squid, and would I be interested?

Rear view of teenage girl sitting at a control panel in a room with equipment monitoring panels, switches, lights and racks from the mid-1900s. A man wearing a hard hat stands between the control panel and equipment panels as he speaks to the girl.

Closeup of teenage girl as she speaks into a handheld microphone as she stands in front of a backdrop of green foliage. She appears to be in a news segment interview.

Airport security screening area with people walking through stanchion belts to a security check-in officer. 2 other officers stand near him. Security metal detectors, metal tables, and x-ray detectors with conveyor belts appear behind the officers.

Gold toned illustration of a human head with the brain exposed. Pencil top erases a portion of the brain. Title card reads, "Severe Memory Loss."

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2106)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2115)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2125)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2127)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2233)

Black and white photos of a Native American woman and man wearing medals around their necks. Caption. Like currency used to purchase loyalty.

Person gesturing above an open book. The book has a broken spine and faded, handwritten text. Caption: So we catalogue the most primitive first

Host Emily talks to Lance Grande at the Fossil Lake in Wyoming. Caption: One of the longest-lived lake systems we know of

Two people sitting side by side at a table working on something under a bright light. Caption: Then you scrape the matrix from the fossils.

Closeup of the bottom side of a winged insect's body. Caption: All insects are roughly made up of the same sections --

Close up of insects pinned to a board. They have green stripes down their backs. Caption: This is the largest collection at the museum.

The skull of the bottleneck dolphins is displayed on a table. Caption: Bottlenose dolphins have echolocation as well,

Sarcophagus covered in faded paint. Caption: a male from the 25th dynasty, about 2,700 years ago,

Two people standing in front of a mural. One holds a printout of a photograph. Caption: One of Carl Akeley's photos. The beautiful bunch of aloe.

2 women in glasses speak to one another as they sit across from each another at a table. One holds a black boot. Caption. Why would somebody be walking on coral reefs?

3D computer image of a partially destroyed skeletal structure. Caption: digital representations of skeletal anatomy

Black and white photo of a man on a boat holding a baby panda bear. Caption: Her export papers read, "One dog. Fee: $20."

Drawer containing thin, preserved cross sections of the human body. Caption: looking into the body, like you would an x-ray.

Person holding a model of the human heart with a cross section removed to show the chambers. Caption: These aren't to scale, but to see the chambers.

Woman in glasses smiles at camera. She stands in the doorway of a room lined with old bookcases that are full of books and animal statues. Caption. As long as we've had curiosity.

Specimens of worms are stacked in bottled jars. On screen text, 427,000 specimens. Caption: Philips, we have at least 427,000 specimens of worms,

Closeup of a small beetle crawling on the edge of a leaf underwater. Caption: (Crystal) Riffle beetles live underwater

A person crushing pigment. Caption: of producing the pigment, grinding it up,

Painting of a squid. Caption: What's happening--the whale's trying to eat the squid.

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Illusions

Black and white photo of Yogi Berra in a catcher's uniform, squatting and holding up a mit in front of his face. Caption. To the now-legendary "it ain't over till it's over."