Collecting the World: Inside the Smithsonian
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has over 144 million different objects in its collections. A sample of these collections are on display to the public, but 99 percent of the Smithsonian’s treasures remain behind the scenes. Scientists work with these objects to study and decipher the world we live in, each specimen offering its own tiny clue to the natural world.
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Camera work in this video was awesome. Keep it up guys
Tian Wu editor is also the hero!
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Tian Wu yeah
Thanks!
I agree but one thing that I noticed and was bothered by was for everybody else but Dr. Floyd Shockley they seemed to zoom in at eye height. But for him they seemed to have the camera about waist height. and that seemed a bit rude
Imagine the time it takes to edit a video like this... jeez man.
not an extreme amount of time. 3d animations for even a short take years.
Dude... don't compare this to 3D animations.. Compare this to your normal TH-cam video.
Don't be that dick.
What?
Nice job. A woman who works with birds with the last name "Dove"
I find it's pretty common that people surnames match their profession.
Maybe Mr Robbins was stuck in the bird division because of his name (despite being a lepidopterist) and then when she showed up, he said “her last name is also a type of bird- may I please move over to butterflies? Please?” And they finally let him
Maybe Ms Dove is actually a geologist
I should become an ornithologist then 😂
(My name means dove in Hebrew)
@@nemo9396 i dont see Smiths working in factories or smithing any kind of thing
@@91010186 Why not?
This made me smile. I currently work at this museum, for many years in the botany department. The collection is so massive, people have no idea what we have. And yes, it is so awesome to work there.
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HOW MANY SASQUATCH/RELICT HOMIN BODIES/SKELETONS ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED THERE ?
You're living my dream job.
Imagine there's a hidden department headed by the Curator of Humans.
Chris H. The anatomy collection, yeah, pretty much
😐
Chris H. Be careful of what you say, you might be actually right.
Maybe human deformity. I'll believe that.
Chris H. Giants 😉
Never knew I wanted to know these things lol. Great video
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So fascinating! These people have really awesome jobs!
really
indeed
Taking it really seriously.
So impressive!
I know .... Floyd has a huge belly ❤️
hey! I love your channel- keep up the great work!
Just image this..
The world practically destroys itself and some how the Smithsonian survives and the people of the future find all of this stuff that would be crazy
Proud son of a marine biologist working at Smithsonian Institute in Panama :D
Kirk G what do they do?
marine biology, i'm guessing
Aniket Mondal maybe marine biology but idk just a wild guess
Kirk G woah, I'm from Panama, that's amazing!
I am from panama! We go to the Smithsonian for field trips!
This deserves way more views and likes...like seriously this is just so fascinating you're giving us a look into the different departments and their curators (which we might not get the opportunity to do ourselves) and for free. Ya'll are the real heroes. Keep doing it because there people who fascinated by your videos like me. One day this channel will be huge!
Amazing place...love to see it in person!
Lol you said in person
I've been going to the Smithsonian since the age of 6 and it's one of my favorite places, but finding parking is quite a hassle since it's in Washington DC😂 I live around the area
Elaine Warren Aaah the smithsonians..........Yeah the only institute fully responsible for the giants skeletons that have gone missing since the late 1800s. I would like to see it’s destruction. The smithsonians do not have my respect.
I almost cried, those collections are beautiful! I would do anything for an opportunity to look at their fossil collection.
Dr Dove= the bird one lol
Lei I know that seems so perfect right?! haha
First i thought he says it for dramatic effect
I just viewed your channel in an online commercial, and I absolutely loved it. These are one of the channels who can make a difference in the world.😉
This Chanel content is amazingly good I don't understand how it doesn't have over 1 million subscribers
Alle Mik They r not a part of illuminati
"Jeff, u got another rock?"
"THEY´RE MINERALS, MARIE, GODDAMMIT!"
Top tier comment
It was oddly satisfying seeing everything all organized and categorized.
wow it was like playing a video game and choosing which class i want to be
You guys easily became one of my favorite TH-cam channels
so i just realized i like knowing all sorts of stuff, but only if you guys tell them to me.
Two things I love about America is its wildlife and the science community. Much respect for folks like these!
this channel is amazing, i hope this channel will get even more popular
Great channel, great video, great comment section. No arguments, no childish behavior, no trolls, nothing annoying. I can actually enjoy reading through comments for once.
I was getting teary eyed a little bit... all these experts really dedicating their life to one thing, taking care of it for 8+ hours a day and generally just going hard for the planet and our future :'( someone pass me a tissue
You don't need to be sad. There's a very high chance that this is their passion. They wouldn't last in this kind of job if it's not their passion. If it's your passion you don't feel really bored.
I really love the video☺. It shows the real beauty of the world and creatures living in it. ☺keep it up guys!!
Wow! Never expected such large collections at the Smithsonian! Very impressive!
Who knew?! Great video!
I did :)
the mineralguy does he have kryptonite
no, batman bought them all
Von Chacal damn batman he was my bae😭
The passion in these people makes me smile.
those crystals were beautiful!!! I loved the malachite ♡
this is what youtube is all about where.info and education for all the people... i love this channel... very good editing!!
These men and women are quite literally archiving our planets history... the Smithsonian is just one big time capsule!
i love how this was filmeddd
I was lucky enough to do some training at the Smithsonian in the late 70's . It was a real delight.
The most impressive place in the world..
MrToasty222 you should visit, it's quite enormous and very interesting, of course if your around virginia
WHERE are the giant skeletons documented in many newspaper articles found in mounds across America in the 1800s and early 1900s? The discoveries are well documented and the Smithsonian was noted in these articles as receiving them & displaying them. Nowadays, nobody at the Smithsonian has ever heard of them. why? Where did they go and how come America is deprived of this knowledge of its history?
I was fortunate to get a behind the scenes look at the bird collection... I was amazed and impressed...
Anyone Got Really Anxious When All Drawers Were Pulled Out?
It would be a once in a lifetime opportunity to view the collection on gems and minerals... so fascinating.
I wish I could see them all, my grandmother helped do some of the animal stuffing/documenting
Wow. Love the butterflies!
Great job! You have truly Aristotelian approach to the nature.
I really want to see a documentary on their lives and how they got to where they are!
i stayed in the insect exhibit for so long a kind man showed me the room with all their spiders !! they said they never do that for people and i hope to work there one day !
this video helps me realize how beautiful our planet is, and yet we are destroying it every single day
now this! is what I call quality content!
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
Amazing collections..
I absolutely love all of these people.
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THE BIGGEST BOI FOR THE SMALLEST SPECIMEN OH MAN DO I LOVE HUMANITY
birds, butterflies, mullosks, insects & rocks. pretty cool. sooooo what else you guys have?
Definitely one of my bucket list places to visit!!
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This channel is slowly blowing up :)
Very nice! Thank you!
thank you, you guys doing great
This is magnificent! Thanks for sharing. 🙏
I wonder how do they manage to preserve those dead living things without any sign of decaying??
Great video indeed (:
They're dried. Just like how we dry fish by exposing it into the sun and rubbing some good amount of salt and it stops decaying,
So much to learn. Not enough time.
wow! I never knew museums had more storage full of this stuff, but why keep it all in storage and why soo much? what are you doing with it all?
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I love this channel a lot😉😉😉
620 thousand birds, 20 million mollusks, 35 million insects, 2500 minerals. Just seems like the mineral guy needs to step it up.
Redvines69 the minerals are quite expensive though
@Maribelle Sallway, lmao no excuses, mineral guy needs to step it up lol
They need Hank
@@hayzmation5354 no
Honestly, I think that working with mollusks was the best job shown
Thank you.
Very cool and important!
Cool collections
CAN I LIVE THERE OMG
This is very neat and awesome
Entomology is definitely my department lol 😂 so cool would love to visit
This is AWESOME.
My favorite museum among all the Smithsonian museums
Anyone else want to know where the bird department keeps the ostrich?
i really want a full detail of each department/section. believe that there are tons of stories behind each dept./sect. this is way too short!!!
absolutely amazing
I was looking for something about the smithsonian stuff, if that also includes the channel, because I watched something which mentioned them buying/taking certain historical things but this would actually make sense...
Cannot wait to see this place! Omg 💚😁
Fascinating! Holy Molly!
Now that's what you call a collection 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I'm the curator wine bottle corks. I have just over 9 of them, and I keep them in a jar for posterity and study.
Video: Smithsonian
My brain: PeRcy JaCKsOn
Omg I need to work with them, let me study fish all day ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Talk about a awesome job...
Just "WOW" !
As spiritual gemcollector i would love to visit that place and feeling the stones energies 😍.
amazing....wish to visit that place💕
make a tour video of every draw and closet in this place
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the butterfly part made me think of that dad from one of the tinkerbell movie
This video was such a flex for the Smithsonian. Like they weren't cool enough already
those where the most beautiful blue butterflies i have ever seen!
how long it takes to collect them all? such a great museum
Gotta catch 'em all!
I wish I was the mineral curator. For now I will be a amateur geologist and continue to work in a lapidary while learning jewelry history. ;) maybe one day!
They're basically creating earth's pokedex
WOW! I want to go there!
this is so satisfying wtf
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The Fortified basement vault contains Nephilim skeletons department
Why dont those animals/insects rot away? how can they stay so "perfectly" preserved?
Its called specimen preparation. A number of techniques can be used to make it so that the tissues are strongly resistant to degradation while maintaining color relatively well. One part of preparation involves removing all the internal organs, because they are so vulnerable to rot. Inside the larger specimens (birds, mammals, etc.) is probably a wire frame and bulk cotton. Though I've heard that it's not strictly necessary to remove the wing bones of birds, so sometimes you get a combination of bone and framing. Insect skeletons don't degrade very quickly in dark, dry conditions, so they may have just been killed and pined quickly after to reduce the risk of cracking the skeleton if it dries out.
why do I find it so funny to imagine the entomologist secretly munching at the beetles..
Imagine bring all these people to a forest and all of them are like "i know this species" "i know where this originated from" "i know the scientific name for this" "this one might be around 10 years old".
Wow.
Do they perserve them after they die naturally or do they kill current species? Just curious
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This was so badass
How does these people preserves all this