Dumbarton Oaks

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Dumbarton Oaks is a research institute of Harvard University. Our unique museum is open to the public and free of charge.

Washington, D.C.
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    12 พ.ค.

    We are delighted to reopen our gardens to the general public for timed entry starting May 15! Reservations are limited to safely manage capacity and must be made in advance at: Learn more about enjoying our gardens safely:

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  2. 22 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    500 years ago , the capital fell to Spanish invaders, a pivotal event often attributed to Hernán Cortés. Matthew Restall offered new theories and perspectives on the traditional tale of the "Conquest," in a lecture last fall:

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  3. 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Pelargoniums (commonly called geraniums) became a centerpiece in personal and public gardens in the Victorian Era, including among working-class households, leading one writer of the era to call them as a "genteel plant." From our Lab:

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  4. 12 ส.ค.

    Water is everywhere in Washington, D.C., shaping our civic, social, and even commercial lives just as much now as in the past: the Anacostia, the Potomac, the C&O Canal, Rock Creek. Explore the evolution of the D.C. watershed in our digital Water Atlas:

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  5. 11 ส.ค.

    Happy ! Learn about the patron saint of calligraphers in THE LIFE OF SAINT NEILOS OF ROSSANO. The volume is full of jolly themes like hermitage, solitude, and ascetic mortification of the body! From :

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  6. 10 ส.ค.

    Wondering what you can do with one of our ? Meet our recent summer fellows and their ranging from Amazon Polychrome pottery to to American : Apply for fellowships by Nov. 1:

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  7. 10 ส.ค.

    "I've never seen its like, and the little gold Venus, very Copto-Byz. in style, is a marvel," wrote Royall Tyler, the Blisses' art dealer, in 1929 upon first encountering this early necklace depicting Aphrodite in a lapis lazuli shell. 🎨

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  8. 9 ส.ค.

    Step through the doors of our Orangery, and one is met with a majestic southern red oak tree, canopying the Green Garden, the highest overlook on the property. Celebrate 100 years of 's designs and explore the Green Garden over time:

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  9. 8 ส.ค.
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  10. 7 ส.ค.

    Lab researchers "hope to shed light on the historical relationships between humans and their environments — and improve our current and future relationships with nature." 🔗 From :

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  11. 6 ส.ค.

    We get our peaches out in...our 🍑 The scientific name, Prunus persica, likely refers to an early European belief that peaches were native to Persia, though genetic studies now suggest peaches originated in China. 🎨:

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  12. 5 ส.ค.

    Long before the French monk Dom Pérignon realized he could use cork to seal his champagne bottles, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and other cultures used cork bark as buoys for fishing nets and shoes. Meet the Plant of the Month, cork, with :

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  13. 5 ส.ค.

    to our co-founder, Robert Woods Bliss, who was born in 1875! Pictured here on an ocean liner, c. 1920s. His 30-year diplomatic career took him and eventually Mildred to destinations including Italy, Russia, Argentina, and Sweden. 📷:

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  14. 4 ส.ค.

    These silver Chimú birds could have been strung onto a necklace or sewn onto garments as dangles — being hollow, they held small pellets and would jingle as the wearer moved. 🐦Get these as earrings from our : 🎨

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    4 ส.ค.

    Plant Humanities Lab "engages with critical questions of climate change and knowledge production. Researchers come from the social sciences, biology, botany, and other disciplines that rarely converge in academia."

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  16. 3 ส.ค.

    Watermelon 🍉 is a refreshing summer treat, but in the US and elsewhere around the world, it has also served as a more nefarious symbol for racism and disease. The cultural history of , from our Lab:

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  17. 2 ส.ค.

    : Part-Time Program Assistant for our Studies Initiative, providing support for academic and public programming in the program exploring the history and future of urban . More info:

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  18. 1 ส.ค.

    Have you explored our online yet? One of our favorite items is a reproduction of a necklace with grains of wheat, which is used to symbolize the Bliss family motto, Quod Severis Metes. Visit our shop ➡ 🌾

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  19. 31 ก.ค.

    A of Leo for 🦁 The reverse features a lion advancing to the right and the inscription Λέων ("Leo"), taken to identify the seal owner as animals on seals are not typically labeled. From our lead seal collection:

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  20. 30 ก.ค.

    Popular these days among for their root systems capable of surviving in sand or on minimal water, air plants (Tillandsia) were also common in iconography of the natural world. From our catalogue of Moche iconography:

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  21. 29 ก.ค.
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