Smithsonian Inside Out
July 12, 2010
Huge summer tents were set up on the Washington DC National Mall from June 24 to July 5, to feature what we do every day at STRI, and shared it with about a million people
Huge summer tents were set up on the Washington DC National Mall from June 24 to July 5, to feature what we do every day at STRI, and shared it with about a million people.
STRI´s David Roubik and his bees and flowers; Allen Herre and Sunshine Van Bael with chocolate, fungi and birds; the World´s biggest snake from Cerrejón presented by Edwin Cadena; ocelots and cats by Jackie Giacalone; Stuart Davies and the Global Earth Observatories: a sample of STRI research along with the Panamanian Passages exhibit and information on the 100 years of Smithsonian research in Panama, provided by Wendy Almillategui.
The "Smithsonian Inside Out" program of the 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival celebrated the culture of Smithsonian workers. The program explored daily tasks of the Institution's employees, volunteers, interns, and research fellows.
“Talked to about 600 or so people, all of whom thought giant green tropical bees were neat, and who wanted to find out if any bees really were disappearing or if the Africanized honey bee had gotten less aggressive” said Roubik, “our brave 10-day hero” who attended every single day of the fair, from 11am to 5:30pm. The event was considered to be a great success both for STRI and SI.
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