Collecting the World: Inside the Smithsonian
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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
@aquariusliu24
7 жыл бұрын
Tian Wu editor is also the hero!
@anaspellers7022
7 жыл бұрын
Tian Wu _
@indigogray7415
7 жыл бұрын
Tian Wu yeah
@spiritmeaway
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@livingroomvids71
6 жыл бұрын
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.
@CB-rv2lj
7 жыл бұрын
not an extreme amount of time. 3d animations for even a short take years.
@etiennecouture1552
7 жыл бұрын
Dude... don't compare this to 3D animations.. Compare this to your normal KZread video. Don't be that dick.
@CB-rv2lj
7 жыл бұрын
What?
Nice job. A woman who works with birds with the last name "Dove"
@nemo9396
4 жыл бұрын
I find it's pretty common that people surnames match their profession.
@mariem8033
4 жыл бұрын
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
@euyphe
3 жыл бұрын
She had an ostrich!
@jonahs92
3 жыл бұрын
I should become an ornithologist then 😂 (My name means dove in Hebrew)
@91010186
3 жыл бұрын
@@nemo9396 i dont see Smiths working in factories or smithing any kind of thing
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.
@paulwashington98e
Жыл бұрын
Hi there? Hope you're good and staying safe??
@markthomas3730
10 ай бұрын
HOW MANY SASQUATCH/RELICT HOMIN BODIES/SKELETONS ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED THERE ?
@Catalantern
9 ай бұрын
You're living my dream job.
Never knew I wanted to know these things lol. Great video
@paulwashington98e
Жыл бұрын
Hi there? Hope you're good and staying safe??
Dr Dove= the bird one lol
@YurimoHikashi
7 жыл бұрын
Lei I know that seems so perfect right?! haha
@hasenel3731
6 жыл бұрын
First i thought he says it for dramatic effect
So impressive!
@iamtaco253
7 жыл бұрын
I know .... Floyd has a huge belly ❤️
@rayd.5929
7 жыл бұрын
hey! I love your channel- keep up the great work!
@mckeely
6 жыл бұрын
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
"Jeff, u got another rock?" "THEY´RE MINERALS, MARIE, GODDAMMIT!"
@dimo8463
2 жыл бұрын
Top tier comment
So fascinating! These people have really awesome jobs!
@vigneshyaadav6322
7 жыл бұрын
really
@fatetestarossa2774
6 жыл бұрын
indeed
@henrykuhn5344
10 ай бұрын
Taking it really seriously.
Imagine there's a hidden department headed by the Curator of Humans.
@agustinvenegas5238
6 жыл бұрын
Chris H. The anatomy collection, yeah, pretty much
@davidhumphlett3482
6 жыл бұрын
😐
@catherinevo6060
6 жыл бұрын
Chris H. Be careful of what you say, you might be actually right.
@tomiekawakami5039
6 жыл бұрын
Maybe human deformity. I'll believe that.
@janeatyeo7387
6 жыл бұрын
Chris H. Giants 😉
Proud son of a marine biologist working at Smithsonian Institute in Panama :D
@animon87
7 жыл бұрын
Kirk G what do they do?
@Trent-tr2nx
7 жыл бұрын
marine biology, i'm guessing
@tyleruwu902
7 жыл бұрын
Aniket Mondal maybe marine biology but idk just a wild guess
@Vee-qw1vb
7 жыл бұрын
Kirk G woah, I'm from Panama, that's amazing!
@leamizrachi4663
5 жыл бұрын
I am from panama! We go to the Smithsonian for field trips!
Amazing place...love to see it in person!
@johnbicol4788
6 жыл бұрын
Lol you said in person
@maribellesallway4288
6 жыл бұрын
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
@nsr5961
4 жыл бұрын
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.
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!
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.😉
wow it was like playing a video game and choosing which class i want to be
This Chanel content is amazingly good I don't understand how it doesn't have over 1 million subscribers
@kusogemucard7232
7 жыл бұрын
Alle Mik They r not a part of illuminati
It was oddly satisfying seeing everything all organized and categorized.
so i just realized i like knowing all sorts of stuff, but only if you guys tell them to me.
Who knew?! Great video!
@frankcastle4715
3 жыл бұрын
I did :)
Just love this channel, teaching us new things that could open our minds
the mineralguy does he have kryptonite
@vuvuvu6291
7 жыл бұрын
no, batman bought them all
@musaadmohammed1169
7 жыл бұрын
Von Chacal damn batman he was my bae😭
You guys easily became one of my favorite KZread channels
this channel is amazing, i hope this channel will get even more popular
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!
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
This is magnificent! Thanks for sharing. 🙏
thank you, you guys doing great
this is what youtube is all about where.info and education for all the people... i love this channel... very good editing!!
Very cool and important!
I was fortunate to get a behind the scenes look at the bird collection... I was amazed and impressed...
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.
those crystals were beautiful!!! I loved the malachite ♡
The passion in these people makes me smile.
Two things I love about America is its wildlife and the science community. Much respect for folks like these!
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
@iamwisdomsky
3 жыл бұрын
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.
This is very neat and awesome
Cool collections
I love this channel a lot😉😉😉
Great job! You have truly Aristotelian approach to the nature.
Amazing collections..
This is AWESOME.
Very nice! Thank you!
i love how this was filmeddd
Anyone Got Really Anxious When All Drawers Were Pulled Out?
now this! is what I call quality content!
absolutely amazing
It would be a once in a lifetime opportunity to view the collection on gems and minerals... so fascinating.
Wow. Love the butterflies!
Talk about a awesome job...
This channel is slowly blowing up :)
Video: Smithsonian My brain: PeRcy JaCKsOn
I really want to see a documentary on their lives and how they got to where they are!
I was lucky enough to do some training at the Smithsonian in the late 70's . It was a real delight.
I wish I could see them all, my grandmother helped do some of the animal stuffing/documenting
This was so badass
I love this
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...
Definitely one of my bucket list places to visit!!
@paulwashington98e
Жыл бұрын
Hi there? Hope you're good and staying safe??
amazing....wish to visit that place💕
Cannot wait to see this place! Omg 💚😁
Fascinating! Holy Molly!
amazing
Thank you.
THE BIGGEST BOI FOR THE SMALLEST SPECIMEN OH MAN DO I LOVE HUMANITY
how long it takes to collect them all? such a great museum
Bravo!!
The most impressive place in the world..
@maribellesallway4288
6 жыл бұрын
MrToasty222 you should visit, it's quite enormous and very interesting, of course if your around virginia
@jeanknitter6455
3 жыл бұрын
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?
This is awesome
@paulwashington98e
Жыл бұрын
Hi there? Hope you're good and staying safe??
Just "WOW" !
birds, butterflies, mullosks, insects & rocks. pretty cool. sooooo what else you guys have?
So much to learn. Not enough time.
Anyone else want to know where the bird department keeps the ostrich?
I absolutely love all of these people.
@paulwashington98e
Жыл бұрын
Hi there? Hope you're good and staying safe??
Gotta catch 'em all!
These men and women are quite literally archiving our planets history... the Smithsonian is just one big time capsule!
620 thousand birds, 20 million mollusks, 35 million insects, 2500 minerals. Just seems like the mineral guy needs to step it up.
@maribellesallway4288
6 жыл бұрын
Redvines69 the minerals are quite expensive though
@hayzmation5354
4 жыл бұрын
@Maribelle Sallway, lmao no excuses, mineral guy needs to step it up lol
@doom1098
3 жыл бұрын
They need Hank
@sweatyfeetconnoisseur440
3 жыл бұрын
@@hayzmation5354 no
Sooo cool
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?
@paulwashington98e
Жыл бұрын
Hi there? Hope you're good and staying safe??
Entomology is definitely my department lol 😂 so cool would love to visit
I wonder how do they manage to preserve those dead living things without any sign of decaying??
@2NE1BIGMoMmY
7 жыл бұрын
Great video indeed (:
@iamwisdomsky
3 жыл бұрын
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,
CAN I LIVE THERE OMG
WOW! I want to go there!
Does anyone know the song in the back ground it's very beautiful orchestra
im amazed
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!!!
Now that's what you call a collection 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Is there a reason the lepidotera collection is separated from the entomology collection? Just for the video or some other reason?
Wow !!
this always fascinate me,, im inlove 😍
Any Grand Canyon artifacts in there from the cave above mile marker 59? Asking for a friend
make a tour video of every draw and closet in this place
@paulwashington98e
Жыл бұрын
Hi there? Hope you're good and staying safe??
why do I find it so funny to imagine the entomologist secretly munching at the beetles..
I love the butterfly guy
Very aesthetic
Honestly, I think that working with mollusks was the best job shown
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 !
Anyone knows how they edit to make a vintage scene in the first part? :( especially the audio
@XANDRE.
4 жыл бұрын
For the video they just changed the color scale. For audio they probably ran it through a filter. Both are easy to come by. As a filmmaker I found their “antique” footage humorously unimpressive!
for the future!