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In the wake of the Quakers’ immigration to North America, a taste for the study of nature came “quietly” into being among descendants from the “tolerant” zones, notably the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

This summer, the Library of Congress hosted five-day Summer Teacher Institutes in Washington, DC. As part of the most recent Institute, BHL shared an exhibit table on Science and Technology with the Library of Congress on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Carolyn Sheffield, of the Smithsonian Institution, shared information on BHL and distributed stickers, pins, and BHL business cards—complete with gorgeous illustrations from BHL.

My interest in the Smithsonian Institution, as an entity, began a long time ago when I was a young girl. I came to DC with my middle school to visit the National Museum of Natural History and since that trip, I was completely in love with museums and wanted to know how they operated–how all of those magical exhibits came to be, who was responsible for making that happen, and all of the different people who got to work together to make this large organization thrive.

The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2013 Annual Conference occurred in Chicago, IL, July 7-12.  Tomoko Steen, of the Library of Congress, promoted BHL to conference attendees, including many scientists, teachers and experts in ecology and evolution.  Steen distributed pins and stickers and also posted a description of BHL, prepared by Grace Costantino, to the evoldirdirectory. Many attendees were interested to learn about BHL and several expressed interest in attending a BHL presentation at future conferences.