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  • Sarah Hamad and Yenny Martin with their book Potato Pig
    • Exhibiting FM

    Facilities Fun for Everyone: Using Rhyme to Communicate Museum Rules to Our Youngest Visitors

    While completing a routine inspection of the National Fossil Exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History, conservation…Read More

    Earth Day 2015 workers at a table
    • Sustainability Initiatives

    SF Team Hosts Variety of Activities for Earth Day

    At the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Earth Day brought together facilities staff, scientists, office workers, and lab technicians…Read More

    Sarah Hamad and Yenny Martin read to kids
    • Exhibiting FM

    The Museum Mindfulness Project

    At the Smithsonian, our buildings host millions of visitors each year. Visitors, researchers, and staff all interact with…Read More

    Arts and Industries Building
    • Exhibiting FM

    Watch & Learn About OFMR

    The Office of Facilities Management and Reliability (OFMR) operates and maintains the facilities of the Smithsonian Institution in…Read More

    View of facility using infrared thermography
    • FM Technology

    Infrared Thermography (IR)

    “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” – Jonathan Swift Infrared Thermography (IR), using…Read More

    OMFR employees pose for a photo during the end of the National Math Festival
    • Exhibiting FM

    Clean Math: Smithsonian Facilities Team Participates in First Ever National Math Festival

    Eight FM employees show children and adults how math is relevant to cleaning, masonry, and other FM fields…Read More

    Welding a fence
    • Exhibiting FM

    American Trail at the National Zoo

    The greatest new exhibit at the National Zoo, American Trail, debuted September 1, 2012. The exhibit is the…Read More

    Space Shuttle Discovery enters the hangar
    • Exhibiting FM

    OFMR Welcomes the Space Shuttle Discovery to its New Home

    The week of April 17, 2012 will surely be a time to remember for OFMR. Not only because…Read More

    Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (CHNDM)
    • Exhibiting FM

    We Love NY! OFMR’s Restoration of Cooper Hewitt

    What sort of imagery comes to mind when you hear the word “renovation”? You might imagine two photographs,…Read More

    SOME logo
    • Exhibiting FM

    OFMR visits SOME

    On July 6, 2015 Judie Cooper and Stephanie Lieberman spent part of the day with 15 students in…Read More

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