NIST Museum and History Program

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/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.webp?itok=uGvK0n3R 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/webp" width="600" height="202"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.webp?itok=jzxvC0Cq 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.webp?itok=Atmx9ROH 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/webp" width="300" height="101"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.png?itok=uGvK0n3R 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/2400_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.png?itok=MEVi0ZGo 2x" media="(min-width: 1200px)" type="image/png" width="1200" height="404"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.png?itok=Atmx9ROH 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.png?itok=uGvK0n3R 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/png" width="600" height="202"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.png?itok=jzxvC0Cq 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.png?itok=Atmx9ROH 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png" width="300" height="101"/> <img loading="eager" src="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200_wide/public/images/2022/04/20/Exhibit%20Title%20Teaser-01.png?itok=uGvK0n3R" width="1200" height="404" alt="The Forgotten Radium Scientists Title Teaser with Damon, Torrey, Bower, Yung-Kwai, and Alderton portraits" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="nist-hero__caption"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/forgotten-radium-scientists"> <div class="text">Featured Exhibit</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--hero paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-hero grid-row grid-gap-2"> <div class="nist-hero__item tablet:grid-col-12 "> <div class="nist-hero__item-inner"> <div class="nist-hero__image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/nists-120th-anniversary"> <picture> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.webp?itok=0khPb3g4 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/2400_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.webp?itok=dwffHPun 2x" media="(min-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" width="1200" height="344"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.webp?itok=ewYnq282 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.webp?itok=0khPb3g4 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/webp" width="600" height="172"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.webp?itok=0vnht_RO 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.webp?itok=ewYnq282 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/webp" width="300" height="86"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.png?itok=0khPb3g4 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/2400_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.png?itok=dwffHPun 2x" media="(min-width: 1200px)" type="image/png" width="1200" height="344"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.png?itok=ewYnq282 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.png?itok=0khPb3g4 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/png" width="600" height="172"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.png?itok=0vnht_RO 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.png?itok=ewYnq282 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png" width="300" height="86"/> <img loading="eager" src="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200_wide/public/images/2021/09/14/NIST120thAnnThumbnail-01.png?itok=0khPb3g4" width="1200" height="344" alt="NIST's 120th Anniversary Celebrating 13 Moments in NIST History, A Special NIST Museum Exhibit" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="nist-hero__caption"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/nists-120th-anniversary"> <div class="text">Featured Exhibit</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--hero paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-hero grid-row grid-gap-2"> <div class="nist-hero__item tablet:grid-col-4 "> <div class="nist-hero__item-inner"> <div class="nist-hero__image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/pandemic-poet-and-other-tales-nist-genealogy-project"> <picture> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2021/05/20/Hero%20pic_Poet%20and%20Other%20Tales-01.webp?itok=vQ-CIRdc 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2021/05/20/Hero%20pic_Poet%20and%20Other%20Tales-01.webp?itok=_r8F2ath 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/webp" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2021/05/20/Hero%20pic_Poet%20and%20Other%20Tales-01.webp?itok=32BsZsOP 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2021/05/20/Hero%20pic_Poet%20and%20Other%20Tales-01.webp?itok=vQ-CIRdc 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/webp" width="300" height="180"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2021/05/20/Hero%20pic_Poet%20and%20Other%20Tales-01.png?itok=vQ-CIRdc 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2021/05/20/Hero%20pic_Poet%20and%20Other%20Tales-01.png?itok=_r8F2ath 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/png" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2021/05/20/Hero%20pic_Poet%20and%20Other%20Tales-01.png?itok=32BsZsOP 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2021/05/20/Hero%20pic_Poet%20and%20Other%20Tales-01.png?itok=vQ-CIRdc 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png" width="300" height="180"/> <img loading="eager" src="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2021/05/20/Hero%20pic_Poet%20and%20Other%20Tales-01.png?itok=vQ-CIRdc" width="600" height="360" alt="Hero Image for The Pandemic Poet and Other Tales exhibit" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="nist-hero__caption"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/pandemic-poet-and-other-tales-nist-genealogy-project"> <div class="text">New Exhibit</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nist-hero__item tablet:grid-col-4 "> <div class="nist-hero__item-inner"> <div class="nist-hero__image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/landmarks-history-natural-catastrophe-modeling"> <picture> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/07/09/3-Panels-Title.webp?itok=0uhiog3_ 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2020/07/09/3-Panels-Title.webp?itok=OVVyWYWh 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/webp" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2020/07/09/3-Panels-Title.webp?itok=yPgEb0t_ 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/07/09/3-Panels-Title.webp?itok=0uhiog3_ 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/webp" width="300" height="180"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/07/09/3-Panels-Title.jpg?itok=0uhiog3_ 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2020/07/09/3-Panels-Title.jpg?itok=OVVyWYWh 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/jpeg" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2020/07/09/3-Panels-Title.jpg?itok=yPgEb0t_ 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/07/09/3-Panels-Title.jpg?itok=0uhiog3_ 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg" width="300" height="180"/> <img loading="eager" src="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/07/09/3-Panels-Title.jpg?itok=0uhiog3_" width="600" height="360" alt="Title: Landmarks in the History of Natural Catastrophe Modeling: An exhibit from Johns Hopkins University and the NIST Museum; Quote: “In catastrophe modeling, the length of the list of unknowns makes one very humble… but decisions must still be made, if only on order of magnitude estimates.” — Don G. Friedman; Graphics of the Don G. Friedman calculating risk formula" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="nist-hero__caption"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/landmarks-history-natural-catastrophe-modeling"> <div class="text">New Exhibit</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nist-hero__item tablet:grid-col-4 "> <div class="nist-hero__item-inner"> <div class="nist-hero__image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/fare-fair-taximeter-testing-1920s-and-today"> <picture> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/09/10/Hero%20pic_Is%20the%20Fare%20Fair_0.webp?itok=FJlgJ7VQ 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2020/09/10/Hero%20pic_Is%20the%20Fare%20Fair_0.webp?itok=5gOTWQhF 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/webp" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2020/09/10/Hero%20pic_Is%20the%20Fare%20Fair_0.webp?itok=yjGkUVdD 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/09/10/Hero%20pic_Is%20the%20Fare%20Fair_0.webp?itok=FJlgJ7VQ 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/webp" width="300" height="180"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/09/10/Hero%20pic_Is%20the%20Fare%20Fair_0.png?itok=FJlgJ7VQ 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2020/09/10/Hero%20pic_Is%20the%20Fare%20Fair_0.png?itok=5gOTWQhF 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/png" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2020/09/10/Hero%20pic_Is%20the%20Fare%20Fair_0.png?itok=yjGkUVdD 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/09/10/Hero%20pic_Is%20the%20Fare%20Fair_0.png?itok=FJlgJ7VQ 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png" width="300" height="180"/> <img loading="eager" src="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2020/09/10/Hero%20pic_Is%20the%20Fare%20Fair_0.png?itok=FJlgJ7VQ" width="600" height="360" alt="Is the Fare Fair? exhibit Hero image for exhibit link. Black and White image of 1921 Checker taxi in Washington, D.C. with the exhibit title 'Is the Fare Fair? Taximeter Testing in the 1920s and Today' in yellow at the top of the image." typeof="foaf:Image"/> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="nist-hero__caption"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/fare-fair-taximeter-testing-1920s-and-today"> <div class="text">New Exhibit</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--hero paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-hero grid-row grid-gap-2"> <div class="nist-hero__item tablet:grid-col-4 "> <div class="nist-hero__item-inner"> <div class="nist-hero__image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/nist-history"> <picture> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2016/09/22/rabinow2_1_1.webp?itok=x8XLIUZu 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2016/09/22/rabinow2_1_1.webp?itok=h52t_bcS 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/webp" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2016/09/22/rabinow2_1_1.webp?itok=rJHzSAt6 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2016/09/22/rabinow2_1_1.webp?itok=x8XLIUZu 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/webp" width="300" height="180"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2016/09/22/rabinow2_1_1.jpg?itok=x8XLIUZu 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/1200w_x_720h/public/images/2016/09/22/rabinow2_1_1.jpg?itok=h52t_bcS 2x" media="(min-width: 480px)" type="image/jpeg" width="600" height="360"/> <source srcset="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/300w_x_180h/public/images/2016/09/22/rabinow2_1_1.jpg?itok=rJHzSAt6 1x, /web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2016/09/22/rabinow2_1_1.jpg?itok=x8XLIUZu 2x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg" width="300" height="180"/> <img loading="eager" src="/web/20230314214432im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/600w_x_360h/public/images/2016/09/22/rabinow2_1_1.jpg?itok=x8XLIUZu" width="600" height="360" alt="Jacob Rabinow" title="Jacob Rabinow" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="nist-hero__caption"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230314214432/https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/nist-history"> <div class="text">NIST History</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nist-hero__item tablet:grid-col-4 "> <div class="nist-hero__item-inner"> <div class="nist-hero__image"> <a 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