Watch the first episode of our new series, Pondlife.

Plus, explore the history of microbes at the Museum. | [View in browser]( [150 years of making the invisible visible. ]( [150 years of making the invisible visible. ]( The world around us is filled with tiny organisms. Invisible to the naked eye, they can be found everywhere, from the depths of the oceans to inside our own bodies. Explore the many ways the Museum reveals the invisible to visitors, from an appreciation of pond scum in the first episode of our new video series [Pondlife]( to a look at how preparators made models of microbes in the early 20th century. --------------------------------------------------------------- VIDEO The Wonderful World of Pond Scum Follow Museum microbiologist Sally Warring as she ventures out to Central Park with her microscope in the first episode of the new video series Pondlife. Warring reveals some of the lively inhabitants of a thin layer of green slime on the pond's surface, including some of the “animalcules” first described by Anton van Leeuwenhoek in 1674. [Watch the video]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Historic photo of Mueller working on glass microbes. ]( BLOG POST Making Microbes from Glass For 40 years, a master glassblower worked side by side with Museum scientists to create striking models of microscopic organisms, some of which you can still see on exhibit today. Find out about the artist behind these timeless creations. [Read the post]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Salamander eggs. ]( ARTICLE Inside the Museum’s Microbial Collections Did you know the Museum’s first-of-its-kind collection of microbes—which included bacteria known to cause typhoid, cholera, and tuberculosis as well as more beneficial organisms—was the basis for one of planet’s most important microbial research resources? Read about the history of microscopic collections and how Museum researchers study living collections of single-celled algae and hosts today. [Explore the story]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [facebook]( [instagram]( [facebook]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Privacy Policy]( You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to This Month at the Museum. American Museum of Natural HistoryCentral Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 Phone: 212-769-5100