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Scouts on a quest for action, adventure, and treasure scoured the nation's capital July 24-25, 2010 during ScoutQuest! They were able to uncover clues that unlocked the link between Scouting and some of our greatest national treasures in an interactive citywide hunt, held in partnership with some of the greatest museums in the world. Learn more about it!

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Using QR Codes

It's as easy as taking a picture! When you snap a photo of a Quick Response (QR) code with a smartphone, it reveals a hidden message. Several free applications are available that can read the codes like i-nigma, BeeTagg, or the Zxing Reader. During ScoutQuest, guides equipped with HTC Aria smartphones were on hand so everyone could play the game.

Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

Hours 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
www.mnh.si.edu

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery, and learning about the natural world through our unparalleled research, collections, exhibitions, and public programs.

Over the Museum's hundred-year history, collections have and continue to form the center of its activities with more than 125 million natural science specimens and cultural artifacts—including 30 million insects, 4½ million plants, 7 million fish, and 2 million cultural artifacts.

Over six hundred of these specimens and artifacts are on display in the Sant Ocean Hall where you can dive in and explore how the ocean is essential to all life—including yours. Whether you live on one of the coasts or in the United States' interior, you will discover something in the ocean hall that connects to your life ... and maybe even helps you complete your Oceanography Merit Badge!