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National Museum of Asian Art Announces Major Gift To Endow and Name Jeffrey P. Cunard Curator of Southeast Asian Art

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced that Jeffrey P. Cunard is endowing the museum’s curatorial ...
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Will the Real Uncle Sam Please Stand Up?

He’s a symbol of patriotism, protest, and power. But behind the red, white, and blue is a real man—and a disputed American ...
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Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Welcomes Two Sloth Bear Cubs

For the first time since 2014, keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) have ...
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“How Can You Forget Me” Exhibition Media Open House

Media interested in attending the Jan. 14 open house can RSVP to Rick H. Lee, leerh@si.edu. There will be no formal remarks. Yao-Fen You and the curatorial team are available for interviews upon ...
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Ancient Giants Hit the Road: Smithsonian’s “Sea Monsters Unearthed” Traveling Exhibition Begins National Tour

A fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton excavated from Angola’s costal cliffs. Credit Hillsman S. Jackson, Southern Methodist University. The story of prehistoric ocean life that emerged in the ...
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Origin of elements in the solar system : implications of post-1957 observations / edited by O.K. Manuel

American Chemical Society Symposium: Origins of Elements in the Solar System: Implications of Post 1957 Observations (1999 : New Orleans, La.) "Proceedings of the American Chemical Society Symposium: ...
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The Space Science Exposition official report : Space Expo '78, July 16, 1978-Jan. 15, 1979 : Space Expo - IYC '79 / Association for the Space Science Exposition

The Space Science Exposition official report : Space Expo '78, July 16, 1978-Jan. 15, 1979 : Space Expo - IYC '79 / Association for the Space Science Exposition ...
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National Museum of American History Opens New Exhibition of the Revolutionary War-Era Gunboat “Philadelphia”

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open “The Gunboat Philadelphia Preservation Project” Aug. 22, a new exhibition where visitors can follow the multiyear effort to preserve the ...
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Smithsonian Statement on Impeachment Exhibit

As the keeper of memory for the nation, it is our privilege and responsibility to tell accurate and complete histories. As has been recently reported, in July, a placard was removed from the National ...
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National Portrait Gallery Announces Jamie Dimon, Temple Grandin, Joy Harjo and Steven Spielberg To Receive Museum’s 2025 Portrait of a Nation Award

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the 2025 Portrait of a Nation Award honorees. Established in 2015, the Portrait of a Nation Award recognizes extraordinary individuals who ...
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Remembering Congressman John R. Lewis

John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940–July 17, 2020) was a giant in the civil rights movement whose wisdom, courage, and moral clarity earned him the nickname “the conscience of the Congress” during ...
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Lily Gladstone’s Oscar Gowns To Be Displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian

Gladstone changed into this glittering black dress for the Vanity Fair Oscars party. Quilled rosettes and blue mountain motifs accent the quillwork neckline. Courtesy of Gucci, Joe Big Mountain of ...