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Smithsonian's New Exhibit Focuses On Immigration

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" have a new home with a diverse set of artifacts in a new timeline of American histo...

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The Week In Art: Controversial Urinals, Mona's Replica And Love That Smells

Posted 02.04.2012

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This week was one of many discoveries at HuffPost Arts. We found out that the Mona Lisa is not alone and that seashells are just as beautiful on the i...

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Your Protest Sign Could End Up In The Smithsonian

Posted 01.02.2012

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Each day, Occupy Wall Street grows larger and the question persists: will this movement change history? The Smithsonian thinks it might. The Smiths...

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Thomas Jefferson's Slaves To Feature In Touchy Smithsonian Show

AP | Posted 11.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is planning an exhibit with Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to e...

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Chilean Miners Exhibit in Smithsonian Museum

Posted 10.04.2011

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latino.foxnews.com Their story is not only going to the big screen, but the extraordinary tale of 33 Chilean miners will also be featured at the Sm...

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PHOTOS: TOP TEN: Street Art Moments Of The Decade

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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While many of the antecedents of our modern Street Art movement can be traced to the 1960's, the last 10 years have provided a perfect storm of demogr...

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Free Entrance To Museums On September 25th To Celebrate Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day

usatoday.com | With Kitty Bean Yancey, Laura Bly and Jayne Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Free admission isn't just for Washington, D.C., museums anymore. More than 1,300 museums nationwide will open their doors free of charge on Saturday,...

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Climate Change And Human Evolution: Did Climate 'Make Us'?

NPR | Christopher Joyce | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a plan afoot among evolutionary scientists to launch a big new project -- to look back in time and find out how climate change over millions o...

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5th-Grader Finds Mistake at Smithsonian

AP | Posted 11.17.2011

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ALLEGAN, Mich. — Is fifth-grader Kenton Stufflebeam smarter than the Smithsonian? On a winter break trip with his family to the Smithsonian Inst...

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