Smithsonian Institute

John Wayne Gacy Forensics Team Will Be Spotlit In Smithsonian Special

Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Murder, Serial Killer, Smithsonian Institute, Gacy, John Wayne Gacy, Forensics, Smithsonian, Des Plaines Police, Tv, Chicago News

The Des Plaines Police Department will be featured in a Smithsonian Channel television series that highlights the science used to identify the victims...

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'Rescue Me' Donates 9/11 Items To Smithsonian

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: TV Shows, New York Firefighters, Dennis Leary, Smithsonian Institute, Firefighters, Museums, 9/11, Smithsonian, Rescue Me, 9/11 Victims, September 11th, Arts News

WASHINGTON — Denis Leary donated props, costumes and other objects from his TV series "Rescue Me" to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Americ...

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The Best of Both Worlds: Collaborative Governance

Frank A. Weil | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Government, Private Sector, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Smithsonian Institute, Manhattan Project, New York Public Library, Charter Schools, Central Park, Collaborative Governance, Politics News

For most of the last 200 years either the public sector (government in some form) or the private sector (profit or nonprofit entities) dealt independe...

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Ignite Smithsonian Features Visions of the Future of Museums

Alexander Howard | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Creativity, Website, Smithsonian Institute, Big Data, Augmented Reality, Smithsonian, Ignite, Technology, Museum, Technology News

The institutions that preserve cultural memory are becoming even more important. The Smithsonian Institute is profoundly engaged in capturing our culture's digital transition.

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Will The Jefferson Bible Spark New Smithsonian Controversy?

Roy Speckhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion and Politics, Founding Fathers, The Jefferson Bible, Separation of Church and State, Christianity, Religious Freedom in America, Thomas Jefferson Faith, Smithsonian Institute, Founding Fathers Religion, TREATY of TRIPOLI, Religion News

The Smithsonian is about to get in hot water again. But partisans on either side of the debate would do well to consult the well worn book that Jefferson compiled by hand.

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Museum Restores Jefferson's Unique Bible

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American History, Thomas Jefferson Bible, Life and Morals of Jesus, Thomas Jefferson Writings, Thomas Jefferson, Founding Fathers Religion, Jefferson Bible, Bible Restoration, Jefferson Bible Restoration, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) A Smithsonian museum is restoring the "Jefferson Bible," a unique volume the third president cut and p...

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PHOTOS: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Photos, California, Frederick Eugene Ives, Smithsonian Institute, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco Earthquake Photos, Slidepollajax, Frederick Eugene Ives San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, Los Angeles News

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A museum volunteer has unearthed what the Smithsonian Institution believes to be the first -- and perhaps only -- color photogra...

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Critics Wary Of New Smithsonian Review Policy

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic League, A Fire in My Belly, Art, Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, Smithsonian Censorship, Smithsonian Institute, Hide/Seek, Bill Donohue, David Wojnarowicz, Religion News

By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Critics who raised objections to a video at a Smithsonian exhibit that showed ants crawling...

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Bill Donohue Wary Of New Smithsonian Review Policy

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic League, A Fire in My Belly, Art, Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, Smithsonian Censorship, Smithsonian Institute, Hide/Seek, Bill Donohue, David Wojnarowicz, Religion News

By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Critics who raised objections to a video at a Smithsonian exhibit that showed ants crawling...

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hide/seek exhibit

Jon O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Institute, National Portrait Galley, Censorship, Bill Donohue, David Wojnarowicz, Catholic League, Catholics for Choice, Religion News

We at Catholics for Choice are very disappointed in your decision to remove David Wojnarowicz's "A Fire in My Belly." Censorship of the arts is the last thing that an art institution should be doing.

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GOP-Led Smithsonian Controversy Will Likely Make Controversial Artists Better-Known

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Fire in My Belly, Smithsonian Institute, John Boehner, Smithsonian, Eat the Press, David Wojnarowicz, Politics News

I was wondering when the shiny new GOP House majority might get down to some old-school funnin' and gunnin' over The Stuff That Upsets Them In The Cul...

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PHOTOS: MUSEUM DAY: Save The Date For Free Entry to Museums Nationwide, September 25

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blanton Art Museum, Smithsonian Magazine, Museum Day, Smithsonian Institute, NY Culture, Brooklyn Museum, National Portrait Galley, LA Culture, Museums, The New Museum, Hammer Museum, Art Museums, Frank Lloyd Wright, Slidepollajax, Arts News

Over 1,300 museums are set to participate in this year's Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day. Started 6 years ago by Smithsonian Magazine to shed light o...

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$100,000 Bill, Rare Coins High Light Boston's World's Fair Of Money (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: $20 Gold Coin, 000 Bill, Vintage Coins, Smithsonian Institute, World's Fair of Money, Gold Rush, Rare Money, Boston's Money Fair, Currency, $100, Business News

BOSTON, AP -- In an economic downturn, it might be tough to get your head around this: rare sheets of $100,000 bills, fabulous gold treasures dating b...

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Koch Industries Climate Denier Bankrolls Smithsonian Evolution Exhibit: VIDEO

Kert Davies | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Koch, Koch Industries, Climate Change, Smithsonian Institute, Climate Deniers, Video, Americans for Prosperity, Funny Videos, Green, Home News

During the opening ceremony of the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Greenpeace deployed our Climate C...

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