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Discovery Coming to Udvar-Hazy
In case you missed it, NASA announced today – the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle program and the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight by Russian Yuri Gagarin – that the space...
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Smithsonian Snapshot of the Week: Space Tea
Space Tea, courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum The Smithsonian has started a new project, giving us (and you!) a weekly peek at an object in the Institution’s vast collection...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
Photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution This week’s snapshot of an artifact not on display but contained within the archives of the Smithsonian Institution is that of a W. Atlee Burpee & Company...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Joe Louis’ Boxing Gloves
Photo courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History For this week’s Smithsonian Snapshot, we take a look at the sport of boxing. Worn in his first historic bout with German boxer Max...
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Celebrate Hawai’i at NMAI
’530919_Shoshone_Indians_Ft_Washakie_Wyoming_Indian_Reservation_and_ The_National_Museum_of_the_American_Indian’ courtesy of ‘whonew’ Kicking off last night at the National Museum of the American...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Parachute Wedding Dress
The parachute wedding dress (120mm ektachrome); photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution This week, in honor of the 67th anniversary of the D-Day landings AND the onset of wedding season, the Smithsonian...
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NMAI’s Indian Summer Showcase Not Just for Natives
‘Bill Miller and Derek Miller (no relation) perform at the 2010 Indian Summer Showcase at NMAI’ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ Tomorrow afternoon, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: The Star-Spangled Banner
‘Old Glory’ courtesy of ‘Tyrannous’ In honor of Flag Day, the Smithsonian Snapshot brings you some history of a very famous flag. In the summer of 1813, Mary Pickersgill was contracted to sew a 30 x...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Good Humor Truck
Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot helps us to herald in the start of summer. Good Humor, the well-known “ice cream on a stick,”...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Nakhla Meteorite
Nakhla metorite; photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution On June 28, 1911, the Nakhla meteorite fell to Earth at approximately 9 a.m. in the Nakhla region of Alexandria, Egypt. Many people witnessed its...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Dumbo Flying Elephant Car
Dumbo Flying Elephant Car; Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History On July 17, 1955, Disneyland, the first Disney theme park and the only one created under the direction...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Lunar Command Module
Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia"; photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution Forty-two years ago today, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. Today’s Smithsonian...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Owney the Mail Dog
Photo courtesy National Postal Museum Tomorrow, one of the National Postal Museum’s most interesting objects is being commemorated with a U.S. postage stamp. During his lifetime, a scruffy mutt named...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Happy 165th!
Bison on the Mall; Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives | Photographer unknown Today in 1846, the U.S. Senate passed the act organizing the Smithsonian Institution by a vote of 26 to 13....
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Smithsonian Snapshot: The Ubiquitous Lunch Box
Lunch Box collection; Image courtesy Smithsonian National Museum of American History Beginning in the 1950s, television transformed the lunch box from an ordinary food conveyor into a storyteller. The...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Skyhooking
Skyhook container; photo courtesy National Postal Museum In the 1930s, U.S. postal officials tried different ways of moving the mail. One technique was called “skyhooking,” which brought the mail to...
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Smithsonian Snapshot: Pneumatic Mail Delivery
Pneumatic Mail Container; photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution and the National Postal Musem Today’s Smithsonian Snapshot looks at another method of mail delivery that dominated the early 20th...
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The Song of Emil Her Many Horses
‘DSC_0027′ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ out of the earth / I sing for them A Horse nation / I sing for them out of the earth / I sing for them, the animals / I sing for them. ~a song by the Teton Sioux Emil...
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NMAI: Hear the Song of the Horse Nation
‘DSC_0006′ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian opened its doors this past weekend to a new exhibition, “A Song for the Horse Nation.” The exhibition, nestled...
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Chris Kimball and Guy Crosby of America's Test Kitchen at the Smithsonian bonappetitfoodie The bespectacled and beloved Chris Kimball of America’s Test Kitchen, along with the show’s science editor,...
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