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Secret Message Found Today in Lincoln’s Watch »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 4 months ago in News
It was high drama at the American History Museum this morning. We were on the edge of our seats. Word was out that a pocket ...
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Van Gogh at Night »
Posted by: smithsonianmagazine 6 months, 1 week ago in Style
For Vincent Van Gogh, fantasy and reality merged after dark in some of his most enduring paintings, as a new exhibition reminds us
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Caption Writing Contest »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 4 months, 1 week ago in Humor
I look at this photograph and I immediately start reminiscing about many a fun-filled afternoon playing Hungry Hungry Hippos , bopping the backsides of plastic technicolor ...
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On the big screen: Night at the Museum 2 takes over the Smithsonian »
Posted by: Desdamona 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
A special opening night showing of Night at the Musueum 2 at the Smithsonian offers a touch of reality to the movie going experience.
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An Elephant Shrew, Born at the Zoo, is Caught on Film »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 4 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
The elephant-shrew looks like a mouse designed by a committee. It’ s got a trunk like a pachyderm, the tail of a kangaroo and an ...
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Is It Déjà Vu All Over Again? A New Deal for Artists »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
On a recent visit to the Smithsonian American Art Museum' s new show on Depression-era artists, it was hard to tell if this was a ...
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Caption Writing Contest: Round 2 | Around The Mall »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 4 months, 1 week ago in Humor
I look at this photograph and I immediately start reminiscing about many a fun-filled afternoon playing Hungry Hungry Hippos , bopping the backsides of plastic technicolor ...
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Women of Science on the Smithsonian Channel | Around The Mall »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 4 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Let' s take a moment to think about notable women of the past decade or so. How many entertainers can you rattle off the top ...
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Lincoln's Pocket Watch Reveals Long-Hidden Message »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Every living soul can recall with certainty what they were doing when national tragedy strikes; the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the day in ...
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I am Pi: Thoughts on the Ratio of the Circumference of a Circle to Its Diameter »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Every year, the celebration of Pi Day (March 14 is 3.14) grows more ambitious. Math teachers love to dream up unique classroom activities to ...
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Meet Ulrich Boser, Author of The Gardner Heist, from Smithsonian Books »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
(Guest blogger Ulrich Boser, author of a new Smithsonian book, the Gardner Heist, and a contributor to the magazine’ s Around the Mall department weighs ...
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BREAKING: Baby Anteater Born at the Zoo »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
A bouncing baby, giant anteater was born yesterday, March 12, at the National Zoo; only the second giant anteater birth in the Zoo's history ...
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Connect with Lincoln at the Smithsonian »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 4 months, 1 week ago in Family
Smithsonian Connections introduces the nation's 16th president through the collections and resources at the Smithsonian Institution. Connect with friends, scholars, and people all across ...
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Lincoln at 200 »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Evervything you need to do to find Lincoln at the Smithsonian.
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Zoo’s Great Apes Get Jiggy With It on St. Patrick’s Day »
Posted by: GoSmithsonian 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
It got crazy today at a party at the Zoo' s Great Ape House. The Zoo’s gorillas and orangutans got jiggy with it at ...
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