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12 Sep 2014, 6:39 am by Associated Press
If you happen to find some remnants of woven wool in your attic — in red, white or blue and marked Fort McHenry — the Smithsonian Institution would like to know. [read post]
20 Nov 2003, 4:06 pm
The House voted on Wednesday to establish the first National Museum of African American History and Culture within the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 12:37 am
From the storage vaults at the Smithsonian Institute: two pairs of elk horns locked together tell a tragic tale. [read post]
19 Dec 2006, 12:46 am
The GAO has determined that it is too early to determine the long-term impact of the [30-year] contract that the Smithsonian Institution and Showtime Networks signed earlier this year. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 3:54 pm by annalthouse@gmail.com (Ann Althouse)
Jack Kingston, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, scaring the Smithsonian Institution into taking down the ants-on-Jesus video. [read post]
23 May 2007, 11:27 am
An advocacy group protesting the Smithsonian Institute's legally dubious claims of copyright on historic photos has downloaded thousands of the images and uploaded them to a popular photo-sharing site with a liberal usage license attached to them. [read post]
21 Aug 2011, 8:08 pm by Donn Zaretsky
"  They've been talking about donating their collection to the Smithsonian Institution, possibly in conjunction with the Brooklyn Museum.Of course, because of the deaccessioning taboo, one possibility they can't consider is a sale of a portion of the collection to the Smithsonian, possibly in conjunction with the Brooklyn Museum.But why not? [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 7:58 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
  Image by Smithsonian Institution via Flickr The IRS has announced that it has $153.3 million in undelivered tax refund checks because of mailing address errors. [read post]
3 Jan 2009, 11:18 pm
This photo, for example, is of Henry Fitch Taylor and was contributed by the Smithsonian Institution. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 8:06 am by immigrationprof
American Film Institute Silver Theatre 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 ++++++++++++++++++++ Please... [read post]
9 May 2022, 3:08 am by Michael Caruso
While Chief Justice Roberts's comments on "leakgate" garnered the media's attention, Judge Carnes's entire interview was quite revealing.For example, we learned that the Chief Justice is the Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution. [read post]
27 Jun 2022, 6:47 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
[This YouTube video via] Business Insider’s Big Business series takes us behind the scenes of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, a federally-funded institution where more than 99% of its vast collection is housed in the basement, on upper floors and employees-only wings of exhibition floors, or at an offsite facility in neighboring Maryland. [read post]
2 May 2021, 4:05 am by Immigration Prof
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to... [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 7:42 am by Immigration Prof
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join... [read post]
12 May 2010, 3:26 pm by Bridget Crawford
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Institution has a Living Voices/Voces Vivas oral history project. [read post]
8 Mar 2021, 11:15 am by IPWatchdog
Elsewhere, the Smithsonian Institute explores the innovative careers of Jerome Lemelson and InBae Yoon, the Brookings Institute discusses... [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 11:03 am by Michael White
The two volume work is available for free online and can also be purchased in hard copy from the Smithsonian Institution Press. [read post]
16 Apr 2020, 2:40 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Universities and institutions are inviting the public to share their experiences during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 1:50 pm by Mike Scarcella
Federal prosecutors in Washington are not giving up trying to get back the $225,000 that the government contends it mistakenly paid to the producers of an IMAX film about dinosaurs that is playing at the Smithsonian Institution. [read post]
11 Jun 2011, 9:32 am by Steven
The free iPhone and iPad app, called Leafsnap, instantly searches a growing library of leaf images amassed by the Smithsonian Institution. [read post]