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  1. How Many Objects does the Smithsonian Have?

    • Date: January 25, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12123,size=250,left]It is a simple answer really: We counted. From 1978 to 1983, the Smithsonian undertook a comprehensive inventory of its collections. It was the first time the Smithsonian had ever tried to count each object in its collections and it was a massive task. Over five years, staff from every museum and research center spent thousands of

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  3. Visitors viewing transparent woman at the opening of the Hall of Health

    The Hall of Health and the Exhibits Modernization Program

    • Date: December 15, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: In the 1950s US National Museum staff revitalized exhibits across the Smithsonian, completely transforming the Arts & Industries Building.

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    50 Years of Folklife

    • Date: June 29, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10193,size=175,left]Fifty years ago the Smithsonian embarked on a new venture to bring the culture on display in the museum to life with the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then called the Festival of American Folklife, it set out to show that the crafts shown inside museums are also still alive and well across the country.

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  7. Volunteer Petrina Foti with the NMAH Computer Collections

    Volunteer Appreciation: Petrina Foti

    • Date: April 11, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: We celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by recognizing Petrina Foti, whose work contributes to our oral history collections.

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  9. An aerial view from the southwest of the Smithsonian Institution Building, 1993.

    Animals Behind the Castle: The Department of Living Animals

    • Date: July 18, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Before Congress created the National Zoo, the Smithsonian's Department of Living Animals kept it’s collection of animals behind the Castle.

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  11. Three men, two women and a child pulling rope to ring bell.

    Celebrating One Year and Many More to Come: National Museum of African American History and Culture

    • Date: September 26, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Just two days ago, the Smithsonian celebrated the one-year anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). It seems like just yesterday that we were all waiting for the doors to open; yet, so much has happened in the past year. Since President Barack Obama rang the bell that opened the museum, long lines and happy faces are

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