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    1. Black and white photograph of two young boys sweeping sidewalk in front of museum entrance.

      Fifty Years and Many More to Come!

      • Date: September 12, 2017
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: Friday, September 15th, 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum. Originally named the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Secretary Ripley envisioned this as a place to reach out to black residents of Washington, DC who were not seeing themselves in the museums on the Mall. Reporting on the opening of the museum, Secretary Ripley writes that

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      “Smithsonian Station”: The Metro Station that Almost Wasn’t

      • Date: July 5, 2016
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: A station for the Metro, Washington DC’s subway system, was eliminated from early plans but protest by the Smithsonian ensured it would be built.

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      Following a Thread of History: Mildred M. Glover

      • Date: September 12, 2019
      • Description: An intern’s experience following a thread to learn more about an exceptional Smithsonian employee, Mildred Glover.

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    7. Lerner puts his hands over Rosenberg’s as the two hold a knife and cut into a cake with a Christmas tree on its top. They are both smiling at the camera.

      Dorothy Rosenberg: "A Low-keyed Dynamo"

      • Date: September 16, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: As an administrative officer to two Assistant Secretaries and as executive assistant to Secretary Ripley, Dorothy Rosenberg was the backbone behind the Smithsonian’s top offices between 1959 and 1980.

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      Twenty-Six and Blooming!

      • Date: May 22, 2013
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Today is the anniversary of the opening of the Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Quad near the Smithsonian Institution Building.

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    11. You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog

      • Date: August 22, 2019
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been man’s best friend. In honor of writing a second blog for National Dog Day, let’s take a look at the pooches that pop up around the Smithsonian Institution.[view:sia_slideshow==87224]Related Resources"Gone But Not Forgotten: Former Animals at the National Zoo," The Bigger Picture"Me

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      The “Enigmatic” First Artist-In-Residence at the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 7, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Late 2015, the beta version of the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, a new digital platform providing access to digital resources across the Smithsonian alongside tools for teachers and students, launched. I was delighted to see a related social media update hinting at some of the discoveries to be had with the Learning Lab, one of which showed Saul Steinberg drawings on Smithsonian

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