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      Wait. Did That Really Happen? Snake Smashin’

      • Date: April 4, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Explore what happened in 1969 when a man brought a hatchet and butcher knife to Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to attack a display of snakes.

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    3. Collection of black and white negative contact sheet of images from the celebration of the Hillwood donation.

      Toasting to the Museum that Never Was

      • Date: January 14, 2021
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: A brief look at the Smithsonian’s almost acquisition of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Hillwood Estate

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    5. Title Page of the Catalogue of the Library of the National Institute of the Promotion of Science.

      The Fate of the National Institute

      • Date: July 27, 2017
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Did you know that before the Smithsonian existed, there were two other institutions created for the promotion of science and diffusion of knowledge? Exploring the fate of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science.

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      The Star Spangled Banner, an American Icon

      • Date: July 4, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Happy Fourth of July! On Independence Day, flags are flown across the nation. The Smithsonian has many versions of the American flag in its collections, the best known being the Star Spangled Banner. But, do you know its history, and how it came to the Smithsonian? The Star Spangled Banner is a huge 15-star, 15-stripe garrison flag, 30 feet by 42 feet, made in 1813 by Mary

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    9. Flyer with a sketch of a Kwanzaa table, a list of symbols, and a list of the seven principles.

      Celebrating Kwanzaa at the Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: December 5, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: One of the ways the Anacostia Community Museum has served its community is through celebrations and educational programming about Kwanzaa.

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    11. Close-up photograph of Claudine K. Brown.

      Remembering the Work of Claudine K. Brown

      • Date: March 23, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In a 1991 issue of the Prophet, the Smithsonian African American Association’s newsletter, Claudine Kinard Brown called on staff to support Black museums across the country.

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    13. Finding Something Cool Without Even Trying

      • Date: August 2, 2012
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: Japanese internees in Topaz, Utah find a meteorite.

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