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    The Smithsonian’s First Garden

    • Date: May 31, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9273,size=500,center]Have you ever heard of Smithsonian Park? If you are visiting the Smithsonian today, probably not. But if you had visited the Smithsonian in the 1850s, it would have been one of the first things you experienced.Smithsonian Park occupied the area between the Smithsonian Institution Building, or the Castle, and Downtown Washington,

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  3. 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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  5. NASM Opening Day Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

    Congratulations National Air and Space Museum! 40 Years of Celebrations

    • Date: June 30, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: We celebrate the 40th anniversary of the NASM building with a look back at several of the celebrations that took place there.

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  7. Staff of the Bureau of International Exchanges, 1891.

    The Poetry of Solomon Brown

    • Date: April 19, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: We celebrate National Poetry Month with a look at one of the Smithsonian’s resident poets, Solomon G. Brown.

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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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  11. Lightning Fast Legislation for the National Museum of the American Indian

    • Date: November 29, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Twenty-nine years ago yesterday the National Museum of the American Indian Act was signed and the Museum of the American Indian became part of the Smithsonian family.

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  13. 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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  15. The ceremonial key received by Secretary Skorton.

    Welcome Secretary Skorton!

    • Date: October 20, 2015
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution welcomes it’s thirteenth Secretary, David J. Skorton with an installation ceremony.

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  17. 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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    Going Back to the Smithsonian’s Future

    • Date: February 8, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Today on The Bigger Picture, we are highlighting the anniversary of the 1927 Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian which brought together people from across the country – scientists, academics, politicians, and private citizens – to advise on the future role of the Smithsonian. For this, we bring you a piece from Smithsonian Archives Program Assistant Lisa Fthenakis,

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  21. The Smithsonian in Wartime web exhibit

    Smithsonian in Wartime – A New Web Exhibit!

    • Date: August 9, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Announcing a new web exhibit exploring the Smithsonian’s role in the nation’s war efforts.

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  23. A woman in a white polo holds up a certificate that reads:

    Women in the Office of Protection Services

    • Date: March 12, 2019
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: In 1974, women joined the Smithsonian security force and they have been rising through the ranks ever since.

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