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      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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      SIA Acc. 16-370, National Postal Museum (U.S.), Website Records, 2009-2016

      • Date: 2009 2009-2016
      • Creator: National Postal Museum
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    5. Historic Pictures

      National Museum of African Art

      • Date: April 18, 2011
      • Description: Established in 1964 by private collector Warren Robbins, the Museum of African Art in Washington, DC, was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1979. In 1981, the Museum was renamed the National Museum of African Art and in 1987, re-opened in a new building as part of the Smithsonian’s Quadrangle complex. History of the National Museum of African ArtAdditional Historic Images of

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      SIA RU009619, History of Smithsonian Folklife Oral History Interviews, 2005-2009

      • Date: 2007 2007-2009 2005-2009
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      Letter dated December 21, 1886, to Professor Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian, about collecting bison specimens for an exhibit

      • Date: September 18, 2012
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      SIA Acc. 22-097, Lemelson Center, Audiovisual Records, 2016-2022

      • Date: 2016 2016-2022
      • Creator: Lemelson Center
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      A New Look at the Smithsonian: Louise Hutchinson

      • Date: September 29, 2015
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Louise Hutchinson taught us about African American history in Washington, D.C., and in the Smithsonian itself.

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      SIA Acc. 18-142, National Zoological Park (U.S.) Office of the Director, Subject Files, 1972, 1979-2015

      • Date: 1979 1979-2015 1972, 1979-2015
      • Creator: National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA Acc. 14-059, National Postal Museum (U.S.), Website Records, 2012-2013

      • Date: 2012 2012-2013
      • Creator: National Postal Museum
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      Smithsonian in Popular Culture | Smithsonian Institution Archives

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        Wilson A. Bentley: Pioneering Photographer of Snowflakes

        • Date: September 14, 2012
        • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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        SIA Acc. 12-558, National Postal Museum (U.S.), Website Records, 2011-2012

        • Date: 2011 2011-2012
        • Creator: National Postal Museum
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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