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The National Mall, Defined

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Power of Chocolate Festival at NMAI

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Poll: Did Shepard Fairey Break the Law?

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Air and Space Museum: The Spacesuit Morgue

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Cooper-Hewitt: Doodle 4 Google Contest

Google and Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announce their second annual logo design contest

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State of the National Mall, Post-Inauguration

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Groundhog Day Recap -- Winter Scenes at the Smithsonian

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Hey! DC—and the Smithsonian—Are Too Cool

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Obama Campaign Office Acquired by NMAAHC

The Falls Church, Virginia, office provides record of a historic victory, now part of the collections

Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Up Close at Carnival."

Barbara Ehrenreich on “Up Close at Carnival”

Barbara Ehrenreich on “Up Close at Carnival”

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Whistling Orangutan at the National Zoo

National Zoo's Bonnie is the first ever case of a primate imitating a sound from another species without training

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Inauguration Tours: Smithsonian American Art Museum

No ticket to a fancy ball this Inaugural weekend? I suggest you wander up to the third floor of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art

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The Artist Behind the Obama Portrait: Shepard Fairey

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I Spy, in Sant Ocean Hall

Los Angeles-based graphic designer Shepard Fairey.

Shepard Fairey: The Artist Behind the Obama Portrait

A portrait created by a graphic designer ended up becoming the icon for the Obama campaign and an international phenomenon

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UPDATED: Iconic Obama Portrait at National Portrait Gallery

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At the Hirshhorn, Crouching Spider, Hidden Meaning?

The artist, Robert Anderson of Darien, Connecticut, was a Yale classmate of President George W. Bush (above, detail).

George W. Bush's Portrait at National Portrait Gallery

The official portrait of the 43rd president, striking a relaxed pose, enters the Smithsonian collections

Charles Harrison, who created a more affordable View-Master and the first plastic trash can, designed 8 to 12 Sears sewing machines ever year for 12 years.

Intelligent Designer

Charles Harrison, former industrial designer at Sears, Roebuck and Company, created practical innovations that touched many lives

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Top 10 Things to Do at the Smithsonian in 2009

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