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Architect Douglas Cardinal hopes to realize his plan for making the National Museum of the American Indian into a Washington landmark
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Not to mention patience, as 40 of them go from the Freer Gallery to six workshops in Japan to undergo a complete overhaul
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A curator hunts down the American photography collection of her dreams
The Smithsonian Institution, of course. A search of the archives has produced these lighter looks at life behind the scenes
Among the Smithsonian's greatest legacies has been its long line of directors with vision and drive
When not overseeing a collection of 10,000 rifles, swords and harquebuses, Harry Hunter and Sarah Rittgers like to go out and hit a few bullseyes
When the FBI moved in across the street 60 years ago, Smithsonian anthropologists began a tradition of helping to solve crimes
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The Mpala Research Centre offers a pristine environment for collaborative study on how humans and wildlife can coexist in the future
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After studying (and eating) smaller squid for years, the Smithsonian's cephalopod man is now ready to face the biggest calamari of all
We all have a need to classify plants and animals, which is what the National Museum of Natural History does on a grand scale
When competition for customers' attention gets ferocious, that bottle, carton or can is a lot more than just another pretty face
It doesn't get hyped big-time like other sports, but at the grass-roots level, where it thrives, softball is in a league of its own
In ancient times, those in the know called on the many spirits of the underworld to make their curses, hexes and spells come true
Welcome to the Hechinger Collection, where hammers are brittle, saws never get old and wrenches mimic baby birds
Speeding through the Great Books on the road to higher learning
What with the Mexican War, and a million square miles of new real estate, our westward destiny became highly manifest
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After all the analysis of his apples, his bathers, that mountain, his paintings still electrify at a major show in Philadelphia
Volunteer service at the Smithsonian is a time-honored tradition that goes all the way back to Joseph Henry, our first Secretary
Red-hot, beat-me-down, bring-you-up swing tunes' are just part of Radio Smithsonian's Black Radio...
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