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Smithsonian Voices

The Smithsonian Institution has hundreds of scholars, researchers and curators, each with an amazing story to tell about their work, their quests and their passions. Here is a sampling of the unique voices that make up the chorus of ideas at the Institution.

Harper's Bazaar celebrated the centennial of George Washington's 1789 inauguration with a cover featuring the first president dancing the minuet at his inaugural ball.
Smithsonian Year of Music

Music at the White House: From the 18th to the 21st Centuries

April 18th, 2019, 3:05PM
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Trumpet owned by Louis Armstrong, 1946, Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Smithsonian Year of Music

Louis Armstrong: The First Great Jazz Soloist

April 18th, 2019, 2:57PM
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Photograph of the dedication of Friendship Fountain at McGill University, 1931 May 29 / unidentified photographer. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers, 1851-1975, bulk 1888-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Archives of American Art

Looking in Unexpected Places: Miscellany in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Papers

April 18th, 2019, 2:56PM
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Ernest Fiene,
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Notre Dame

April 17th, 2019, 7:00AM
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Smithsonian paleontologist, Hans Sues, answers your questions in the National Museum of Natural History’s YouTube series, “The Doctor Is In.” (Smithsonian Institution)
National Museum of Natural History

Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? Smithsonian Scientist Weighs In

April 12th, 2019, 8:21AM
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George Inness,
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

"Niagara" by George Inness: Familiar and Strange

April 5th, 2019, 11:07AM
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The artist Louise Jones, known as Ouizi, working on Adaptation Nocturne.
Archives of American Art

Interview with Muralist Louise Jones

April 4th, 2019, 11:42AM
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Norma Baker–Flying Horse (third from left) with models wearing her Red Berry Woman designs. Paris Fashion Week, March 2019. (Ulla Couture Photography)
National Museum of the American Indian

"A Lot of Our Traditional Clothing, We Had to Fight to Keep"—Fashion Designer Norma Baker–Flying Horse

March 29th, 2019, 7:00PM
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Cat-loving paleontologist Hans Sues answers your questions about dinosaurs, humans, and cats in the Smithsonian's new YouTube series,
National Museum of Natural History

Ask This Paleontologist Anything about Dinosaurs, Humans and… Cats?

March 29th, 2019, 10:52AM
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Still from Julie Dash's
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Beyond Black Boxes and Gender Barriers: A Year of Time-Based Media at SAAM

March 28th, 2019, 3:50PM
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