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Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month and More, Check Out These April Happenings

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Has Someone Else Ever Made a Decision That Affected Your Body?

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From Artificial Intelligence to Ancestral Foods, Check Out These November Happenings

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Fall in Love With These October Events

Ruth Bader Ginsburg at a Smithsonian event.

Join the Smithsonian to Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Celebrate Black History Month With These Virtual Events

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Does Thanksgiving Have Room for Both Thankfulness and Mourning?

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Ten Objects That Will Help You Understand Latinx History

World Trade Center, September 2001, by Christophe Agou

For Some, September 11 Turned the American Dream Into a Nightmare

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How the Smithsonian Preserved a Stock Certificate Destroyed on September 11

The Salvation Army jacket collected by the Smithsonian (NMAH)

A Salvation Army Jacket Comes to the Smithsonian Bearing Stories of 9/11

Photograph by Jane Rogers. (NMAH)

The Day I Decided Not to Collect: A Curator's View of Ground Zero

Excerpt from a handwritten note from Daria Gaillard to her husband, Frank, on September 11, 2001 (NMAH)

Why Did the Smithsonian Collect a Handwritten Note from 9/11?

Sign marking an evacuation route, tilted by the storm. Photograph by Hugh Talman.

How the Smithsonian Collected Artifacts That Told the Story of Hurricane Katrina

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Why Isn't My Favorite Artifact on Display?

Girlhood (It’s complicated) opened to the public on October 9, 2020. Artwork by Krystal Quiles for NMAH.

Why Did the Smithsonian Create an Exhibit About Girlhood?

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The Science Behind a Faster, Higher, Stronger Team USA

Museum visitors participate in a flag folding while singing (or humming) the anthem (NMAH)

Why is the National Anthem So Hard to Sing?

The first stanza of the national anthem is projected prominently on the wall above the Star-Spangled Banner in the museum. (NMAH)

Why is There a Question Mark at the End of the National Anthem?

The Star Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired our national anthem (NMAH)

8 Things You Didn't Know About the Star Spangled Banner

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