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Bentley poses for the camera, sporting medals like those Owney accumulated from different cities as he rode the rails in the 1880s and '90s.

Meet Bentley, the Winner of the Owney Look-alike Contest

Bentley, a terrier from California, nabs the title—with a little help from his owner

Carl Yastrzemski's custom batting helmet

The List: Legends Play Ball at the Smithsonian

With the World Series set to start, see some of the all-time baseball greats in the Institution’s collections

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After Hours: A Hit at the Hirshhorn

Catch a glimpse of the Smithsonian’s unique party of modern art and live music

Texas Instruments' Regency TR-1, the first commercial transistor radio, on display at the American History Museum

The Transistor Radio Launches the Portable Electronic Age

On this day in 1954, the commercial introduction of the a new device revolutionized consumer electronics forever

Jo Ann Gillula interviews Susan Ford Bales, left, daughter of President Gerald Ford, about what it was like to live in the White House.

Susan Ford Bales: A Peek Inside the White House

A former White House resident dishes on what it was like to live in the White House as a teenager

Esperanza Spalding, at the dress donation ceremony

Musician Esperanza Spalding Donates Nobel Dress to the American History Museum

Gertrude Stein, by Felix Edouart Vallotton, 1907. Copyright Fondation Félix Vallotton, Lausanne

A Visual Biography of Gertrude Stein at the Portrait Gallery

Come see the Bay Jazz Project perform at the American Art Museum

Events Oct. 17-20: YouTube Mania, Worms From Hell, Women in Hong Kong and Bay Jazz Project

This week, come to an interactive art event, discuss life on meteorites, learn about Women in Hong Kong and take in some live jazz

The final landing of NASA's space shuttle program, at the Kennedy Space Center

At Air and Space: The Final Space Shuttle Crew Is In The House

The crew of NASA’s final space shuttle flight dropped by the Air and Space Museum to discuss their experiences

Frank Kameny donated picket signs to Brent Glass, former director of NMAH, and curator Harry Rubenstein in 2006.

Remembering Gay Rights Activist Frank Kameny (1925-2011)

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has artifacts from Kameny’s early days in the gay rights movement in its collection

Come to Family Day at the Postal Museum

Weekend Events Oct 14-16: Latino Reading and Open Mic, Postal Museum Family Day and Henna Body Art

This weekend, attend a virtual reading of Latino literature, come to a day of activities at the Postal Museum and create your own henna design

An 1894 exhibition of automobiles at what is now the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building

The List: The Smithsonian Institution Celebrates American Archives Month

From automobiles to beards, check out some of the more unusual artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

A piece of black marble from a quarry in Vermont as seen under a scanning electron microscope

An Artist Gets a Backstage, Behind-the Scenes Ticket to Tour the Smithsonian

Acclaimed sculptor Elizabeth Turk is studying the properties of marble—her medium—at the Smithsonian Institution

Historian David Ward discusses his new book of poetry

National Portrait Gallery’s David C. Ward: Historian Turns to Poetry

In a new book of poetry, a Smithsonian scholar renders his thoughts on family, nature, celebrity and anonymity

Come hear Yumi Kurosawa play the koto, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument.

Events Oct. 11-13: Stories From the Mine, Baseball Americana and the Music and Arts of Japan

This week, come to a panel discussion with the Chilean miners, a talk about baseball, and join in an evening of Japanese culture

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe: Pioneer, Genius, Oddity

On this day in 1849, America lost an innovative, unique and utterly strange literary giant

A tree shrew recently born at the National Zoo

Zoo Celebrates Birth of Baby Tree Shrews

A pair of tiny mammals emerge from their nest fully grown at the Zoo

The film Shadow Magic features the arrival of motion pictures in China.

Weekend Events Oct. 7-9: Native Americans and the Courts, Balloons and Blimps and Shadow Magic

Understand how the U.S. courts system has affected Native Americans, learn about the science of balloons and take in a Chinese film at the Freer gallery

Apple founder Steve Jobs in 1977 introduces the new Apple II computer

The Many Contributions of Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

The extraordinary career of the entrepreneur is chronicled in the Smithsonian collections

Film still from 55 Days at Peking (1963)

The List: Top Eleven Things to Do this Month at the Smithsonian After Work

Date night at the Smithsonian, grab your special someone and head out to these after-hours events

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