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Pablo Cano, a Miami-based artist who creates marionettes, sent this holiday card to Miami art critic Helen L. Kohen in 1989.

Artists’ Homemade Christmas Cards

Seasonal greetings from artists such as Alexander Calder and Philip Guston celebrate the handmade holiday card

"If we don't do something," says Knowlton, who has earned the nickname Dr. Doom, "we could lose all corals by 2050."

A Coral Reef’s Mass Spawning

Understanding how corals reproduce is critical to their survival; Smithsonian’s Nancy Knowlton investigates the annual event

The cards and letters aboard the Graf Zeppelin bore a distinctive mark on their envelopes: a small image stamped in ink.

Holiday Delivery From the Graf Zeppelin

In 1934, a zeppelin originating in Germany and bound for Brazil carried a cargo of Christmas cheer

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Two Fish Die at the National Zoo

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Events: A National Zoo Electric Light Show, Holidays on Display, Celebrations of Winter Holidays

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Weekend Events: DC’s Latin Music Scene and American Food!

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American Indian Museum in Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

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“Holidays on Display” at American History Museum

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Events for the Week of 11/23-27: Dig It!, Space Exploration, American Food, and the Freer’s Annual Attic Sale!

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Weekend Events: John Ford, Fortune Telling and a Crash Course in Portraiture

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Moving Beyond Earth Opens at Air and Space

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Artist Jeanne-Claude Dies

Remembering the artist

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Search the Smithsonian’s Collections Online!

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Baby Catfish Born at National Zoo

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The National Portrait Gallery’s Newest Prize — Marilyn Horne

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Linda Nochlin Speaks at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

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The Stork Makes Yet Another Delivery to the National Zoo

Events for the Week of 11/16-20: Free Movie Admission for Cell Phones, Stargazing, New Deal Artists and the Films of John Ford

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Weekend Events: Celebrate American Indian Heritage, Astronaut Art, and Sesame Street’s 40th Birthday!

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Nature’s Best Photography Exhibition Opens at Natural History Museum

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