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A Smithsonian Quest Or How One Guy Resolved to See All the Museums

As much as the ATM team enjoys keeping you up-to-date with the happenings at the Smithsonian, we’re equally excited when readers share their experiences

John Muir

UPDATED WITH ANSWERS: The List: An Earth Day Game of Who Am I

Now read this post carefully, because there will be a quiz at the end. Let’s begin with a history lesson

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At the Portrait Galley, Private Art Collections Become Public

It is a widely held belief that in the largely political climate of Washington, D.C., more often that not, what you see is not necessarily what you get

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The List: What You Didn’t Know About the Smithsonian in the Civil War

Original copy of the very first Confederate imprint defining the moment that the first southern state formally seceded from the United States of America.

150 Years Ago: The Civil War Begins

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The Smithsonian Museums and The National Zoo Are Open

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The List: Five Secret Gardens Around the Smithsonian

It seems that the weather is finally breaking and spring temperatures might be here to stay

When President Abraham Lincoln learned that Union Army Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth had been killed, the president exclaimed, "My boy! My boy! Was it necessary this sacrifice should be made?"

The Death of Colonel Ellsworth

The first Union officer killed in the Civil War was a friend of President Lincoln’s

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Weekend Events: Home School Open House, Nanotechnology and Play PHEON on Your Phone

Events: Lena Horne, Jazz History, Nanotechnology and More

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UPDATED: Pedro Martinez Enshrined in the National Portrait Gallery

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Weekend Events: Pocahontas, Painted Parasols and A Chinese Documentary Film

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Mourning the Loss of Actress Elizabeth Taylor

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Events: Stargazing, Live Tarantula Feedings, Test Your Women’s History Knowledge and More

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Weekend Events: Pulitzer Prize Winning Biologist E.O. Wilson, Rachel Carson and the Art of Digital Buddhist Shrines

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Meet Another Side of Alexander Calder at the Portrait Gallery

A new look at the artist whose avant-garde mobiles and stabiles changed and challenged notions of design and space

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Events: West African Dance, an Online Poetry Workshop, Learn About Juliette Gordon Low and More

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Events: Music of Eastern Europe, Chinese Jade and a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Lunder Conservation Center

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Five Oscar Winners at the National Portrait Gallery

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Weekend Events: George Washington, Student Sit-Ins and Remembering Japanese Internment During WWII

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