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Visitors participating in the "Forensic Friday" event at which a child's cast iron coffin and other skeletal remains from the Richards Family Crypt are analyzed by Dr. Doug Owsley and Kari Bruwelheide. This Friday’s guest is the FBI Explosives Unit

Weekend Events July 22-24: Forensic Science, a Summer Concert and an Afternoon of Poetry

Iron Chef-Style Showdown Sunday at the American Indian Museum

Mitsitam Cafe’s own Chef Richard Hetzler does battle against Chef Don McClellan (Cherokee) using ingredients of the Three Sisters–corn, beans and squash

Scavengers play Pheon

Weekend Events July 15-17: The Inca Road, Pheon and More

This weekend take part in a satellite discussion about the Inca Road, Pheon and a look into a new American History exhibition

At the exhibition "On the Water," learn about pirates.

Events Post July 4-8: a tour of Air and Space’s highlights, jury duty for the John Brown trial, a trip to the Ocean Hall, Pirates and the dancing Siletz

The week of July 4, join the Smithsonian Institution in offering you a look at the Air and Space Museum, an exploration of piracy, an Ocean Hall scientist

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Events June 27-July 1: Trivia Night, Book Signing, the Butterfly Garden and an American Indian Museum Film

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June 20-24 Events Post: Interactive Carts, ImaginAsia, Choctaw Days, Forensic Science, and Tarantulas

This week join the Smithsonian Museums in offering you interactive carts, a look into the life of a Chinese opera performer, a Choctaw Indian festival

Country artist Victoria Blackie (Navajo)

Victoria Blackie Brings Some Country to NMAI

Catch up-and-coming Navajo country artist Victoria Blackie this Saturday, June 11, outside of NMAI

Abraham Lincoln's top hat

Weekend Events May 27-30: Lincoln, Spark!Lab, Friendship Dance, Dinosaurs

Weekend Events May 27-30: May 30 is your last chance to see Abraham Lincoln, An Extraordinary Life exhibition at the Museum of American History.

Celebrate Hawai'i Festival is at the American Indian museum.

Weekend Events May 20-22 Celebrate Hawai’i, Very Special Arts, Renwick Craft Invitational

Events for the weekend of May 20-22 include a celebration of Hawaiian culture and the Renwick Craft Invitational

ILL-abilities crew

Events for the Week of 5/16-5/21: Zoo Feedings, ILL-Abilities Crew, Celebrate Hawai’i

Events for the week of 5/16/11 - 5/21/11

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This Thursday Make it a Movie Night at the Film Forward Festival

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Events for May 9-May 13: Harry Potter, Cultural Dialogue, “Cosmic Collisions”

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The List- 9 Poets at the Smithsonian (UPDATED: Make that 10 Poets!)

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Weekend Events: River of Renewal, Easter Bonnets, Orchids

Jack Kohler and Stephen Most will be on hand at the American Indian Museum to discuss the environmental issues raised in their film, River of Renewal

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The Smithsonian Museums and The National Zoo Are Open

Events: Lena Horne, Jazz History, Nanotechnology and More

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Artist Preston Singletary’s Career is a Work in Progress

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

For St. Patrick’s Day, 7 Must-See Snakes Around the Smithsonian

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Women’s History Month-Meet Artist Margarete Bagshaw

For third-generation Pueblo artist Margarete Bagshaw, the phrase may as well be “like mother, like daughter, like grand daughter.”

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