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Josh Brolin stars in Spike Lee's 2013 remake of the Korean cult classic Oldboy.

The Smithsonian’s Curator of Asian Film on Where Spike Lee’s Oldboy Fails

The Sackler Gallery’s curator Tom Vick wonders why Hollywood directors and producers even bother remaking films when the originals were so excellent

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Watch: The Air Force Band Turns the National Air and Space Museum Into a Concert Hall

What is the Origin of Hollywood’s Red Carpet?

Curator Amy Henderson has rolled out the red carpet to a host of America’s dancing superstars in a new show at the Portrait Gallery

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Smithsonian Visitors Guide & Tours App in Stores Now

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Portrait Gallery Exhibition Named Best Thematic Museum Show in the Country

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Breaking Ground

Shovels Break Ground for the New National Museum of African American History and Culture

Dignitaries plunge their shovels into a small rectangle of dirt, marking the groundbreaking for the 19th Smithsonian museum

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Q&A: Meet Kim Vandenbroucke, Toy Designer and Innovator

Theo Eshetu's video installation, "Brave New World II," is on display at the African Art Museum.

Q & A: Theo Eshetu on His Video Art

Photograph of Alec Soth taken in his studio

At the Portrait Gallery, Alec Soth Likes Looking at Women

Before Email, There Was V-mail

A history of the method used to transmit letters during World War II

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Sneak Peek at the film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

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Make Campaign History, Share McCain/Obama Election Night Memories and Stories Here

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Our Presidential Exit Poll

Watch our very own “gallery” exit poll in the hall of America’s Presidents in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

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Pondering Presidential Portraits on Election Day

Watch “Around the Mall” bloggers discover where the 43rd presidential portrait will go in the Hall of Presidents

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Dance of the Desert: Hindu Folk Performance Brings Raucous Rhythms to the Mall

‘Women of Our Time’ at the Portrait Gallery

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery showcases the beauty of women in the twentieth century

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Answers to Last Week’s Sesame Street Quiz

A James Smithson Bobble Head?

The Institution's treasures were under 24-hour guard until World War II's end. The superintendent of the Shenandoah National Park selected five residents of Luray and the vicinity to serve as guards. "All fine men thoroughly conscientious in their duty," these guards were led by Lynn Black (far left, front row), and protected the collections against sabotage, theft and fire.

In the Event of War

How the Smithsonian protected its “strange animals, curious creatures” and more

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