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Secretary Clough, former First Lady Laura Bush, museum director Lonnie Bunch and other dignitaries break ground for the new museum

Shovels Break Ground for a New Smithsonian Museum

President Barack Obama presided over the start of a new museum devoted to African American history and culture

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President Obama to Speak At Groundbreaking for African American History and Culture Museum

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian’s newest museum, scheduled to open in 2015, will feature Obama, Laura Bush and others

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Archivist Michael Pahn Free Associates Among the Smithsonian’s Music and Film Collections

On a search through the Smithsonian archives, Pahn follows one tradition after another to find that music is the connective thread that binds many cultures

Juanita Velasco (Ixil Maya) grinds cacao beans into chocolate during the 2011 Power of Chocolate Festival. The Maya and Aztec peoples valued cacao pods as symbols of life, fertility and even currency.

Surprising Chocolate Facts, Just in Time for NMAI’s Power of Chocolate Festival

Attendees will have the opportunity to grind and sample their own chocolate beverages and learn about history and science behind the “food of the gods.”

How much is the Hope Diamond worth? Ask Smithsonian.

How Much the Hope Diamond is Worth and Other Questions From Our Readers

From American art, history and culture, air and space technology, Asian art and any of the sciences from astronomy to zoology, we’ll find an answer

Alongside the print version, Smithsonian is now offering an enhanced interactive version of the award-winning magazine.

Introducing Smithsonian Magazine on the iPad

All the history, travel, science and culture you love in a new and exciting format

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Giants and Patriots at the Smithsonian

Just in time for the Super Bowl, take a look at giants and patriots of all kinds in the Smithsonian

The Black List features portraits of fifty African Americans who are influential in their fields, such as Chris Rock.

Celebrate Black History Month with the Smithsonian

From Kenyan storytelling performances to Black Power film screenings, February on the Mall is buzzing with Black History Month events

The Art of Video Games exhibit opens at the American Art Museum on March 16.

The Top Five Most Anticipated Exhibits of 2012

Take a look at the five upcoming exhibits we’re most excited about

Acquired by Samuel Cox, the mummy is "our . . . most richly decorated [specimen]," says curator Melinda Zeder.

How One Mummy Came to the Smithsonian

An American diplomat’s memento takes center stage after 125 years

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A Preview of Discovery’s Arrival to the Smithsonian

NASA prepares its decommissioned space shuttles for delivery to the National Air and Space Museum

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D.C. Museums and the National Zoo Delay Openings Today

The Smithsonian Institution today announced that it will delay the openings of all the Washington, DC area museums and the National Zoo until 11 a.m.

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Curators, Scientific Adventurers and Book Worms to Watch in 2012

Our top ten picks from the Smithsonian Twitterati and blogrolls

See Alice Waters and her new portrait side-by-side on Friday.

Weekend Events January 20-22: An Evening with Alice Waters, Create Your Own Peacock Room and Dance for the Dying

The newly commissioned Alice Waters portrait

Historian Amy Henderson: Food, Glorious Food

At the Portrait Gallery, Historian Amy Henderson Awaits the Presentation of a New Portrait of Chef Alice Waters

Learn the story behind Dale Chihuly's Blanket Cylinder Series at the Renwick Gallery.

Events January 17-19: The Loving Story, Blanket Cylinder Series and Beat the Blues

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Introducing Ask Smithsonian

Now, with ‘Ask Smithsonian,’ the magazine gives you the chance to ask your own questions—and have them answered by Smithsonian experts

Come make your own stamp collection at a drop-in workshop at the Postal Museum.

Weekend Events Jan 6-8: “This is Not a Film,” Stamps, Masterworks of Three Centuries

This weekend, watch an Iranian film, attend a stamp collecting workshop or listen to eclectic Baroque chamber music

The Quadrantid meteor shower, as visible at twilight

How To See Tonight’s Meteor Shower

Take advantage of this rare chance to see the Quadrantid meteor shower

A beak-spouted vessel, circa 1000 B.C.

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