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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

Balancing act: men and their big-wheeled ordinaries in one of the first bicycling touring clubs, in 1879 near Readville, Massachusetts.

The List: Tour de Smithsonian—Historic Bicycles Worthy of Display

Winterton Conway Curtis (1875-1969) testified on behalf of John T. Scopes during the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925.

Newly Digitized Images of the Scopes Monkey Trial Reveal the Witnesses

The Smithsonian Institution Archives commemorate the 86th anniversary of The State of Tennessee v. John Scopes with 25 newly digitized portraits

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July 11: Today’s Events for the Last Day of the Folklife Festival

Make the most of the last events by trying Amazonian tucupí broth, made of scalded cassava, or try your hand at the tango

A 1941 Goddard Rocket on display in the Milestones of Flight gallery at the National Mall building.

Events Post July 11-15: ExplorAsia, Addy’s World, the Goddard 1940/41 Rocket, Al Najoom and Hubble 3D

A visitor samples southeast Asian food at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

July 10: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

An abstract sculpture representing Colombian urban buildings at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

July 9: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

Humpback whale female with cooperating males around her. She just slapped her pectoral on the surface which caused the bubbles.

Flip Nicklin, Whale Photographer Extraordinaire, Tells Tales at the Ripley Center

Flip Nicklin, one of the world’s leading whale photographers, shares stories from his career at the Ripley Center for a Smithsonian Associates event

Presenters discuss the Peace Corps at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

July 8: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

This morning, learn a thing or two about improvisation at the El Rumbiadero stage or immerse yourself in the culture of Colombia’s coffee region

The Air and Space Museum will be broadcasting live the last launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program on Friday.

Weekend Events July 8-10: Space Shuttles, the Nationals and Assassins

Watch the last space shuttle liftoff, take part in Nationals Baseball Family Day and take a peek into the Made in Hong Kong Film Festival

Dancers from the National Hand Dance Association at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

July 7: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

Janice Waugh eating a cricket on the Riviera Maya, Mexico

The List: Top 10 Tips for Solo Travelers

When you travel alone, you discover who you are when nobody’s looking, you learn what you’re capable of, and it’s incredibly empowering

A selection of the stamps featuring American inventions

U.S. Postal Service Honors American Designers

Twelve pioneering industrial designers, many of whom are represented in the Cooper-Hewitt’s collection, are featured on a new set of stamps

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

An example of Colombian highland weaving at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

July 4: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

Smithsonian Castle serves as a backdrop to the the Motor City stage at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

July 3: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

Presenters at the Peace Corps Home Cooking stage at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

July 2: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

On Day 3 of the Folklife Festival, taste traditional Moroccan food, try your hand at the marimba and get schooled on Afro-Colombian hairstyles

Kenyan basket weavers at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

July 1: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

On day 2 of the Folklife Festival, enjoy music from South America, doo-wop and Martha Reeves, as well as cooking lessons from the Peace Corps

To Fly, showing this weekend at the Air and Space Museum

Weekend Events July 1-3: Air and Space Museum’s 35th Birthday, Babe Ruth and Cave temples of China

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A New Exhibition Features the Work of Smithsonian Staffers

Smithsonian magazine photo editor Molly Roberts is among the many Institution employees with work on view in this exhibit

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