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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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Happy Birthday, Billie!

It’s fitting that legendary jazz songstress-extraordinaire Billie Holiday’s birthday today falls during Smithsonian’s Jazz Appreciation Month

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Warning! Seriously Cute! New Clouded Leopard Cubs Born at the Zoo

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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

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Those Sweethearts Got Rhythm

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Feeding the Tarantulas at the Insect Zoo

It’s all about timing at the Insect Zoo at the National Museum of Natural History

See Helen Cordero's Storyteller figure is among the works in the "Small Spirits" exhibit at the American Indian Museum's Heye Center in New York until February 19, 2012.

What’s Up

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Jazz: The Smithsonian Collection: 111 Tracks of Music History

Events: Lena Horne, Jazz History, Nanotechnology and More

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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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Sign Up to Play Vanished, A New Alternate Reality Game

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Getting Negative With Edward Curtis

It’s extremely rare to find negatives of Edward Sheriff Curtis, the iconic photographer of Native American life and the Old West

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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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The Zoo’s 44-Year-Old Gorilla, Haloko, Dies

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

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The List: Smithsonian Spring Cleaning, By the Numbers

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Meet NASA’s New Outer Space-Bound Robot at the Air and Space Museum

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