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ALERT: Smithsonian Museums Closed Today and Tomorrow

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What’s In Your CD Player This Holiday?

United States president James Knox Polk

“Best of the Decade” with Air and Space Curator Tom Crouch

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Smithsonian in the News: Diamonds at Natural History and Bubbles at the Hirshhorn

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Smithsonian Magazine’s 7th Annual Photo Contest Closes Tomorrow, December 16

The Centennial Ride to Wounded Knee, December 29, 1990. Photograph by James Cook

Photograph Captures the Centennial Ride to Wounded Knee

On December 29, 1990, photographer James Cook caught sight in the distance of more than 350 horseback riders who were recreating the ride to Wounded Knee

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Weekend Events: Holiday Card Workshop, ZooLights and Music from the Federal Music Project

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American Gardens—A Winter’s Tale

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Postal Museum: “The Lost Symbol” in Stamps

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Programs Announced for 2010 Folklife Festival

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Four Chameleon Forest Dragons Hatch at the National Zoo

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Hear Folkways’ Founding Father

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Smithsonian Channel: Pearl Harbor from Above

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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Comes to Life on DVD and Blu-ray

The iconic Graflex Speed Graphic was used by photojournalists from the 1930s to the late 1950s.

What’s Up

"If we don't do something," says Knowlton, who has earned the nickname Dr. Doom, "we could lose all corals by 2050."

A Coral Reef’s Mass Spawning

Understanding how corals reproduce is critical to their survival; Smithsonian’s Nancy Knowlton investigates the annual event

"Bittersweet Harvest," a Smithsonian exhibit about braceros (California, 1956), fits neatly into the new strategy.

Our Plan

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Two Fish Die at the National Zoo

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Weekend Events: DC’s Latin Music Scene and American Food!

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American Indian Museum in Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

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