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Space shuttle Discovery set for final voyage to Smithsonian


SlashGear - Jan 25, 2012
We knew when the discovery touched down after that final mission that it was bound for the Smithsonian museum to join the massive aerospace collection the museum owns. The time for Discovery to head to the museum collection is coming very soon.
 

Soon-to-Rise African-American History Museum Claims Spot on Nation's Largest ...


PressZoom (press release) - Jan 25, 2012
... took "measure of their own advancement and witnessed their progress as a race in the nation," with themes of racial uplift and a rallying cry for racial equality – the Smithsonian museum "will help all America remember," Wilson said.
 

Ninth graders help reopen Champaign County Historical Museum


Daily Illini - Jan 23, 2012
Suslick attended a conference at the Smithsonian Museum and invited a local expert to give the students a crash course on museum curating. Pat Miller, executive director of the Illinois Heritage Association, spoke with students about proper handling of ...
 

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Treasures from the Smithsonian Institution Engagement Calendar 2012


by: Smithsonian Institution
This week-at-a-glance datebook evokes the diversity, beauty, and immensity of the Smithsonian Institution's collections. A weekly treasure for the person who finds wonder and beauty in the world.

The Treasures from the Smithsonian Institution 2012 Engagement Calendar highlights a spectacular array of riches from the Smithsonian's 19 museums and galleries, in addition to the entries from the National Zoological Park and Smithsonian research centers. Each spread features a full-color photograph of an object from the Smithsonian's vast holdings, along with detailed information about the object and its origins.
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Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists' Enumerations from the Collections of the Smithsonian Museum


by: Liza Kirwin
From the weekly shopping list to the Ten Commandments, our lives are shaped by lists. Whether dashed off as a quick reminder, or carefully constructed as an inventory, this humble form of documentation provides insight into its maker's personal habits and decision-making processes. This is especially true for artists, whose day-to-day acts of living and art-making overlap and inform each other. Artists' lists shed uncover a host of unbeknownst motivations, attitudes, and opinions about their work and the work of others.
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Frommer's Washington D.C. Day by Day


by: Meredith Stanton
These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.
 

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