Smithsonian
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Oprah Winfrey donates $12 million to Smithsonian African American musem
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Oprah Winfrey's $12 million gift to the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture is the largest donation to date. The museum is slated to open in 2015.
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Smithsonian Hirshhorn bubble project bursts
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The Smithsonian Institution has canceled plans to create an inflatable pavilion bubbling out of the circular Hirshhorn Museum after funding fell short for the $15.5 million project.
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Smithsonian yoga exhibition
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The Smithsonian Institution is announcing plans for what curators believe is the first exhibition about the visual history of yoga.
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New elephant coming to Smithsonian National Zoo
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Bozie, a 37-year-old Asian elephant, will join three others in Washington.
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Smithsonian closing three museum galleries
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Starting Wednesday, the Smithsonian will close galleries at three museums. Unless Congress acts between now and then, the exhibits will remain closed until September 30th.
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Smithsonian limits gallery closures to three museums
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The Smithsonian Institution is limiting the number of galleries it will close due to budget cuts mandated by Congress.
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Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum giving away select museum items
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A Vietnam-era Marine Corps chopper is just one of the items on a long list that the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum is willing to give away.
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Smithsonian requests $59M increase in budget proposal
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The Smithsonian Institution is requesting an increase of $59 million in President Barack Obama's budget proposal for new education programs and to continue building a new black history museum on the National Mall.
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Smithsonian opens museums during winter storm
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Despite the federal government's shutdown for the winter storm, the Smithsonian Institution museums are open for visitors on the National Mall.
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Sequestration 2013: Smithsonian vows to keep regular hours
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Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough has said he wants to avoid layoffs or furloughs of the institution's 6,000 employees.
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Smithsonian parking-lot thefts in Va. exceeded $1M
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Authorities have now determined that parking-lot employees stole more than $1.3 million from the Smithsonian at the museum's Air and Space annex in Chantilly.
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Should the Washington Redskins change their name?
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The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is hosting a day-long panel and the topic at hand is racist stereotypes in American sports, both at the collegiate and professional levels.
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Native American sports mascots topic of Smithsonian symposium
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The ongoing controversy and discussion over the use of Native American mascots in sports will be center stage at a symposium being held Thursday at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
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Gabby Douglas to donate personal items to Smithsonian
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Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas is donating personal items to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Wayne Clough to stay at Smithsonian
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Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough says he's not leaving his post anytime soon at the world's largest museum complex.
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Smithsonian to reopen Arts and Industries Building
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The 132-year-old Arts and Industries Building closed in 2004 due to structural problems and has been undergoing repairs.
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New carousel opens at the National Zoo
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A new carousel a the National Zoo features 58 hand-carved and hand-painted animals grouped by their eco-systems. Many represent endangered species that zoo scientists have spent years studying and breeding.
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National Zoo says euthanized Sumatran tiger, Soyono, had spondylosis
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As ABC7 reported on Monday, the National Zoo says one of its three Sumatran tigers - among the rarest animals in the world - was euthanized. At 19, Soyono was the oldest Sumatran tiger in the United States and had developed a disease called spondylosis, vertebral arthritis.
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