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Nov 17

Congressional commission proposes women’s history museum

By Alison Thoet

A bipartisan congressional commission is calling for a women’s history museum to be erected on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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Oct 24

Crowdfunding raises $300,000 in a week for ruby slippers restoration

By Alison Thoet

Dorothy’s iconic ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz will shine for years to come, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign by the Smithsonian Institute.

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Sep 24

New Smithsonian museum chronicling black history opens

By Jesse J. Holland and Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Decades of planning culminate today with the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Sep 21

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At new museum, relics and treasures reveal U.S. history through African-American lens

By PBS News Hour

One hundred years in the making, the National Museum of African American History and Culture will open on Saturday in Washington. The museum presents history through objects both celebratory and sobering -- showcasing everything from Michael Jackson’s fedora to a…

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Sep 21

Full interview: Lonnie Bunch, director of Smithsonian African American History Museum

Watch our full report on the opening of the museum tonight on PBS NewsHour.

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Mar 31

Newest Smithsonian museum to acknowledge Cosby allegations

By Joshua Barajas

The new African-American history museum in Washington, D.C. now plans to acknowledge the dozens of sexual allegations against comedian Bill Cosby in its exhibit on black entertainers and artists, Smithsonian officials announced Thursday.

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Dec 10

These test tube puppies, the world’s first, may save endangered wolves

By Nsikan Akpan

Smithsonian, Cornell breed the first puppies using in vitro fertilization and cryopreserved embryos…

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May 12

Smithsonian’s mystery of the black-crowned night herons solved by satellites

By Nsikan Akpan

Think your freeloading kid is bad? Black-crowned night herons have crashed at the Smithsonian National Zoo each summer for over a century.

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Mar 03

Your selfie stick is no longer welcome at the Smithsonian

By Justin Scuiletti

Hoping to take a selfie with the Hope Diamond or a recreation of a NASA space module on a visit to a Smithsonian museum? Go right ahead. However, you'll have to do it the old-fashioned way.

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Nov 11

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Cosbys host ‘conversation’ of African-American artworks at the Smithsonian

By PBS News Hour

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