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For the first time in more than a decade, bison will roam at the National Zoo.

The Historic Return of the American Bison

A National Zoo exhibition featuring the animal, long tied to Smithsonian history, opens Saturday

Dr. David J. Skorton, president of Cornell University, is named as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

David J. Skorton is Named the Smithsonian's 13th Secretary

The president of Cornell University is chosen to head up the Smithsonian's 19 museums, 9 research organizations and the Zoo

Anyone with a 3-D printer can now make a replica of our woolly mammoth skeleton.

How Will 3-D Printing Change the Smithsonian?

The Secretary of the Smithsonian looks at the many advantages offered by the new technology

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Damage Control: How Artists Destroy to Create Art

The Hirshhorn's new exhibition explores the theme of destruction in contemporary art since 1950

What Did the FAO Schwarz Catalog Look Like in 1911?

Old photos from an FAO Schwarz 1911 catalog provide a glimpse at past holiday toys

Student Olivia Persons of George Washington University jumped at the chance to help the National Museum of Natural History develop a new education facility.

A New Education Lab Called Q?rius Aims to Be the Mother of All Curiosity

It's a quirky way to spell curious, but at Natural History's Q?rius, the kids are lining up to get in

The Natural History Museum is open today

DC Museums are Open, Zoo Closed

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How the Language of Dance and Movement Transcends Cultures

The award-winning choreographer and Lion King dancer talks about his plans for a new work celebrating Omani and East African cultures

Eliot Elisofon in Kenya, 1947, by an unknown photographer.

Meet the Real "Most Interesting Man in the World"

On view at African Art, a retrospective of Eliot Elisofon, who drank scotch and was allowed to touch the museum's art

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Smithsonian Holiday Festival: Movies, Music, Shopping and More

Josh Brolin stars in Spike Lee's 2013 remake of the Korean cult classic Oldboy.

The Smithsonian's Curator of Asian Film on Where Spike Lee's Oldboy Fails

The Sackler Gallery's curator Tom Vick wonders why Hollywood directors and producers even bother remaking films when the originals were so excellent

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Watch: The Air Force Band Turns the National Air and Space Museum Into a Concert Hall

What is the Origin of Hollywood's Red Carpet?

Curator Amy Henderson has rolled out the red carpet to a host of America's dancing superstars in a new show at the Portrait Gallery

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Smithsonian Visitors Guide & Tours App in Stores Now

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Portrait Gallery Exhibition Named Best Thematic Museum Show in the Country

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Shovels Break Ground for the New National Museum of African American History and Culture

Dignitaries plunge their shovels into a small rectangle of dirt, marking the groundbreaking for the 19th Smithsonian museum

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Q&A: Meet Kim Vandenbroucke, Toy Designer and Innovator

Theo Eshetu's video installation, "Brave New World II," is on display at the African Art Museum.

Q & A: Theo Eshetu on His Video Art

Photograph of Alec Soth taken in his studio

At the Portrait Gallery, Alec Soth Likes Looking at Women

Before Email, There Was V-mail

A history of the method used to transmit letters during World War II

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