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# News Releases

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                    -                 Search Press Releases          SearchReset-  Smithsonian Adds Visionary Leaders Byron Lewis and Lillian Vernon to Landmark “American Enterprise” ExhibitionBusiness History Contributions To Be Highlighted in Exhibit’s Consumer Era Section  10.13.2023American History MuseumExhibitions 
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Trees festively decorated with brightly colored lights dazzle visitors at ZooLights at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.  (Photo by Skip Brown, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

 
ZooLights Returns Nov. 24 to Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteOpen Select Evenings Nov. 24 Through Dec. 30; Paid Tickets Required  10.13.2023National ZooPublic Programs 
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"Deep Sky" at IMAX 
“Deep Sky,” a New IMAX Original Documentary on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Will Open at the Airbus IMAX TheaterDebuts at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Oct. 20 at the Airbus IMAX Theater  10.12.2023Air and Space Museum 
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Ocean Manuscript poem by Phillis Wheatley, 1773. Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. 
National Museum of African American History and Culture Acquires Major Collection of Work Attributed to Poet Phillis Wheatley PetersNew Objects Are Available Online in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary  of the Publication of Wheatley Peters’ Poems, Including the Only Copy of the Poet’s Long-Lost “Ocean” Poem in Her Handwriting  10.10.2023African American MuseumNew Acquisitions 
-  Afrofuturism and HBCUs Highlight October Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture  10.10.2023African American MuseumPublic Programs 
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Betye Saar by Michele Mattei, inkjet print, 2012 (printed 2018). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

Copyright 2003 Michele Mattei.
National Portrait Gallery Premieres More Than 20 Newly Acquired Portraits and Two New Commissions in “Recent Acquisitions”On View Nov. 3–Oct. 27, 2024  10.06.2023Portrait GalleryNew Acquisitions 
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https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/tragedy-at-tunnel-13-exhibition/the-context

The holdup of Train 13 on October 11, 1923, took place in the Siskiyou Mountains just beneath treacherous Siskiyou Pass, where Tunnel 13 served as an integral connector on the Southern Pacific rail line for over 100 years. (Southern Oregon Historical Society 1977.117.14, #034468)

 
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual ExhibitionRemembering the Tragedy at Tunnel 13 a Century Ago  10.04.2023Postal MuseumExhibitions 
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Visitors trick-or-treating at the 2021 "Air & Scare" event at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Image courtesy the National Air and Space Museum
National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center Hosts Annual “Air & Scare” Event Oct. 28  10.02.2023Air and Space MuseumPublic Programs 
-  Smithsonian Statement on Possible Government Shutdown  09.29.2023Administrative News 
-  National Museum of American History Acquires Objects and Archives From America’s First MicrobreweryHistoric Anchor Brewing Co. Donates Collection to the Museum  09.29.2023American History MuseumNew Acquisitions 
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Marco Kay Photography
Smithsonian’s Center for Environmental Justice at the Anacostia Community Museum Appoints DirectorInnovative Professional With Over 10 Years of Environmental Non-Profit  Management Chosen To Lead the Smithsonian’s New Initiative  09.29.2023Anacostia Community MuseumAdministrative News 
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© United States Postal Service
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual ExhibitionComplete Collection of U.S. Postage Stamps Honoring Hispanic Heritage Now Online  09.28.2023Postal MuseumExhibitions 
-  Smithsonian Adds Collections From Byron Lewis, Groundbreaking Advertising Entrepreneur and ExecutiveDonation Highlights Advertising Pioneer and Civil Rights Activist  09.28.2023American History MuseumNew Acquisitions 
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Hourglass treefrog *(Dendropsophus ebraccatus).*Amphibians, which face some of the steepest declines worldwide, saw some of the biggest benefits to living in protected lands. (Credit: Justin Nowakowski)
Protecting Lands Slows Biodiversity Loss Among Vertebrates by Five TimesEffective Government Key To Ensuring Protected Areas Safeguard Biodiversity  09.27.2023Environmental Research CenterResearch News 
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Credit: “Anthony Cuts under the Williamsburg Bridge, Morning” by Alison Elizabeth Taylor, first prize winner of the

2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, marquetry hybrid (wood veneers, oil paint, acrylic paint, inkjet prints,

shellac, and sawdust on wood), 2020. Collection of the artist. Copyright Alison Elizabeth Taylor. Courtesy of

Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

 
National Portrait Gallery Announces Jurors and Call for Entries for Next Triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait CompetitionSelected Artworks Will Be Exhibited in Major Exhibition and Tour  09.27.2023Portrait GalleryExhibitionsPublic Programs 
-  Caitlin Meehye Beach Awarded the 35th Annual Eldredge Prize for Her Book “Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery”  09.27.2023American Art MuseumPublic ProgramsEducation News 
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Simone Leigh,**“Herm” (2023). Bronze, 98 x 30 x 28 inches (249 x 76 x 71 cm). Copyright Simone Leigh, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery.
Hirshhorn Museum Presents “Simone Leigh,” First Museum Survey Exhibition Dedicated to the Artist on Its National TourInstallation Will Debut Three New Sculpture Alongside Artworks From Leigh’s U.S. Representation at 2022 Venice Biennale; On View Nov. 3–March 3, 2024  09.26.2023Hirshhorn MuseumExhibitions 
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Animal care staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, welcomed a litter of five cheetah cubs to second-time mother Echo Sept. 12.  Image courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Litter of Five Cheetah Cubs Are Born at Front Royal Campus, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteViewers Can Watch Lots of Spots on Cheetah Cub Cam  09.21.2023National ZooNew Acquisitions 
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Credit: Julie Packard by Hope Gangloff, acrylic on canvas, 2019. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; funded by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Board of Trustees. Copyright Hope Gangloff.
National Portrait Gallery Presents “Forces of Nature: Voices That Shaped Environmentalism”On View Oct. 20–Sept. 2, 2024  09.21.2023Portrait GalleryExhibitions 
-  Smithsonian Examines Philanthropy at a Symposium and in an ExhibitNational Museum of American History Hosts “Power of Giving” Symposium on Philanthropy’s Role in Social Justice and Adds New Stories to “Giving in America” Exhibit  09.18.2023American History MuseumExhibitionsPublic Programs 
-  Smithsonian American Art Museum Releases 10 New Digital Comics Exploring the Lives of Women Artists Represented in Its Collection“Drawn to Art” Engages a Broader Audience With the Stories of Trailblazing Artists Such as Miriam Schapiro, Laura Aguilar, Wendy Red Star  and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood  09.14.2023American Art MuseumExhibitions 
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Image courtesy Lil' Libros
National Portrait Gallery Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Día de Los Muertos  09.13.2023Portrait GalleryPublic Programs 
-  Smithsonian Launches 10th Season of Its Flagship “Sidedoor” PodcastThe 'Gentle Anarchy' of the Muppets  09.13.2023Public Programs 
-  Latinas Make Breaking News in Smithsonian Spanish-Language TV Exhibition“¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News” Opens Sept. 15  09.12.2023American History MuseumExhibitions 
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Artist's rendering depicts the new *Discovering Our Universe* Gallery featuring lenses at the center to augment the starry sky and the Bruce Telescope at rear.
National Air and Space Museum Receives Over $11 Million From National Science FoundationNew “Discovering Our Universe” Exhibition Anticipated To Open 2026  09.12.2023Air and Space MuseumAdministrative News 
-  Boo at the Zoo Returns Oct. 20, 21 and 22 at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute  09.11.2023National ZooPublic Programs 
-  Smithsonian’s National Zoo Hosts Panda Palooza: A Giant Farewell, Sept. 23 to Oct. 1Giant Pandas Will Return to China by Early December  09.06.2023National ZooPublic Programs 
-  Smithsonian Survey Finds That U.S. Teachers Want To Teach More About SustainabilitySurvey Conducted in Collaboration With Gallup Shows That Sustainability Lessons Are Largely Missing From U.S. Curricula  09.05.2023Smithsonian Science Education CenterEducation News 
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