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“Flower Market: Dieppe,” James McNeill Whistler, 1880s, Watercolor on paper, H x W: 12.8 x 21 cm (5 1/16 x 8 1/4 in), Credit: James McNeill Whistler/Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1907.171a-b
National Museum of Asian Art Presents “Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change”Exhibition Highlights the Artist’s Engagement With Social and Economic Change Through a Stunning Array of Artworks, Several on View for the First Time  08.30.2023Asian Art MuseumExhibitions 
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Audrey Flack, *Queen*, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 80 × 80 in. (203.2 × 203.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis K. and Susan P. Meisel, 2022.11.5
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Reinstalled Modern and Contemporary Galleries Display Expanded View of Artists’ Voices in the United States“American Voices and Visions: Modern and Contemporary  Art” Inaugurates First Phase of a Comprehensive Reinstallation of Collection Since 2006  08.29.2023American Art MuseumExhibitions 
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Mitsitam Cafe. Image courtesy of Restaurant Associates.
National Museum of the American Indian’s Mitsitam Cafe To Close for RenovationsCafe Will Close Sept. 5 Through Late Spring 2024  08.29.2023American Indian Museum 
-  National Postal Museum To Host Maynard Sundman LectureCheryl Ganz To Speak on “U.S. Zeppelin Postage Stamps”  08.24.2023Postal MuseumPublic Programs 
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Roshan Patel/Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
New Technique Could Facilitate Rapid Cryopreservation of All Coral SpeciesSuccessfully Cooling and Thawing Coral Fragments Key to Global  Conservation Milestone for Vanishing Coral Reefs  08.23.2023National ZooResearch News 
-  Smithsonian Announces Its 2023 Artist Research Fellows  08.21.2023Education News 
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Congressional Gold Medal. Photo by Jaclyn Nash.
Smithsonian Continues Collecting Artifacts From Jan. 6 Capitol AttackCongressional Medal for the Jan. 6 Defenders, Photographs, Law Enforcement Gear and Personal Effects Added to National Museum of American History’s Collections  08.21.2023American History MuseumNew Acquisitions 
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Photo: Casey McAdams, Smithsonian
Smithsonian’s Carousel To Be Removed From National Mall for RenovationsIt Will Return to the Same Location in Time for the  Nation’s 250th Anniversary Celebration in 2026  08.21.2023Smithsonian Enterprises Retail 
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One of a pair of six-panel screens: Maple leaves on a stream (front); mountain views (reverse), Ikeda Koson, Edo period, 1856-1858, Japan, Screens (six-panel), Ink and color on gilded paper; ink on paper, H x W (image, each screen): 66.3 × 343.2 cm (65 1/2 × 135 1/8 in) Credit: Ikeda Koson/Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Purchase—Harold P. Stern Memorial Fund and funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries in appreciation of James W. Lintott and his exemplary service to the galleries as chair of the Board of Trustees (2011-2015), F2014.7.1-2
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Celebrates Its Centennial With an Exhibition at Kyoto’s Oldest Zen TempleProject Is a Partnership With Canon Inc. and Kyoto Culture Association  08.17.2023Asian Art MuseumExhibitions 
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Anna L. Fisher, Kathryn D. Sullivan and Rhea Seddon taking a break from various training exercises at a three-day water-survival school held near Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Announces Fall Lectures  08.17.2023Air and Space MuseumPublic Programs 
-  National Museum of African American History and Culture Recognizes the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington  08.16.2023African American MuseumExhibitions 
-  Cooper Hewitt Announces 2023 National Design Award Winners  08.15.2023Cooper HewittPublic Programs 
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Human-harvested shellfish from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History research collections. (Credit: Brittany M. Hance and James D. Tiller, Smithsonian)
More Than 800 Human-Harvested Shellfish Species Tend To Be More Resistant to ExtinctionResearchers Caution That Harvests Must Be Sustainably Managed To Preserve Populations for Future Generations  08.15.2023Natural History MuseumResearch News 
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As part of the museum’s longstanding commitment to and collaboration with institutions of higher learning on the continent, more than 100 copies of the *Heroes* catalog will be donated to universities and art institutions across Africa.
National Museum of African Art Releases “Heroes” PublicationDonation to African Libraries and Universities; First Collection Book To Debut Museum’s Fully Integrated Approach  08.11.2023African Art MuseumExhibitions 
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“Belated Bonsal,” Park Chan-kyong, 2019, HD film, 5.1 channel sound, 55 min, Credit: Copyright Park Chan-kyong /National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korean KCH9852-HDR
National Museum of Asian Art Presents “Park Chan-kyong: Gathering”Exhibition Is First Solo Presentation of the Korean Artist’s Work in a Major US Institution and Inaugurates the Museum’s New Modern and Contemporary Galleries  08.07.2023Asian Art MuseumExhibitions 
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Clockwise, from upper right: Ruth Fine (photo by Frank Stewart); Keith Haring Foundation logo, courtesy Keith Haring Foundation; Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (photo by Grace Roswell)

 
Recipients of the Archives of American Art Medal and the Lawrence A. Fleischman Award Announced  08.07.2023Archives of American ArtPublic Programs 
-  Analysis Reveals Ancestry, Possible Descendants of Enslaved and Free African AmericansScientists Analyzed DNA From an African American Burial Ground Located at a Historic Maryland Ironworks  08.03.2023Natural History MuseumResearch News 
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Angel Rodríguez-Díaz, “The Protagonist of an Endless Story,” 1993, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Museum purchase made possible in part by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1996.19. Copyright 1993, Angel Rodriguez-Diaz.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Reexamines Narratives of the American West in Major Exhibition Bringing Together Works by 48 Contemporary ArtistsOnly Venue on the National Tour Located East of the Rocky Mountains  07.28.2023American Art MuseumExhibitions 
-  Smithsonian Magazine Announces “There’s More to That,” a New Podcast in Partnership With PRX  07.27.2023Smithsonian MagazinePublic Programs 
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Photo by John Nowak
Smithsonian Associates Presents “Anderson Cooper on the Astors: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune” in Person  07.20.2023Smithsonian AssociatesPublic Programs 
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Es Devlin. Photo by Andrea Mora. Image courtesy of Es Devlin, 2023.
Cooper Hewitt to Present “An Atlas of Es Devlin” in Fall 2023Celebrated Artist and Designer Es Devlin To Install 30-Year Archive in First Monographic Museum Exhibition July 14  07.14.2023Cooper HewittExhibitions 
-  Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Launches “AeroEspacial” Podcast Limited Series  07.13.2023Air and Space MuseumPublic Programs 
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Still image from *Hey Viktor* (Credit Lightning Mill Inc.) 
National Museum of the American Indian Presents the Best in Indigenous Film in the Native Cinema Showcase in Santa Fe  07.12.2023American Indian MuseumPublic Programs 
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The 2023 cohort of the Young Ambassadors Program pose with Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino Director Jorge Zamanillo (far left.) Smithsonian Institution photo.
National Museum of the American Latino Announces Internships in Underrepresented CommunitiesYoung Ambassadors Program Adds Internships in Texas, Tennessee and Massachusetts  07.06.2023American Latino MuseumPublic Programs 
-  National Postal Museum Announces Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award RecipientsJohn McClure Hotchner, Donald J. Sundman and Scott R. Trepel  Will Receive Award Nov. 4  07.06.2023Postal Museum 
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One of the largest trees on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. Tropical forests pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere where it causes global warming and store it as wood. But the amount of carbon stored varies depending on tree species, age, climate conditions and other factors. Verifiable estimates of carbon stored in forests are necessary to calculate carbon credits. (Photo by Steve Paton)
Bezos Earth Fund Grants $12 Million to Smithsonian To Support Major Forest Carbon Project  07.06.2023Tropical Research InstituteResearch News 
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Weatherbreak’s first construction (1950) in snowy Montreal. Courtesy of the Jeffrey Lindsay Collection at the University of Calgary Archives.
“Reconstructing Weatherbreak” Shows Architecture’s Role in Extreme WeatherNational Museum of American History Collaborates With The Catholic University of America on Hands-On Construction of Geodesic Dome Inside the Museum  07.03.2023American History MuseumExhibitions 
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NMAI Repatriation Manager Jackie Swift, INPC Director Catalina Tello, Minister of Culture and Heritage María Elena Machuca, and US Ambassador Michael J. Fitzpatrick, with staff members of the NMAI, Ministry, INPC, and National Police of Ecuador that played an integral role in facilitating the repatriation process between the museum, government, and communities.

Photo Credit: National Institute of Cultural Patrimony
National Museum of the American Indian Repatriates Ancestral Remains to Four Indigenous Communities and Confederations in Ecuador  06.29.2023American Indian Museum 
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