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# Smithsonian Solstice Saturday

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On June 22, 2024, the Smithsonian marks the first Saturday of summer—Solstice Saturday—by staying open late and hosting programs and performances throughout the day and night. 

Details coming soon!

Solstice Saturday is held in association with Hofstra University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. Hofstra University’s Astronomy Festival on the National Mall takes place Saturday, June 22, 6–11 p.m., in front of the Hirshhorn Museum. 
  Your browser must support JavaScript to view this content. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings then try again. Our Sun in the Collections-  Solar Wall 
-  Secretary Charles G. Abbot Reading the Pyrheliometer 
-  Summer Solstice 2016 
-  Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, South Yard 
-  Carroza Solar 
-  1876 Ellen Harding Baker's "Solar System" Quilt 
-  Little Sun Solar Powered Lamp 
-  Spectraltafel nach der Originalzeichnung von G. Kirchoff und R. Bunsen 
-  Summer Solstice 
-  So What Exactly Is a Solstice? 
-  Patan, from the "Solstice Series" 
-  Quadrant, a Form of Sundial 
-  *Untitled* 
-  This is Summer Solstice: Prairie Dog Stonehenge Enrichment 
-  Snoopy--Early Sun Display on Earth 
-  Ear ornament with sun image 
-  The Sun, from The Seven Planets 
-  Sun 
-  Tom Law watching drummers at the first summer solstice celebration 
-  Rising Sun 
-  Dawa (Sun) kachina 
-  Preparations for Solar Broadcast 
-  *Beyond the Hills at Sundown* 
-  Switch to Solar 
-  The Eclipse 
-  Environmental Button 
-  Ascending Suns 
-  Highlights from Solar Wall 
-  The Maya and the Sun 
-  Secretary Abbot with Solar Equipment 
-  Origin Story of the Inka 
-  Portable Diptych Sundial by T. G. Kleininger 
-  The Great Inka Road: Saqsaywaman - Engineering at the Temple of the Sun 
-  Design for Solar Energy Exhibit 
-  Heliostat, Solar, "Keith's American Heliostat" 
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