The book led to the founding of the Friends of the Everglades, the environmental action group that donated the painting to the museum. The 11th annual Young Benefactors evening gala and silent auction is September 9 at the National Building Museum. In a return visit to the Smithsonian, novelist Margaret Atwood discusses her new book, The Blind Assassin , on September 27 at 6 p.m. in the S. Dillon Ripley Center. Atwood is the author of The Handmaid's Tale, The Robber Bride and Alias Grace . Copies of The Blind Assassin will be available for purchase at a post-lecture book signing.
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Studies the variety of piano designs and the designers dating to the time the piano first appeared, around 1700. Submarines in the Cold War Learn about submarines through graphics, artifacts and hands-on interactives. On Time Explores ways Americans have measured, used and thought about time over the past 300 years. This exhibition of 28 large-format photographs coincides with the release of a book of the same title that examines the geological, environmental and cultural processes that shape our world. Sculptures in brass, suede, chalk and paper by this British artist.