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Cranes soar above a worksite as construction continues on The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture which will open in 2015, in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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JACQUELINE KENNEDY by Boris Chaliapin Gouache, watercolor and pencil on board 1960-61 Sight: 44.5 x 31.1 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/4") Mat (Verified): 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22") National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine NPG.78.TC498
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JULIA CHILD by Boris Chaliapin Tempera on board 1966 Image (Verified): 34.3 x 24.8cm (13 1/2 x 9 3/4") National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time Magazine NPG.78.TC303
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ALTHEA GIBSON by Boris Chaliapin Watercolor and pencil on board 1957 Sight: 62.3 x 46.3 cm (24 1/2 x 18 1/4") Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22") National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time Magazine NPG.78.TC406
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**FILE** In this undated photo released by the Smithsonian Institution, the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building is seen in Washington. (Associated Press/Smithsonian Institution)
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Nam June Paik, "Untitled (Robot)" [PaikBot], 1992, single-channel video in robot-shaped assemblage of televisions, radio- and stereo-system parts, and metal hardware, with additions in paint; color, silent, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift to the Nam June Paik Archive from the Nam June Paik Estate, © Nam June Paik Estate
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Nam June Paik, "Megatron/Matrix", 1995, eight- channel video installation with custom electronics; color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Mr. and Mrs. Barney A. Ebsworth, Nelson C. White, and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
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On Friday, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, in conjunction with the African American History and Culture Museum, will open a new exhibit that tells the story of civil rights in America through significant objects, such as Lincoln's top hat, Harriet Tubman's shawl, and a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that Union soldiers distributed to blacks during the Civil War.
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The Rothschild Collection of patent models is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum through November 2013.
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The Rothschild Collection of patent models is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum through November 2013.
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Mei Xiang, the female giant panda at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo in Washington, eats breakfast in December 2001. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Brothers Riccardo (left), 16, and Ruggero Amaduzzi, 19, wait their turn to control a large panoramic interactive digital map of the surface of Mars at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., on Monday during a NASA press conference streamed live on the landing of Curiosity. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Visitors to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Monday watch a NASA press conference on Curiosity. The nearly one-ton probe completed its eight-month journey to the Red Planet, plummeting to the surface with the help of a parachute during what’s widely been referred to as “seven minutes of terror.” (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
