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5/14/08   Workers Provide Intimate Portrait of Two Centuries at the White House in Newest Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit
5/14/08   National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center Selected as Candidate Core Site for National Ecological Observatory Network
5/14/08   Smithsonian Journeys 2009 More than a Tour: Travel Beyond the Ordinary
5/09/08   The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Presents Amazonian Film Screenings in Washington, D.C.
5/5/08   Rep. Doris Matsui Appointed to Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Council
5/1/08   Smithsonian Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
5/1/08   Exhibition Celebrating Magic of Jim Henson’s Imagination Coming to Smithsonian’s International Gallery in July
4/28/08   Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Free Public Programs in Conjunction with “Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist”
4/28/08   Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents the First Major Retrospective of African American Modernist Aaron Douglas
4/28/08   Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Opens "Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia"
4/24/08   Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Prepares Its New Ocean Hall to Open Sept. 27
4/23/08   Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Presents "Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and Books"
4/23/08  

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Presents "House Proud: Nineteenth-century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection"

4/23/08   Upcoming Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Exhibition Addresses Affordable Housing in China
4/23/08   Boeing Donates $5 Million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
4/18/08   "Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture" Opens at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery May 9
4/17/08   "MURAQQA': Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin" Opens May 3 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
4/14/08   Smithsonian Folklife Festival Set for June 25-29 and July 2-6
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