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Date		Title

4/21/08		Celebrate Space Day at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
4/17/08		SMITHSONIAN NETWORKS™ HITS TRIFECTA FOR AD SALES
4/16/08		Smithsonian Scientists Find Evidence That Could Rewrite Hawaii's Botanical History
4/15/08		"Herblock's Presidents: 'Puncturing Pomposity'" Opens at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery May 2
4/15/08		Ellen G. Landau Receives Fourth Annual Frost Essay Award
4/10/08		Smithsonian's Archives of American Art Presents The Eighth Annual Raymond Lecture with Distinguished Speaker Jerry Saltz
4/10/08		"Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicle" Exhibit Opens at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum April 24
4/9/08		"The Lost Amazon" Opens at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
4/4/08		Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Presents the 2008 Exploring Space Lectures
4/3/08		Stardust Comet Sample Return Mission Team and Col. Joseph Kittinger are the National Air and Space Museum's 2008 Trophy Winners
4/2/08		Smithsonian Completes Major Project to Digitize Legacy Publications
4/1/08		Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces Four Artists Selected for Its Renwick Craft Invitational 2009
3/25/08		Smithsonian Journeys Announces 2009 Trip Around the World
3/24/08		New Research at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Reveals Ants as Fungus Farmers
3/21/08		"Edward Steichen: Portraits" Opens at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery April 11
3/20/08		The National Museum of the American Indian Presents "Vídeo Amazônia Indígena: A View from the Villages" Film Festival
3/19/08		2008 Giant Panda Mating Season Begins At National Zoo
3/18/08		John McCarter Appointed to the Smithsonian's Board of Regents
3/15/08		G. Wayne Clough Named Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
3/14/08		Web-Based Forum Explores How Photography Changes Everything: Smithsonian Photography Initiative
3/13/08		Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian Announces 13 Recipients of New Visual and Expressive Arts Grants Program
3/13/08		Turtle Nesting Threatened by Logging Practices in Gabon, Smithsonian Warns
3/13/08		"Yellow Mountain: China's Ever-Changing Landscape" Opens May 31 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
3/12/08		Ned Rifkin Resigns as Smithsonian's Under Secretary for Art
3/11/08		RCN Adds Smithsonian Channel ™ to its Expanding HD Line Up (PDF, 1 page)
3/10/08		Large Sculptures by One of Africa's Leading Contemporary Artists Go On View at National Museum of African Art March 12
3/7/08		Smithsonian Librarian Named Director of Biodiversity Heritage Library
3/7/08		"Perspectives: Y.Z. Kami" Opens March 15 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
3/4/08		Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Deputy Director and Aviation Legend Donald Lopez Dies
3/3/08		Smithsonian Announces Global Forest Carbon Research Initiative
3/3/08		The Smithsonian's National Postal Museum Celebrates "Nuestra Quinceañera: A Celebration of Our 15 Years"
3/3/08		National Zoo Scimitar-Horned Oryx Going Into the Wild
2/29/08		Renwick Gallery Presents Free Public Programs in Conjunction with "Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection"
2/28/08		Smithsonian Celebrates Women's History Month
2/25/08		Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Free Public Programs to Accompany "Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-1975"
2/25/08		Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents the First Major Examination of Color Field Painting
2/15/08		Four Pre-eminent Figures in American Culture Participate in Inaugural "American Pictures Distinguished Lecture Series"
2/14/08		Fifteen Emerging Artists Present Challenging Views of Native America
2/12/08		The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra to Tour Egypt
2/8/08		Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Opens New Exhibition Hall "Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution"
2/7/08		Science, Not Romance Controls Mating at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
2/6/08		National Zoo Leaps to Support Year of the Frog
2/6/08		Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Budget Request Totals $716.4 Million
2/4/08		Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2008 Federal Budget Appropriation Totals $682.6 Million
2/1/08		National Museum of the American Indian Welcomes New Board Members
1/31/08		Smithsonian Celebrates Black History Month
1/31/08		Smithsonian Awards Fellowships to 10 Artists to Conduct Research at Museums and Research Facilities
1/31/08		Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Receives Gift for Phase Two of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
1/30/08		Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Presents "Directions: Amy Sillman, Third Person Singular"
1/30/08		Martin E. Sullivan Named Director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
1/30/08		Smithsonian China Series Showcases Culture, History, Arts, Politics and the Beijing Olympics
1/30/08		RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture Opens Feb. 8 at the National Portrait Gallery
1/29/08		Nine Legendary Leading Ladies From Stage and Screen Donate Career Memorabilia to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
1/29/08		Daniel E. Sheehy Named Acting Director of the Smithsonian Latino Center
1/28/08		Summary of the Task Force on Smithsonian Business Ventures
1/28/08		Smithsonian Business Ventures Task Force Report (PDF, 69 pages)
1/28/08		New Study Shows Current Management Tools Used to Predict Sediment Delivery to Watersheds Have No Correlation to Actual Measurements
1/25/08		"Victory Mail" Exhibit Opens March 6 at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
1/24/08		"A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from the Archives of American Art"
1/24/08		Carolyn Kinder Carr Named Acting Director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
1/23/08		Smithsonian American Art Museum Exhibition Honors Six Winners of Its Prestigious Contemporary Art Prize—the Lucelia Artist Award
1/23/08		"Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision" and "Points of Contact: Whistler & Freer" Open Feb. 23
1/19/08		National Zoo Artificially Inseminates Asian Elephant
1/17/08		Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum Presents Special Lecture as Part of Its 23rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Program
1/16/08		Extended Hours at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend
1/7/08		New Research at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Reveals Insight into Hope Diamond’s Fiery Red Glow
1/7/08		"In Plane View" Photography Exhibit Opens at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum March 21
1/4/08		Smithsonian's Archives of American Art Presents An Evening of Spoken Word and Song with Patti Smith
1/3/08		Smithsonian Scientists Highlight Environmental Impacts of Biofuels
1/3/08		James Luna's "Emendatio" Opens in New York

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