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	Selected News Releases Updated 5/9

Date	Title

5/9/08		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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	"Creating American Stories"—creative writing presentations by Washington, D.C., students Monday, May 12; 6:30 – 8 p.m For more information, please read this media advisory.
	Programs Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month National Museum of Natural History Friday, May 9; 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17; 2-3:30 p.m. For more information, please read this media advisory.


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