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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Virginia's Arlington County held its first drive-thru donation for people to drop off unopened and unused personal protective equipment (PPE) for use by first-responders.
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    The Smithsonian Is Collecting Coronavirus 'Artifacts' To Document The Pandemic

    May 20, 2020
    As part of the effort, curators at the National Museum of African American History and Culture plan to collect objects that tell the stories of black Americans during the pandemic.
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    A drawing by a migrant child at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas.
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    Smithsonian Museum Considers Collecting Drawings Made By Detained Migrant Children

    Jul 09, 2019
    The National Museum of American History said it has a long commitment to documenting "history as it unfolds." It reached out to pediatricians who shared images made by children after their release.
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    Lonnie G. Bunch III speaks during the 2016 dedication of the National Museum of African History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Bunch, the museum's founding director, will be taking over as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in mid-June.
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    Lonnie Bunch III Set To Become Smithsonian Institution's First Black Secretary

    May 28, 2019
    Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, will assume the mantle of leadership — and in so doing, make history at the 173-year-old organization
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    Politics
    During the 2013 shutdown, tourists have to look at Mount Rushmore from the highway because the national memorial in Keystone, S.D., was closed.
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    Open Or Closed? Here's What Happens In A Partial Government Shutdown

    Jan 19, 2018
    The mail will get delivered, Social Security checks will go out, and the National Park Service says it will try to keep parks accessible if there is a shutdown. But most federal agencies would close.
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    Atomic Testing Museum's New Director

    Dec 09, 2015

    The National Atomic Testing Museum, here in Las Vegas, has a new director. He’s Michael Hall.

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    The Two-Way
    Quilts from the Bill and Camille Cosby collection hang at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C., in this Nov. 6, 2014, photo.
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    Smithsonian To Post Sign At Exhibition Featuring Bill Cosby-Owned Art

    Jul 14, 2015
    The museum says the exhibition is "fundamentally about the artworks and the artists who created them, not Mr. Cosby." The move comes amid allegations of sexual assault against the comedian.
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    This undated image provided by the journal, Nature, shows an archaeological site, near Lake Turkana in Kenya.
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    New Discovery Of World's Oldest Stone Tools

    Apr 15, 2015
    Researchers in Kenya uncover tools dated to 3.3 million years ago, long before the first humans, as we know them, walked the Earth.
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    The London 2012 Olympic Stadium at sunset at the Olympic Park in London. The Smithsonian Institution is working to establish its first international museum outpost in London as that city redevelops its Olympic park.
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    Smithsonian In Talks Over London Outpost — Its First Overseas

    Jan 28, 2015
    If negotiations are successful, the Smithsonian would join other attractions at the site of London's Olympic Park.
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