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Smithsonian Selects Perkins&Will to Design Bezos Learning Center
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Smithsonian Selects Perkins&Will to Design Bezos Learning Center

Funded by a $200 million USD donation from the Amazon founder.
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Steve Lacy’s Cracked iPhone From 2012 Is on View at the Smithsonian
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Steve Lacy’s Cracked iPhone From 2012 Is on View at the Smithsonian

The singer used the phone to create his first songs on Garage Band.
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Serena and Venus Williams Amongst Seven Recipients Honored by National Portrait Gallery
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Serena and Venus Williams Amongst Seven Recipients Honored by National Portrait Gallery

Their portraits will be immortalized at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. this month.
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Jet and Ebony Photo Archives Have Been Acquired by the Getty and Smithsonian
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Jet and Ebony Photo Archives Have Been Acquired by the Getty and Smithsonian

A $30m USD transaction that will see around four million photographs digitized.
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The Smithsonian Acquired 286 Photographs From Prominent Black Photographers Between the 1840s and 1920s
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The Smithsonian Acquired 286 Photographs From Prominent Black Photographers Between the 1840s and 1920s

Now part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection.
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This Clock Tells Time Through Art For Each Minute of the Day
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This Clock Tells Time Through Art For Each Minute of the Day

Brought to you by Red Paper Heart, Cooper Hewitt and the Smithsonian.
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The Smithsonian Reveals Decades-Spanning 'Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap' Box Set
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The Smithsonian Reveals Decades-Spanning 'Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap' Box Set

In partnership with the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Two Major Museums Acquire Amy Sherald’s Powerful Breonna Taylor Portrait
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Two Major Museums Acquire Amy Sherald’s Powerful Breonna Taylor Portrait

The Smithsonian and Speed Art Museum will jointly procure the artwork.
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Former Smithsonian Staff Call Out "Culture of Racism" at Museum of African Art
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Former Smithsonian Staff Call Out "Culture of Racism" at Museum of African Art

Urging chief curator Christine Mullen Kreamer to step down.
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Smithsonian Makes 2.8 Million Images Free to the Public
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Smithsonian Makes 2.8 Million Images Free to the Public

Through its new Open Access platform.
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