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The National Portrait Gallery Invites the Public to Vote on the “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009”

People’s Choice Award voting through Jan. 18, 2010.
- December 7, 2009
- Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian Journeys Introduces Study Abroad Programs for High School Students

Programs Feature Language Immersion in China, Spain and Italy for Summer 2010
- December 7, 2009
- Smithsonian Journeys
Hirshhorn Announces Upcoming Exhibitions in the Museum’s Black Box Space for New Media
- December 7, 2009
- Hirshhorn Museum
National Zoo’s Young Giant Panda to Go to China per Agreement
- December 4, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
National Museum of American History Acquires National Cotton Council and “Maid of Cotton” Program Documents
- December 3, 2009
- American History Museum
Novel Carbon-Trading Scheme Could Stop Large-Scale Extinctions

Researchers Advocate a Biodiversity-Focused Strategy
- December 3, 2009
- Tropical Research Institute
Smithsonian Journeys and CET Offer Program to China for High School Students in Summer 2010

New Program Features Language Immersion
- November 19, 2009
- Smithsonian Journeys
Smithsonian Scientists Find the Frog Legs Trade May Facilitate Spread of Pathogens
- November 19, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
Freer Gallery Presents First U.S. Exhibition on Childhood in Chinese Art

Paintings and Ceramics Spanning Two Millennia Reveal the Lives of Children in Chinese Culture
- November 18, 2009
National Postal Museum Launches “Lost Symbol” Featured Collection
- November 18, 2009
- Postal Museum
First Stage of “Moving Beyond Earth” Opens at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
- November 18, 2009
- Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Hosts Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group

First Global Scientific Assessment of Disaster-Risk Reduction and Climate-Change Adaptation
- November 15, 2009
- Tropical Research Institute
Portrait of Marilyn Horne Donated to the National Portrait Gallery
- November 12, 2009
- Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian Opens New Exhibition “Holidays on Display”
- November 12, 2009
- American History Museum
Smithsonian’s Johnson Imax Theater Offers Free Admission to “Wild Ocean 3D” for Recycled Cell Phones
- November 10, 2009
- Smithsonian Enterprises Retail
National Museum of the American Indian Offers Public Programs in Support of New “IndiVisible” Exhibition
- November 10, 2009
- African American Museum
- American Indian Museum
- Traveling Exhibition Service
Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art Presents Artists’ Holiday Cards
- November 9, 2009
- Archives of American Art
- Exhibitions
Scientists Find Plant Pollination by Insects Occurred Long Before Flowers Evolved
- November 9, 2009
- Natural History Museum
National Museum of the American Indian Opens “IndiVisible” Exhibition
- November 6, 2009
- American Indian Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Presents “Directions: John Gerrard”
- November 6, 2009
- Hirshhorn Museum
National Zoo Launches Customized Conservation Stamps

Special Zoo Day Nov. 14 to Celebrate Stamp Series
- November 6, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
Elderly Sloth Bear Dies at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
- November 4, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
National Museum of African Art Presents “Yinka Shonibare MBE”

A Mid-Career Retrospective of This Acclaimed Artist
- November 3, 2009
- African Art Museum
Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Appropriation Totals $761.4 Million
- November 2, 2009
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