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“Portraiture Now: Communities” Opens at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Nov. 6
- November 2, 2009
- Portrait Gallery
Oryx Die at National Zoo
- October 30, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
National Postal Museum Depicts Rural Postal Delivery in New Online Collection
- October 28, 2009
- Postal Museum
Smithsonian Celebrates 40 Years of “Sesame Street”

Family-friendly Event Features Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Zoe and Prairie Dawn
- October 28, 2009
- Smithsonian Associates
- Public Programs
National Museum of African Art Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence
- October 28, 2009
- African Art Museum
National Postal Museum Presents British Stamps in a New Online Collection
- October 28, 2009
- Postal Museum
National Air and Space Museum Holds First Virtual Conference Nov. 10
- October 28, 2009
- Air and Space Museum
Plains Indian Artists Tell 19th-Century Stories through Ledger Drawings in New National Museum of American History Exhibition
- October 26, 2009
- American History Museum
Smithsonian Latino Center Presents “Dia de los Muertos Festival”—a 3-D Experience in the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum
- October 26, 2009
- American Latino Museum
- Public Programs
Trek Lime Bike Wins the 2009 People’s Design Award
- October 23, 2009
- Cooper Hewitt
National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
- October 22, 2009
- American Indian Museum
Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center Releases New Book on Inventor Grace Hopper

The life of World War II computer scientist is explored.
- October 22, 2009
- American History Museum
The National Portrait Gallery Announces “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009” Awards
- October 22, 2009
- Portrait Gallery
Scientists Discover Largest Orb-Weaving Spider
- October 21, 2009
- Natural History Museum
National Postal Museum Presents the Arago Featured Collection “The Art of Christmas Stamps”
- October 21, 2009
- Postal Museum
Catching a Killer One Spore at a Time
- October 19, 2009
- Tropical Research Institute
“Falnama: The Book of Omens” at the Sackler Gallery Offers First Exhibition of Rare Manuscripts
- October 19, 2009
The Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery Extends World Tour of “Garden and Cosmos” to Australia
- October 19, 2009
“The African Presence in México: From Yanga to the Present” Opens at the Anacostia Community Museum Nov. 8
- October 16, 2009
- Anacostia Community Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture Premieres Film about Black Soldiers in England during WWII Nov. 10
- October 16, 2009
- African American Museum
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Gives Major Gift to National Museum of African American History and Culture
- October 15, 2009
- African American Museum
Smithsonian Scientists Say Roads Are the Number-One Threat to World’s Tropical Rainforests
- October 14, 2009
- Tropical Research Institute
- Research News
The First Neotropical Rainforest Was Home of the Titanoboa
- October 13, 2009
- Tropical Research Institute
“Brian Jungen: Strange Comfort” Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian Oct. 16
- October 9, 2009
- American Indian Museum

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