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Smithsonian Channel "Stories from the Vaults" with Host Tom Cavanagh, Premieres Second Season
- June 16, 2009
- Smithsonian Channel
More Than 80 Planes Will Fly to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Saturday, June 20
- June 15, 2009
- Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Celebrates Flag Day with an Online Featured Collection
- June 15, 2009
- Postal Museum
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program “Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture” to Hold Two Evening Concerts
- June 12, 2009
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
James Smithson Bicentennial Medal Presented to Claude Lévi-Strauss
- June 12, 2009
- Natural History Museum
National Museum of American History Opens New Exhibition "Earl Shaffer and the Appalachian Trail"
- June 10, 2009
- American History Museum
Smithsonian Welcomes Wales to the 2009 Folklife Festival
- June 10, 2009
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Marketplace Features Crafts, Textiles and Music
- June 10, 2009
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
America: Wild and Wacky Celebrates the Birth of America...and SPAM
- June 9, 2009
- Smithsonian Channel
Smithsonian Institution Presents 43rd Annual Folklife Festival
- June 8, 2009
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Evening Concerts at the Smithsonian’s 43rd Annual Folklife Festival
- June 8, 2009
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Features Hands-On Activities for Children and Families
- June 8, 2009
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Scientists Determine Geese Involved in Hudson River Plane Crash Were Migratory
- June 8, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
- Natural History Museum
Bobcat Finds a Home at the Smithsonian
- June 5, 2009
- American History Museum
National Zoo Artificially Inseminates Asian Elephant
- June 5, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
Rare Crane Hatching Marks a Victory for Both Science and Conservation
- June 4, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
“Artful Animals” Exhibition Opens July 1 at the National Museum of African Art with Complementary Programs at Four Smithsonian Locations
- June 2, 2009
- African Art Museum
Smithsonian Folklife Festival to Feature Program on Oral Traditions in African American Culture
- June 1, 2009
- African American Museum
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces 2009–2010 Fellowship Appointments
- June 1, 2009
- American Art Museum
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Will Host a Star
- May 28, 2009
- Air and Space Museum
NSRC Announces Upcoming Science Education Leadership Symposium
- May 28, 2009
- Smithsonian Science Education Center
- Education News
Eleven Stingrays and Two Arowanas Die Overnight in Amazonia Exhibit
- May 27, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
National Museum of American History’s New Exhibition Goes “On the Water”
- May 22, 2009
- American History Museum
Cécile Whiting Is Awarded the 21st Annual Eldredge Prize for Her Book on Pop Art in Los Angeles
- May 22, 2009
- American Art Museum

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