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“Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants” Opens May 30 at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
- May 21, 2009
- Natural History Museum
National Zoo’s Giant Panda Is Not Pregnant
- May 20, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Announces Winner of K-12 Doodle 4 Google Design Contest and Launches Exhibition
- May 20, 2009
- Cooper Hewitt
“Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America” Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian
- May 19, 2009
- American Indian Museum
National Museum of American History Announces Grand Prize Winner of National Anthem YouTube Singing Contest
- May 19, 2009
- American History Museum
Andes Mountains Are Older Than Previously Believed
- May 15, 2009
- Tropical Research Institute
Smithsonian Awards Fellowships to 10 Artists to Conduct Research at Museums and Research Facilities
- May 12, 2009
National Museum of American History Collects Legendary Burnett Costume
- May 12, 2009
- American History Museum
“Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings” Opens at the Smithsonian’s International Gallery
- May 11, 2009
- American History Museum
- American History Museum
Smithsonian Shares Lincoln Portraits with Educators across the Nation through Portfolio Set and Online Resources
- May 11, 2009
- Portrait Gallery
- Traveling Exhibition Service
Andrea Carlson Exhibition Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York June 13
- May 11, 2009
- American Indian Museum Heye Center
The Freer and Sackler Galleries Introduce Two Innovative Summer Programs: “Asia After Dark” and “Asia Trash”
- May 11, 2009
Annie Pootoogook’s Drawings of Contemporary Inuit Life Opens in New York June 13
- May 11, 2009
- American Indian Museum Heye Center
Eight Institutions Band Together to Save Amphibians with the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project
- May 11, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
- Tropical Research Institute
Money Talks at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

New Display of Numismatic Rarities
- May 11, 2009
- American History Museum
Portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver Created by David Lenz Installed May 9 at the National Portrait Gallery
- May 9, 2009
- Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Brings “Treasures” to Charleston and St. Helena Island May 30 and 31
- May 8, 2009
- African American Museum
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Accessible to All
- May 8, 2009
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
David M. Rubenstein Appointed to the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents
- May 8, 2009
National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- May 7, 2009
- American Indian Museum
The Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries Hold Events to Celebrate “The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in The Moscow Kremlin”
- May 7, 2009
National Postal Museum Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a New Online Featured Collection
- May 6, 2009
- Postal Museum
Traveling “The Scenic Route” at Smithsonian Institution’s Third Annual Garden Fest
- May 6, 2009
- Natural History Museum
- Smithsonian Gardens
Smithsonian Photography Initiative Celebrates the International Year of Astronomy in May and June
- May 5, 2009

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