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Giant Anteater Born at the National Zoo
- March 13, 2009
- National Zoo & SCBI
National Postal Museum Celebrates Women's History Month with a Women's Featured Collection
- March 13, 2009
- Postal Museum
"Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth Century" Open at the National Portrait Gallery April 10 through Aug. 16
- March 13, 2009
- Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program to Present Program about Operation Babylift, the Vietnam War’s Historic Orphan Rescue
- March 11, 2009
- Asian Pacific American Center
Smithsonian Uncovers Secret Message Inside Abraham Lincoln’s Watch
- March 10, 2009
- American History Museum
Comic Art Exhibition Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian
- March 5, 2009
- American Indian Museum
The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Announces a New FDR Exhibition
- March 5, 2009
- Postal Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture Looks Back at the Black Power Movement in a Symposium March 30 and 31
- March 5, 2009
- African American Museum
Major Survey of Influential Arts and Crafts Figures Charles and Henry Greene Opens March 13 at the Renwick Gallery
- March 5, 2009
- American Art Museum
Smithsonian Celebrates Women’s History Month
- March 3, 2009
Richard Koshalek Named Director of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- February 26, 2009
- Hirshhorn Museum
The 43rd Annual Smithsonian Kite Festival Celebrates the Environment by Going Green
- February 26, 2009
- Air and Space Museum
- Smithsonian Associates
New Online Collection Highlights First Years of Airmail Service
- February 26, 2009
- Postal Museum
Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival with Monster Tales, Anime Films and ImaginAsia Workshops March 28-April 12
- February 26, 2009
The Smithsonian Institution and the Senator John Heinz History Center Team Up for "Ability Pittsburgh"
- February 25, 2009
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Opens Two Exhibitions on Illustration and Exploration
- February 24, 2009
- American History Museum
- Natural History Museum
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents New Deal Paintings from the First Federally Funded Art Program in the United States
- February 20, 2009
- American Art Museum
National Museum of American History and USA Weekend Magazine Partner for National Anthem YouTube Singing Contest
- February 19, 2009
- American History Museum
“The Tale of Shuten Do¯ji” Opens at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery March 21
- February 18, 2009
National Museum of the American Indian Announces Lineup for 2009 Native American Film and Video Festival
- February 17, 2009
- American Indian Museum Heye Center
Roz Chast, Harold Holzer, Jamaica Kincaid and John Waters Participate in Second Annual “American Pictures Distinguished Lecture Series”
- February 17, 2009
- American Art Museum
- Portrait Gallery
National Postal Museum Celebrates Lincoln’s 200th Birthday with New Online Collection
- February 11, 2009
- Postal Museum
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Set for June 24-28 and July 1-5
- February 11, 2009
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Scientists Uncover a Dramatic Rise in Sea Level and Its Broad Ramifications
- February 9, 2009
- Natural History Museum

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