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    America on the Move Added

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    America on the Move

    This exhibition examines how transportation—from 1876 to 1999—has shaped our American identity.

    November 22, 2003 – Permanent

    American History Museum

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    Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals Added

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    Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals

    Travel to four continents to see some 274 mammals in lifelike poses in their natural habitat.

    November 15, 2003 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Within These Walls Added

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    Within These Walls

    The house and the exhibition that surrounds it tell the stories of five of the many families who lived there from the mid-1760s to 1945.

    May 16, 2001 – Permanent

    American History Museum

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    Victory Garden Added

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    Victory Garden

    The Victory Garden represents a typical vegetable garden planted during World War II, when growing food for home consumption was an important part of the war effort.

    Spring 2001 – Permanent

    Smithsonian Gardens

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    The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden Added

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    The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden

    This exhibition explores the public, personal, ceremonial, and executive boundaries of the presidency.

    November 15, 2000 – Permanent

    American History Museum

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    African Voices Added

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    African Voices

    This exhibition examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa's peoples and cultures.

    December 15, 1999 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden Added

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    Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden

    Enjoy roses in a rainbow of colors, along with selected annuals, perennials, and woody plants chosen for year-round interest.

    October 7, 1998 – Permanent

    Smithsonian Gardens

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    Great Cats Added

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    Great Cats

    Some of the top predators on the planet live at the Great Cats exhibit—African lions and Sumatran tigers.

    October 1, 1998 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals Added

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    Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals

    This hall features 2,500 minerals and gems, including the Hope Diamond, Hooker Emerald Brooch, and a sample from the Bennu asteroid.

    September 20, 1997 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Pollinator Garden Added

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    Pollinator Garden

    Stroll along the walkways in the Pollinator Garden to see four habitats of native plants that attract a variety of colorful butterflies spring through fall.

    June 30, 1995 – Permanent

    Smithsonian Gardens

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    FossiLab Added

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    FossiLab

    Watch museum paleontologists and trained volunteers extract fossils from rock and construct fossil casts and molds.

    1995 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Reptile Discovery Center Added

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    Reptile Discovery Center

    The Reptile Discovery Center is an interactive exhibition that features some 70 species of reptiles and amphibians.

    May 1, 1994 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    Insect Zoo, O. Orkin Added

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    Insect Zoo, O. Orkin

    The Insect Zoo features many species of live insects, a "nursery" room where visitors can peek at insect larvae and pupae.

    September 10, 1993 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Customers and Communities Added

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    Customers and Communities

    This gallery focuses on the modern changes in mail service introduced at the turn of the 20th century.

    July 30, 1993 – Permanent

    Postal Museum

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    Moving the Mail Added

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    Moving the Mail

    Faced with the challenge of moving the mail quickly, the postal service looked to trains, automobiles, airplanes, and buses to deliver the mail.

    July 30, 1993 – Permanent

    Postal Museum

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    Binding the Nation Added

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    Binding the Nation

    This gallery provides an overview of mail service in America from colonial times through the 19th century.

    July 30, 1993 – Permanent

    Postal Museum

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    Amazonia Added

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    Amazonia

    Venture to Amazonia and get up close to the animals that thrive along the Amazon River—the largest river basin in the world.

    November 18, 1992 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    Mary Livingston Ripley Garden Added

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    Mary Livingston Ripley Garden

    Meander along the unusual curvilinear serpentine walkway in the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden to view more than 200 varieties of plants.

    May 25, 1988 – Permanent

    Smithsonian Gardens

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    Enid A. Haupt Garden Added

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    Enid A. Haupt Garden

    A 4.2-acre rooftop park, named for its donor, features an embroidered parterre in a geometric design of plants and flowers rotated seasonally.

    May 22, 1987 – Permanent

    Smithsonian Gardens

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    Small Mammal House Added

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    Small Mammal House

    Meet more than 35 species as they move, eat and play in enclosures that mimic their wild habitats.

    April 1, 1983 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    Primates Added

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    Primates

    The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is home to over a dozen species of primates.

    April 15, 1981 – Permanent

    National Zoo

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    Lighting a Revolution Added

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    Lighting a Revolution

    This exhibition reveals how Thomas Edison's incandescent electric light bulb and other inventions transformed our world.

    October 9, 1979 – Permanent

    American History Museum

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    Birds of the District of Columbia Added

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    Birds of the District of Columbia

    Year-round and seasonal residents, migrants and vagrants—hundreds of bird species—are displayed.

    August 24, 1979 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Bone Hall Added

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    Bone Hall

    Hundreds of skeletons of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians are shown in characteristic poses.

    1964 – Permanent

    Natural History Museum

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    Power Machinery Added

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    Power Machinery

    This hall follows the development of the increasingly efficient power machinery that helped the United States become a world leader during the Industrial Revolution.

    January 22, 1964 – Permanent

    American History Museum


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