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Nine Smithsonian Museums Received Works From the Corcoran Gallery of Art Trustees

Art Museums Collect Photos, Paintings and Sculptures
National Portrait Gallery Presents a Portrait of Henrietta Lacks, a Co-Acquisition With the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- May 8, 2018
- African American Museum
- Portrait Gallery
National Museum of African American History and Culture Hosts Metropolitan Police Department in New Training Program
- May 4, 2018
- African American Museum
Film Screening and Discussion With Anna Deavere Smith Kicks Off Programming for May
- May 1, 2018
- African American Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture Continues Walk-Up Wednesdays for the Month of May
- May 1, 2018
- African American Museum
Smithsonian Launches Pilot Program of “Pepper” Robots

Softbank Robotics Donates Robots as Part of Significant Gift
- April 24, 2018
- African American Museum
- African Art Museum
- Arts and Industries
- Hirshhorn Museum
- Smithsonian Castle
- Environmental Research Center
Performance of Orchestral Music and Spoken Word To Celebrate the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

National Museum of African American History and Culture Presents “MLK 50: A Requiem for A King” in Performance by Darin Atwater and Soulful Symphony April Programs Include Book Talks
- April 4, 2018
- African American Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Walk-Up Wednesdays in April
- March 28, 2018
- African American Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Special Women’s History Month Programming

#HiddenHerstory Social Media Push Amplifies Stories of Women Who Fought Discrimination
- March 8, 2018
- African American Museum
“Mascots, Myths, Monuments and Memory” Symposium Examines Racist Mascots, Fate of Confederate Statutes and Politics of Memory

A Smithsonian Partnership Program With the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of the American Indian
- March 1, 2018
- African American Museum
- American Indian Museum
Celebrate African American History Month With the Culinary Powerhouses That Inspire Sweet Home Café
- February 8, 2018
- African American Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture Exhibits Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment
- February 5, 2018
- African American Museum