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Photo by Jim Preston, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian Names Ellen Stofan Under Secretary for Science and Research
03.02.2021
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Kevin Gover

Kevin Gover Named Under Secretary for Museums and Culture for Smithsonian
Machel Monenerkit To Serve as Acting Director of the National Museum of the American Indian
01.13.2021
American Indian Museum Administrative News
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Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Budget Totals $1 Billion
12.30.2020
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Giant pandas Mei Xiang (left) and Tian Tian (right) will continue to live at the Zoo through the end of 2023 per a three-year agreement extension signed by Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and China Wildlife and Conservation Association (CWCA). Photo: Ann Batdorf, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Extends Giant Panda Agreement
12.07.2020
National Zoo Administrative News
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National Museum of the American Indian Receives Donation of Nearly $5.7 Million From Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria in California
11.20.2020
American Indian Museum Administrative News
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Smithsonian Museums and the National Zoo To Close Nov. 23
11.19.2020
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Mitsubishi Corporation To Renew $1 Million Sponsorship to the Freer and Sackler Galleries
Relationship Supports National Museum of Asian Art Exhibitions and Outreach for U.S.–Japan Collaboration
10.01.2020
Asian Art Museum Administrative News
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Photo by Melanie Dunea

Smithsonian Names Kevin Young as Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
09.29.2020
African American Museum Administrative News
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Sept. 28: Status of Smithsonian Museums
09.28.2020
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Smithsonian To Reopen Four Additional Museums Sept. 18
Phased Reopening Continues With New Safety Measures in Place
09.14.2020
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Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Udvar-Hazy Center To Reopen July 24 With New Safety Measures
All Other Smithsonian Museums Remain Temporarily Closed
07.20.2020
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National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center Announces Roof-Reconstruction Project
06.26.2020
Air and Space Museum Exhibitions Administrative News
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Smithsonian Announces “Race, Community and Our Shared Future” Initiative
Initiative’s Founding Partner, Bank of America, Commits $25 Million in Funding To Launch
06.08.2020
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch Statement on the Death of Former Smithsonian Regent Sam Johnson
05.28.2020
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Smithsonian Museums and the National Zoo To Close March 14
03.12.2020
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All Smithsonian Museums and National Zoo Remain Open, Events Canceled
03.12.2020
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Statement on Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act
02.11.2020
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Smithsonian Confirms Plans for Collaboration in East London
01.27.2020
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Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Budget Totals $1 Billion
01.08.2020
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Meroë Park

Meroë Park Named Deputy Secretary of Smithsonian Institution
12.16.2019
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Disc recording in green wax on brass holder, probably 1885. Content: male voice reciting opening lines of "To be, or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet. 

Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Receives Save America’s Treasures Grant
Funding Will Preserve Alexander Graham Bell’s Experimental Sound Recordings
12.02.2019
American History Museum Administrative News
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Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Receives $1.5 Million Philanthropic Gift To Fund Cultural Sustainability Program
11.04.2019
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Administrative News
Secretary Lonnie Bunch and Chief Justice Roberts

Chief Justice John Roberts presents Secretary Lonnie Bunch with the ceremonial key to the Smithsonian Castle. 

Credit: Jaclyn Nash

Lonnie G. Bunch III Installed as 14th Smithsonian Secretary in Ceremony Held in Historic Arts and Industries Building
Chief Justice Welcomes New Secretary With Key to the Castle
11.01.2019
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Smithsonian and the U.S. Army Sign Historic Agreement To Train the Next Generation of Monuments Men and Women
10.22.2019
Archives of American Art Administrative News

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