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Annual Leonids Meteor Shower This Week
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Three-Disc Edition + Digital Copy + DVD) [Blu-ray]
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Binding: Blu-ray Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Three-Disc Edition + Digital Copy + DVD) [Blu-ray] Ben Stiller wrestles with extinct beasts, historical figures, and meddling monkeys in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, the sequel to the popular 2006 ...1 day ago -
Ice Cream Recipes From 1907
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In a previous post , we featured candy recipes from the 1907 Ice Cream and Candy Makers’ Factory Guide . As you can tell from the title, the guide also has an ice cream section. The ice cream section begins with recipes for Neapolitan style and Philadelphia style ice cream. Neapolitan style ice cream is made ...2 days ago -
Washington DC displays history of holiday Season
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History opens “Holidays on Display” Nov. 13. The exhibition examines the art, industry and history of the commercial holiday displays that enchanted the public from the 1920s to the 1960s. A theme throughout ...2 days ago -
Holiday displays of old brighten Smithsonian exhibition
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In most places, the big department stores have left downtown. With them have gone the showcase window displays decorated with elves, snowflakes and the obligatory figure skater gliding along on a mirror, not to mention the families lining up to see these holiday tableaux.2 days ago -
Weekend Events: Celebrate American Indian Heritage, Astronaut Art, and Sesame Street’s 40th Birthday!
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Portrait of an American Indian (ca. 1900). Artist unknown. Image courtesy of the American Art Museum. Friday, November 13: Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night: A Conversation with Alan Bean On November 19th, 1969, Alan Bean became the fourth man to set foot on the Moon during the second lunar landing ...3 days ago -
Night at the Museum monkeys around
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Yes, Im a sucker for a monkey, especially one that responds to "gimme five!" This week, I had the opportunity to meet Crystal the monkey, one of the stars of "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," on the Fox Studios lot in Century City. She and her trainer, Anthony Suffredini , joined the films ...3 days ago -
NYTS on the NMAI’s Horse Culture Exhibit
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From the NYTs : When Christopher Columbus first came to America, there were no natives on horseback to greet him. That is not only because he landed on an island in the Bahamas. It’s also because there were no horses in the New World. They originated here 40 million years ago and spread to other parts of the ...3 days ago -
Decorating for the Holidays
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‘Ribbon Cutting’ courtesy of ‘tbridge’ The holidays are a time of excess, from decorations and food to parades and retail displays. We splurge on gifts, we make rich feasts for friends and family; we gather close to the people we love, seeking comfort in midwinter. The Smithsonian invited Santa & ...3 days ago -
The Key to the Forbidden City
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Believe it or not, clocks played a very important role for the foreign missionaries in opening the door to China in the 16th and 17th centuries. Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci , after settling in Macau in 1582, learned classical Chinese and adapted Chinese customs. He made a few attempts to have a ...3 days ago -
(Limited Editions × Low Prices) + The Internet = Art For Everyone
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Affordable art…what a concept. I love it. Couldn’t be easier either, each week 20×200 puts up two new pieces of art, typically one photo and one work on paper. The 20×200 handle comes from the $20 price tag of buying an edition of 200. For those with a little bit more to drop, they’ve created a few different ...4 days ago -
Construction Underway: Arts and Industries Building Gets a Little Love
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Work is underway at the Arts and Industries Building, closed to the public since 2004. Photograph by Brendan McCabe I remember well the first day I came to work at Smithsonian magazine 24 years ago. The offices then were located in the Arts and Industries Building, or the A&I, our affectionate acronym for that ...4 days ago -
Roy DeCarava, 1919–2009
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Roy DeCaravas Lingerie, New York Roy DeCarava, an American master, died October 27, 2009, a few weeks shy of his ninetieth birthday. Born in Harlem in 1919, and coming to adulthood during the Harlem Renaissance, DeCarava became a photographer of the street and the people who inhabited that day-to-day world. He ...4 days ago -
Yinka Shonibare, An Artist Turned Professor
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London-born, Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibares work is on view at the African Art Museum. Photo by Charlotte Player The past is prologue. And in the hands of the 47-year-old Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, history makes for rich fodder in the iconography of his sumptuous sculptural tableaux, curious films, richly ...4 days ago -
Sylph—A Fairy Inhabiting the Air; Airy, Graceful—Webster
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In this 1892 catalog from the Libraries trade literature collection , located in the National Museum of American History Library , Sylph Cycles, a product of the Rouse-Duryea Cycle Co., promotes their three bicycle models (Model A, B, or C). Each model came with standard spring frames and a choice of either the ...4 days ago -
Smithsonian’s Johnson Imax Theater Offers Free Admission to “Wild Ocean 3D” for Recycled Cell Phones
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The Johnson Imax Theater at the National Museum of Natural History has joined Nokia in an environmental initiative that provides free movie admission to visitors in exchange for their old mobile phones. From Nov. 15 through Nov. 22, guests who present a cell phone for recycling at the theater’s box offices will ...4 days ago -
Local Architect Hired to co-design Smithsonian Building
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What an extremely amazing compliment to one’s career! To be chosen to design a building connected to the Smithsonian.5 days ago -
Night At The Museum Battle Of The Smithsonian
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I had lots of fun yesterday at Fox Studio, for the release of the DVD Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian. As you can see I had my picture taken with the monkey from the movie. It comes out Dec. 1, 09. They really have added a lot of cool special features. The FoxPop thing is really cool, Im not sure if I ...5 days ago -
National Mall, a Finalist for a Google Trike Visit
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The National Mall is on a short list of places that may be photographed by the Google Trike. Photo courtesy of flickr user yufujamar. At the end of last month, the ATM blog initiated a campaign to have the Google Trike come to the National Mall. Google had invited the public to nominate trails, university ...5 days ago -
Remembering Veterans
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In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both ...5 days ago