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NEWS ABOUT: Smithsonian Insitution

Smithsonian Insitution stories: 4 news summaries

Obamas' Art Collection: Modern, Aggressive

White House borrows 47 works of art from Washington museums

Oct 7, 09 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama, working with curators at the White House and DC museums, have borrowed 47 artworks for their walls, and their selections are far more modern and discerning than their predecessors', writes Blake Gopnik. The Washington Post critic is impressed by the "surprisingly sober, even dour" choices... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • art • modern art • Mark Rothko • Jasper Johns • Smithsonian Insitution • Hirshhorn Museum

(Newser) - A legend about a DC watchmaker who etched a secret message inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch is true, the Washington Post reports. Smithsonian officials opened the watch today and found it amid the tiny gears: "Jonathan Dillon April 13, 1861. Fort Sumter was attacked by the rebels... More »

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Washington DC • Abraham Lincoln • Civil War • legend • Smithsonian Insitution • Fort Sumter • pocket watch • message

Smithsonian Gallery Names New Director

Former MoCA chief takes over Hirshhorn after yearlong search

Feb 27, 09 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Richard Koshalek, former director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, will become the new head of the Hirshhorn Museum—the modern gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Koshalek expanded MoCA over 20 years, leaving in 1999 to run the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.... More »

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art museum • Washington DC • art • Washington • Smithsonian Insitution • Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles • Hirshhorn Museum

'One in a Million' Conjoined Birds Found in Arkansas

Pair dies after landowner rescues them fallen from tree

Jul 18, 08 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of barn swallows born joined at the hip are being sent to the Smithsonian Institute for study, the AP reports. An Arkansas landowner found them fallen out of a tree this week and kept them for a day, but they refused to eat and died. Conjoined birds are... More »

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conjoined twins • Arkansas • birds • scientific discoveries • animal • discovery • Smithsonian Insitution

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