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Smithsonian Channel announces three network series renewals

Image Brattleboro Reformer 22 Jan 2026
Lineup includes How Did They Build That?, How Did They Fix That? and Ice Airport Alaska ....
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Silva's "Sound Waves" portrait named a finalist for Smithsonian exhibit in D.C.

Image The Valley Breeze 22 Jan 2026
CUMBERLAND – From a very young age, Cumberland High School junior Caydence Silva said she has loved photography, taking photos of butterflies and flowers that she thought were beautiful with her grandfather’s camera ....
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Explore the Smithsonian’s larger than life whale bone collection

Wtop 22 Jan 2026
If you ever get the chance to see the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s “Whale Bone Repository” up close, your eyes aren’t deceiving you, what you’re seeing is in fact real!.
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The Real Fight for the Smithsonian

The Atlantic 22 Jan 2026
If she had been writing in the United States, she’d surely have targeted one of the 21 museums that make up the Smithsonian, an institution that has its own struggle with hoarding—and with the public’s idea that it hoards.
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Inside the restoration hangar where the National Air and Space Museum repairs and preserves historic ...

Business Insider 22 Jan 2026
Talia Lakritz/Business Insider. The Smithsonian museum's second location, situated about 30 miles from the National Air and Space Museum's flagship site in downtown Washington, DC, offers an expansive setting with 340,000 square feet of exhibit space.
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Five Fronts in Trump’s Culture War

New York Times 22 Jan 2026
In the first year of his second term, President Trump has made sweeping efforts to influence the arts and media in America ... .
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All sorts of interesting flags and artifacts will fly to the Moon on Artemis II

Ars Technica 22 Jan 2026
NASA on Wednesday (Jan ... The kit includes more than 2,300 items, including a handful of relics ... Read full article. Comments .
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Yuma Art Center to host Smithsonian exhibition “Spark! Places of Innovation” (City of Yuma, AZ)

Public Technologies 21 Jan 2026
The exhibition also represents the first Smithsonian Institution exhibition hosted by the Yuma Art Center. "Hosting a Smithsonian exhibit has been a long-held dream for us," said Arts & Culture Program Manager Ana Padilla.
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Breckenridge History hosting a Smithsonian exhibit on Native Americans

Summit Daily 20 Jan 2026
Breckenridge History is currently hosting the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian traveling exhibit, “Americans” through March 15 ... On Thursday, Jan ... The event is open and free to the public ... .
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Exploring Smithsonian Museum of Natural History’s entire reserve specimen collection

Wtop 20 Jan 2026
If you’ve ever wondered where all the items in a Smithsonian museum that aren’t actively being displayed to the public end up, look no further than this massive, secure facility, sitting just outside D.C.
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Slavery in US was brutal and oppressive. We can't whitewash history. | Opinion

Knox News 18 Jan 2026
This is the truth Trump wants to whitewash with his administration's review of Smithsonian museums under the auspices of “restoring truth and sanity.” So much for lowering prices, ending the Russian war against Ukraine or releasing the Epstein files.
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Trump’s Christian Nationalist Pseudo-Historians Attack the Smithsonian

Dissident Voice 17 Jan 2026
If you’re planning a visit to the Smithsonian, you may want to go sooner rather than later — before the nation’s most important public history institution becomes another casualty of Trump-era historical revisionism.
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Trump Smithsonian

Image Magic Valley 15 Jan 2026
A display in the "Great Debate" section of a democracy exhibit at the National Museum of American History is seen Aug. 26 in Washington ... .
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Smithsonian responds to White House pressure by handing over more plans on its exhibits

Image Magic Valley 15 Jan 2026
The Smithsonian gave the White House new documents on its planned exhibits in response to a demand to share details of what its programs are doing for America's 250th birthday ... .
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