WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian American Art Museum has received an $8 million gift to create an education center and says it will expand its reach to more U.S. classrooms. The museum said Wednesday that it will create the 2,300-square-foot facility ...

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WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institution would see a $100 million increase in President Barack Obama’s budget plan to build a new museum on the National Mall, while making small cuts elsewhere at the museum complex. The 2012 fiscal year request ...

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ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The Smithsonian hears America singing, playing instruments and telling its history through music. The Washington cultural institution’s New Harmonies program will feature this musical history with a traveling exhibit in five states — Minnesota, Mississippi, New ...

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WASHINGTON — Amelia Earhart was, of course, a famous pilot and pioneer for women. Her time as a fashion designer, though, usually isn’t something people remember about the woman who disappeared during a 1937 flight. The National Air and Space ...

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