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	News Releases Updated 1/6

Date	Title

1/5/09		Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Presents Major Retrospective of Louise Bourgeois
1/5/09		“The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise” Photography Exhibition Opens at the Smithsonian Jan. 30
12/22/08		The Nature Conservancy and the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Present “Design for a Living World”
12/19/08		Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition of Avedon’s Photographs of President-elect Kennedy and Family Coming to Riverside, Calif.
12/19/08		“A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from the Archives of American Art”
12/19/08		Smithsonian Journeys Offers New Gift Certificates
12/18/08		National Portrait Gallery to Present President and Mrs. Bush's Portraits
12/18/08		Smithsonian National Postal Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian Launch a New Online Collection
12/17/08		Tony Bennett Donates Painting of Duke Ellington to the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
12/16/08		“Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake” Opens Feb. 7 at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
12/15/08		The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Marks the Fifth Anniversary of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
12/15/08		Smithsonian Craft Show Announces Artists Selected for 27th Annual Exhibition and Sale: “Telling America's Story through the Art of Craft ”
12/12/08		Save Up to $2,000 Sailing the Seas with Smithsonian Journeys
12/11/08		Smithsonian Scientists Rearrange Hawaii's Bird Family Tree
12/10/08		“Puerto Rican Art Now - with Antonio Martorell” Presented at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum Dec. 12
12/10/08		Endangered Bird Dies at Smithsonian's National Zoo
12/10/08		Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum Presents “Jubilee: African American Celebration”
12/8/08		“First Ladies at the Smithsonian” Exhibition Opens at National Museum of American History
12/8/08		2008 Shimada Prize Winner Patricia Berger Presents “Empire of Emptiness: Buddhist Art and Political Authority in Qing China” at Freer Meyer Auditorium
12/8/08		“Ambulante at the Smithsonian: New Documentaries from Mexico” Screened at Museums on Dec. 11, 13 and 14
12/8/08		Frugal? Explore the Freer and Sackler Galleries’ Free Winter Programs
12/8/08		Original Site-specific Works by Artists from Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo Go on View in “Artists in Dialogue” at National Museum of African Art
12/8/08		Smithsonian Celebrates the 2009 Presidential Inauguration with a Series of Exhibitions

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	Current Press Kits

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	Museum of American History Grand Reopening
	The Sant Ocean Hall Opens
	G. Wayne Clough Named 12th Secretary of the Smithsonian
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	Upcoming Press Previews & Briefings

12/16/08	“Crouching Spider” is now on view at the Independence Avenue entrance to the Hirshhorn.
10/28/08	Hirshhorn Public Programs The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has several exhibition-related programs coming up within the next few weeks. For more information, click here.


	Calendar Listings

1/5/09	National Museum of American History Celebrates Abraham Lincoln
10/3/08	Smithsonian Chamber Music Society The Smithsonian Chamber Music Society celebrates its 32nd season with performances of musical masterpieces from the late 17th century to the 20th century. For more information, click here.


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