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Information - Photos - Media Contacts - News Releases & Press Previews - Press Kits - Museum & Program Fact Sheets - Exhibition Calendar - Administration - History - Awards & Medals - Secretary G. Wayne Clough - Visitor Statistics       Download Adobe Acrobat Reader		News Releases       Updated 8/5/2009   Date  Title 8/4/09   Katharine Hepburn’s Oscars on View Aug. 4 at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery 8/3/09   National Museum of African American History and Culture Hosts Conversation with Author of Satchel Paige Biography Sept. 9 8/3/09   Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces Four Artists Selected for Its Renwick Craft Invitational 2011 8/3/09   Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center Celebrates National Inventors’ Month by Building World’s Largest LEGO Light Bulb and Hosting Inventor Ralph Baer 7/30/09   Cooper-Hewitt Hosts K-12 Design Education Program in San Antonio 7/29/09   Columbia Pictures Donates Objects from “Julie & Julia” to Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History 7/29/09   Julia Child’s Copper Pots Reunited with Kitchen at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History 7/29/09   “American Idol” Judges’ Desk on Display at the Smithsonian through Sept. 13 7/28/09   Biennial Exhibition at the Renwick Gallery Presents Work by Four Artists Who Question Traditional Notions of Craft 7/22/09   National Museum of American History Showcases “Creating Hawai’i” 7/22/09   National Museum of American History Displays 1853 South Reading Quilt 7/22/09   New Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Shows Elvis before He Was “The King of Rock ’n’ Roll” 7/21/09   White House Administration Officials and Staff to Moderate National Design Awards Public Programs July 24 in Washington, D.C. 7/21/09   Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Presents the Arago Featured Collection “One Giant Leap for Mankind: Celebrating NASA & Apollo 11 through Stamps” 7/17/09   National Museum of American History Acquires George Washington Letter 7/17/09   Smithsonian Announces Archives of American Art Medal Recipients 7/16/09   The “Bittersweet” Struggle of the Bracero Is Revealed in a New Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition 7/15/09   “Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist on Another World” Opens July 16 at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum 7/15/09   Reynold Levy, President of Lincoln Center, Selected as Design Patron Award Recipient of Cooper-Hewitt’s 10th Annual National Design Awards 7/14/09   “Panama at the Smithsonian” Program Series Highlights Relationship between the Smithsonian and the Republic of Panama 7/13/09   Baby Boom of Endangered Species at Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center 7/9/09   “Horse Nation” Exhibition Premieres Nov. 14 in New York City 7/9/09   Cooper-Hewitt Presents Free Public Programs July 24 in Washington, D.C., Celebrating the 10th Annual National Design Awards 7/8/09   The Smithsonian Associates Commissions “Museum Moment” Print by Sam Gilliam   Press release archive Current Press Kits     Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Installation of the Portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver Smithsonian Names Architect for New Museum 1934: A New Deal for Artists "Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake" Installation of Secretary Wayne Clough All Press Kits Upcoming Press Previews & Briefings     8/5/09 Portraits Alive! tours at the National Portrait Gallery Aug. 5-7 and Aug. 11-14 at 2:15 p.m. 7/30/09 Grufolpawa!, a Program Featuring Live Music and Panamanian Folk Dance Thursday, Aug. 6 7/30/09 “Superheroes and Alter Egos,” an Artist Talk Friday, Aug. 7 7/14/09 A Railway Post Office Clerk Reunion Friday, Aug. 7 7/14/09 Owney Day at the National Postal Museum Saturday, Aug. 8 Calendar Listings     7/10/09 August Calendar of Events: Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation 6/22/09 Apollo 11 Moon Landing 40th Anniversary Activities Take Off at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum 6/17/09 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Announces Programs 5/12/09 The Freer and Sackler Galleries Introduce Two Innovative Summer Programs: “Asia After Dark” and “Asia Trash” 1/5/09 National Museum of American History Celebrates Abraham Lincoln Smithsonian Channel     2009 Releases Archives Fact Sheet Smithsonian Channel Web Site Information About Filming At the Smithsonian     Frequently Asked Questions about Filming at the Smithsonian Institution (PDF, 2 pages) Application for Filming at the Smithsonian Institution (DOC format) Application for Filming at the Smithsonian Institution (RTF format)

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