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Life on Mars? Exploring 200 Years of Our Fascination with the Red PlanetWednesday, February 15, 2017 |
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FEBRUARY CHALLENGE: I SEE WONDER SCAVENGER HUNTWednesday, March 1, 2017 |
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An Evening at the Castle: The Lost Order Book Launch and TourTuesday, April 4, 2017 |
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Smithsonian Libraries Research Opportunities 2016-2017
Friday, October 9, 2015The Smithsonian Libraries will award grants to Baird Society, Dibner Library and Penick Resident Scholars in the 2016-2017 acacemic year. These competitive grants are offered to historians, librarians and bibliographers, as well as predoctoral and postdoctoral students, with an approved research project.
National Museum of African Art and Smithsonian Libraries Unveil “Artists’ Books and Africa”
Tuesday, August 18, 2015The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and the Smithsonian Libraries present a new exhibition, “Artists’ Books and Africa,” at the National Museum of African Art beginning Sept. 16. “Artists’ Books and Africa” will be on display through Sept. 11, 2016.
Smithsonian Libraries Unveils “Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction, 1780–1910”
Friday, June 19, 2015The Smithsonian Libraries opens its new exhibition “Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction, 1780–1910” in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History July 1. “Fantastic Worlds” will be on display through October 2016.
