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Furious Brazilians are blaming neglect and budget cuts for the fire that destroyed the 200-year-old National Museum
A fire burns at the National Museum of Brazil on September 2, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The …
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Binance will team up with the world's 2nd biggest art museum to release NFT versions of works, including those by Da Vinci and Van Gogh
Crypto exchange Binance and Russia's State Hermitage Museum will release NFTs of major artworks, in…
Camomile Shumba
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How To Get Into 1,400 Museums For Free On National Museum Day
All visitors need is a Museum Day Live! ticket (available as a free download through The Smithsonia…
Megan Willett
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Step inside the Smithsonian's incredibly organized hidden collection rooms
For over two decades the museum has preserved more than 90% of its collection in these rooms, sorti…
Chris Weller
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The Smithsonian is trying to raise $300,000 on Kickstarter to fix up Dorothy's ruby slippers
If the Kickstarter makes it to $300,000, the money will go toward repairs, conservation, and a new …
Leanna Garfield
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LeBron James will donate $2.5 million to a new Muhammad Ali exhibit at the Smithsonian
"I am overwhelmed by the incredible generosity LeBron James has shown to the Smithsonian's National…
Emmett Knowlton
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Video shows aftermath of Brazil museum fire, with almost nothing left but an ancient meteorite
Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, the museum's deputy director, said that anything held in the main buildi…
Associated Press,Kelly McLaug…
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The Smithsonian is hiring a traveling beer drinker for $64,000 a year - here's how to apply
Now for the sobering news: The application is technically open to all, but the Smithsonian is looki…
Caroline Praderio
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Solo travelers share how they'll explore the world after lockdown, and it involves more nature adventures and bucket-list trips
Some solo travelers told Insider that they are eager to hop on the next flight out of the country, …
Monica Humphries
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Check out Bill Gross' old Bloomberg keyboard at the Smithsonian's new business exhibition
The American Enterprise exhibition at The National Museum of American History launches July 1 and w…
Portia Crowe
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The Trump administration plans to remodel the EPA's climate-focused museum - and may feature coal
Until final decisions are made, a large poster board featuring a "back-to-basics" agenda has been i…
Madeleine Sheehan Perkins
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The fire that destroyed a Brazilian museum containing 20 million artifacts also eliminated records of entire languages that nobody speaks anymore
Some of the National Museum's items may have withstood the fire, scientists said on Monday. Paleont…
Peter Kotecki
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It's far more likely that the coronavirus jumped naturally from bats to people than leaked from a lab — at least 4 other viruses did the same thing in the last 45 years
Both genetic studies and historical evidence suggest the new coronavirus jumped naturally from anim…
Aylin Woodward
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10 Incredible Award-Winning Photos Of Nature
The Smithsonian has shared a selection of the winners with us, but you can check out more entries i…
Harrison Jacobs
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Ancient skulls that mirror ours are part of a handful of archaeological findings that rewrite human history
For decades, it's been generally accepted that the first humans to trek into the Americas - the one…
Erin Brodwin
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Columbus Day has been controversial since it was established, and its history is even more gruesome than you realize
Either way, the fact it's a debate at all is unusual, considering Columbus himself never even made …
Áine Cain
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The Wright Brothers May Not Be The 'First In Flight'
The plot thickens even more if you take a looser definition of heavier-than-air powered flight. In …
Christina Sterbenz
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The 15 Most YOLO Moments In Federal Reserve History
Appointed in 1987, Greenspan presided over the alleged Great Moderation of the American economy, an…
Rob Wile
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America's First Colonists Were Profit-Seeking Speculators
The sallies had the effect of re-energizing interest in American projects, and in 1606, two groups …
Rob Wile
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UVA PROFESSOR: We Cannot Rule Out A Conspiracy To Kill John F. Kennedy
"As far as the CIA goes … it is clear beyond question that the CIA lied repeatedly to the Warren Co…