The founding director of the Smithsonian's museum about African American history will now lead the entire system of museums and parks.

The founding director of the Smithsonian's museum about African American history will now lead the entire system of museums and parks.

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On his last visit to the United States before his presidency ends, the leader of the Philippines, Fidel Ramos, has been praised by White House officials for the strong economy he...

1. Exterior of entrance to Natural History Museum

2. Recreated dining room walls, decorated by recovered fre
scoes

3. Fresco
4. Face from recovered fra
gment of fresco
5. Woman looking at marble...

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Kite fans from all over the U-S have descended upon the nation's capital to launch their creations in the annual Smithsonian Institution's Kite Festiv
al.
Box kites, fighting...

1. Chief executive of London Mint Office unveiling American 1933 double eagle coin

2. Mid shot of coin showing double eagle d
esign
3. Photographers take pictur
es of coin
4. Close-up
of double...

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Twenty-five years after President Richard Nixon resigned from office his time in power and the nature of his fall is still the source of fascination for many in the
U-S.
Now a new photo...

US First Lady Melania Trump has donated her inaugural ball gown to the First Ladies' Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

The first lady handed over the vanilla silk, off-the-shoulder gown...

NEW EXHIBIT AT SMITHSONIAN SHOWCASES OPRAH WINFREY'S INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN CULTURE

A new museum exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is dedicated to...

The founding director of the Smithsonian's museum about African American history will now lead the entire system of museums and parks.

1. Various of Space Shuttle Discovery being wheeled into place for ceremony, flanked by former shuttle commanders, as Marine Drum and Bugle Corps plays

2. Band pla
ying
3. Discovery being...

1. Arnimation of ship on mission to Mars

2. Animation of ship landing on
Mars
Washington, DC - Januar
y 14, 2004
3. US President George W. Bush speaking at NA
SA headquarters
4.
Astronauts...

All things that go bump in the night are being revealed at a special exhibition to raise our awareness about nocturnal creatures.

Curators at Paris'...

January 20, 2002

1. Wide shot presidential helicopter la
nding
2. US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush getting off helicopter and walking to W
hite House
3. Bush speaki
ng to...

Melania Trump donated her inaugural ball gown to the First Ladies' Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

The first lady handed over the vanilla silk, off-the-shoulder gown during a ceremony Friday...

A senior US intelligence official warned on Wednesday that the ongoing standoff between the White House and Congressional Republicans over the federal budget is harming the nation's...

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Kevin Arnold's green New York Jets jacket that he always wore in "The Wonder Years" is becoming a piece of history along with other items from the popular TV
show.
Fred...

CLEAN : Breaking Bad props donated to Smithsonian museum

Melania Trump donated her inaugural ball gown to the First Ladies' Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

The first lady handed over the vanilla silk, off-the-shoulder gown during a ceremony Friday...

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As American veterans mark the 53rd anniversary of Pearl Harbour - the event which took the United States into war with Japan - controversy is building over how to commemorate the event...

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The Smithsonian museum in Washington has scrapped plans for a controversial exhibit featuring the American bomber that dropped the atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hirosh
ima.
American...

1. Wide shot of press conference with Russell Simmons at podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Russell Simmons, Hip Hop artist and founder of Def Jam Rec
ords:
"The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the...

1. Mid shot of gem unveiled

2. Mid shot of gem on di
splay
3. Cutaway young boy tak
ing photo
4. Close u
p pan up of gem
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeffrey Post, National Gem
Collection...