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            <NameColumnValue>John G. Roberts, Jr.</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>G. Wayne Clough</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Epin Christensen</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Evelyn Lieberman</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Era L. Marshall</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Virginia B. Clark</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Nell Payne</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Judith E. Leonard</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Al Horvath</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Deron Burba</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Elizabeth Ziebarth</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Nancy Bechtol</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>James Douglas</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Amy Chen</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Scott Miller</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>H. Whitney Watriss, Acting</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Anne Van Camp</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Karen Keller</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Richard Kurin</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Camile Akeju</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kate Haw</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Konrad Ng</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, Asian Pacific American Program</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Michael Mason</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Caroline Baumann</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Julian Raby</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kerry Brougher, Acting</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Lonnie Bunch</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, National Museum of African American History and Culture</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Johnnetta B. Cole</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>John Gray</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kevin Gover</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kim Sajet</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Allen Kane</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, National Postal Museum</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Harold Closter</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, Smithsonian Affiliations</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Fredie Adelman, Acting</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, Smithsonian Associates</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Elizabeth Broun</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Stephanie Norby</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Eduardo Diaz</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Myriam Springuel, Acting</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>John Kress, Acting</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Under Secretary for Science</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>John R. Dailey</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, National Air and Space Museum</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kirk Johnson</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, National Museum of Natural History</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Thomas Emrick, Acting</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, National Science Resources Center</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Eric Woodard</NameColumnValue>
            <TitleColumnValue>Director, Fellowships and Internships</TitleColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Dennis Kelly</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Charles Alcock</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Anson H. Hines</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Nancy E. Gwinn</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Valerie Paul</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Robert Koestler</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Chris Liedel</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Michael Caruso</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Claudine K. Brown</NameColumnValue>
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        <Paragraph MissionStatmentId="52" SortOrder="1">The Smithsonian Institution is an independent trust instrumentality of the United States which comprises the world's largest museum and research complex; includes 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and research facilities in several States and the Republic of Panama; and is dedicated to public education, national service, and scholarship in the arts, sciences, history, and culture.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Smithsonian Institution was created by an act of Congress on August 10, 1846 (20 U.S.C. 41 et seq.), to carry out the terms of the will of British scientist James Smithson (1765-1829), who in 1826 had bequeathed his entire estate to the United States "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." On July 1, 1836, Congress accepted the legacy and pledged the faith of the United States to the charitable trust.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>In September 1838, Smithson's legacy, which amounted to more than 100,000 gold sovereigns, was delivered to the mint at Philadelphia. Congress vested responsibility for administering the trust in the Secretary of the Smithsonian and the Smithsonian Board of Regents, composed of the Chief Justice, the Vice President, three Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of Representatives, and nine citizen members appointed by joint resolution of Congress. To carry out Smithson's mandate, the Institution executes the following functions: conducts scientific and scholarly research; publishes the results of studies, explorations, and investigations; preserves for study and reference more than 137 million artifacts, works of art, and scientific specimens; organizes exhibits representative of the arts, the sciences, American history, and world culture; shares Smithsonian resources and collections with communities throughout the Nation; and engages in educational programming and national and international cooperative research.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>Smithsonian activities are supported by its trust endowments and revenues; gifts, grants, and contracts; and funds appropriated to it by Congress. Admission to the museums in Washington, DC, is free.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Anacostia Community Museum</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE., Washington, DC 20020. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://anacostia.si.edu</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Museum, located in the historic Fort Stanton neighborhood of Southeast Washington, serves as a national resource for exhibitions, historical documentation, and interpretive and educational programs relating to  the impact of history and contemporary social issues on urban communities.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Archives of American Art</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Archives of American Art, Suite 2200, 750 Ninth Street NW., Washington, DC 20001. Phone, 202-633-7940.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.aaa.si.edu</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Archives contains the Nation's largest collection of documentary materials reflecting the history of visual arts in the United States. On the subject of art in America, it is the largest archives in the world, holding more than 16 million documents. The Archives gathers, preserves, and microfilms the papers of artists, craftsmen, collectors, dealers, critics, and art societies. These papers include manuscripts, letters, diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, business records, clippings, exhibition catalogs, transcripts of tape-recorded interviews, and photographs of artists and their work.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2 East Ninety-First Street, New York, NY 10128. Phone, 212-849-8400.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://cooperhewitt.org</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Museum is the only museum in the country devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design. Collections include objects in such areas as applied arts and industrial design, drawings and prints, glass, metalwork, wallcoverings, and textiles. Changing exhibits and public programs seek to educate by exploring the role of design in daily life. The Museum is closed until November 2014. Programming will be offered offsite and online.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Freer Gallery of Art</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Freer Gallery of Art, Jefferson Drive at Twelfth Street SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.asia.si.edu</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The building, the original collection, and an endowment were the gift of Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919). The Gallery houses one of the world's most renowned collections of Asian art, an  important group of ancient Egyptian glass, early Christian manuscripts, and works by 19th- and early 20th-century American artists. The objects in the Asian collection represent the arts of East Asia, the Near East, and South and Southeast Asia, including paintings, manuscripts, scrolls,  screens, ceramics, metalwork, glass, jade, lacquer, and sculpture. Members of the staff conduct research on objects in the collection and publish results in scholarly journals and books for general and scholarly audiences.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>From cubism to minimalism, the Museum houses major collections of modern and contemporary art. The nucleus of the collection is the gift and bequest of Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981). Supplementing the permanent collection are loan exhibitions. The Museum houses a collection research facility, a specialized art library, and a photographic archive, available for consultation by prior appointment. The outdoor sculpture garden is located nearby on the National Mall. There is an active program of public service and education, including docent tours, lectures on contemporary art and artists, and films of historic and artistic interest.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Air and Space Museum</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Air and Space Museum, Sixth Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://airandspace.si.edu</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>Created to memorialize the development and achievements of aviation and spaceflight, the Museum collects, displays, and preserves aeronautical and space flight artifacts of historical significance as well as documentary and artistic materials related to air and space. Among its artifacts are full-size planes, models, and instruments. Highlights of the collection include the Wright brothers' Flyer, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, a Moon rock, and Apollo spacecraft. The exhibitions and study collections record the human conquest of the air from its beginnings to recent achievements. The principal areas in which work is concentrated include flight craft of all types, spaceflight vehicles, and propulsion systems. The Museum's IMAX Theater and the 70-foot domed Einstein Planetarium are popular attractions. The Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, at Washington Dulles International Airport, opened in December 2003. Its featured artifacts include a space shuttle and the Enola Gay B-29 World War II bomber.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Museum of African Art</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://africa.si.edu</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>This is the only art museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to portraying the creative visual traditions of Africa. Its research components, collection, exhibitions, and public programs establish the Museum as a primary source for the examination and discovery of the arts and culture of Africa. The collection includes works in wood, metal, fired clay, ivory, and fiber. The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives includes slides, photos, and film segments on Africa. There is also a specialized library.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Museum of African American History and Culture</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Capital Gallery, Suite 7001, 600 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Museum was established in 2003 and will be the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history, and culture. Scheduled for completion in 2016, the Museum will be built on the National Mall on a 5-acre tract adjacent to the Washington Monument. In the meantime, the Museum has exhibition space on the second floor of the National Museum of American History.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Smithsonian American Art Museum</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW., Washington, DC 20006. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.americanart.si.edu</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Museum's art collection spans centuries of American painting, sculpture, folk art, photography, and graphic art. A major center for research in American art, the Museum has contributed to such resources as the Inventory of American Paintings Executed Before 1914, the Smithsonian Art Index, and the Inventory of American Sculpture. The library, shared with the National Portrait Gallery, contains volumes on art, history, and biography, with special emphasis on the United States. The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture is home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Archives of American Art. Hundreds of images from the collection and extensive information on its collections, publications, and activities are available electronically on the Museum's Web site.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Renwick Gallery</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Renwick Gallery, Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
                <WebAddress>http://www.americanart.si.edu/renwick</WebAddress>
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              <Paragraph>The Gallery, a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is dedicated to exhibiting crafts of all periods and to collecting 20th-century American crafts. It offers changing exhibitions of American crafts and decorative arts, both historical and contemporary, and a rotating selection from its permanent collection. The Gallery's grand salon is elegantly furnished in the Victorian style of the 1860s and 1870s. The Gallery closes for a 2-year renovation beginning in early 2014.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Museum of American History</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Museum of American History, Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>In pursuit of its fundamental mission to inspire a broader understanding of the United States and its people, the Museum provides learning opportunities, stimulates the imagination of visitors, and presents challenging ideas about the Nation's past. The Museum's exhibits provide a unique view of the American experience. Emphasis is placed upon innovative individuals representing a wide range of cultures, who have shaped our heritage, and upon science and the remaking of our world through technology. Exhibits draw upon strong collections in the sciences and engineering, agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, political memorabilia, costumes, musical instruments, coins, Armed Forces history, photography, computers, ceramics, and glass. Classic cars, icons of the American Presidency, First Ladies' gowns, the Star-Spangled Banner flag, Whitney's cotton gin, Morse's telegraph, the John Bull locomotive, Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz," and other American icons are highlights of the collection. The West Wing of the Museum is closed for renovation until 2015.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Museum of the American Indian</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Museum of the American Indian, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Museum was established in 1989, and the building on the National Mall opened September 2004. Much of the collection of the Museum is comprised of the collection of the former Heye Foundation in New York City. It is an institution of living cultures dedicated to the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the Native peoples of the Americas. Highlights include Northwest Coast carvings; dance masks; pottery and weaving from the Southwest; painted hides and garments from the North American Plains; goldwork of the Aztecs, Incas, and Maya; and Amazonian featherwork. The National Museum of the American Indian also operates the George Gustav Heye Center at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Museum of Natural History, Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>Dedicated to understanding the natural world and the place of humans in it, the Museum's permanent exhibitions focus on human cultures, Earth sciences, biology, and anthropology, with the most popular displays featuring gem stones such as the Hope Diamond, dinosaurs, insects, marine ecosystems, birds, and mammals. In 2010, the Museum celebrated its 100th anniversary with the opening of a new permanent exhibition, the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins. An IMAX theater offers large-format films. The Museum's encyclopedic collections comprise more than 126 million specimens, making the Museum one of the world's foremost facilities for natural history research. The Museum's seven departments are anthropology, botany, entomology, invertebrate zoology, mineral sciences, paleobiology, and vertebrate zoology. Doctorate-level staff researchers ensure the continued growth and value of the collection by conducting studies in the field and laboratory.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW., Washington, DC  20001. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Gallery was established in 1962 for the exhibition and study of portraiture depicting men and women who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the United States. The Gallery contains more than 19,000 works, including photographs and glass negatives. The first floor of the Gallery is devoted to changing exhibitions from the Gallery's collection of paintings, sculpture, prints, photographs, and drawings as well as to special portrait collections. Featured on the second floor are the permanent collection of portraits of eminent Americans and the Hall of Presidents, including the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait-from-life of George Washington. The two-story American Victorian Renaissance Great Hall on the third floor of the Gallery houses and exhibit of 20th century Americans and is used for special events and public programs. The Gallery shares a large library with the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Archives of American Art. The education department offers public programs; outreach programs for adult groups; and walk-in and group tours.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC  20001. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Museum houses the Nation's postal history and philatelic collection, the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 13 million objects. The Museum is devoted to the history of  America's mail service, and major galleries include exhibits on mail service in colonial times and during the Civil War, the Pony Express, modern mail service, automation, mail transportation, and the art of letters, as well as displays of the Museum's priceless stamp collection. Highlights include three mail planes, a replica of a railway mail car, displays of historic letters, handcrafted mail boxes, and rare U.S. and foreign-issue stamps and covers. The Museum opened its newest permanent gallery, the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery, in September 2013.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>National Zoological Park</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20008. Phone, 202- 633-4888.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The National Zoo is an international leader in wildlife conservation, education, and research. Home to more than 2,000 animals, the Zoo encompasses 163 acres along Rock Creek Park in Northwest Washington. Exhibits include the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat, where the giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian reside with their cub Bao Bao. Built to mimic the animals’ natural habitat in China, it is part of the Zoo's Asia Trail, which also takes visitors through the habitats of red pandas, Asian small-clawed otters, fishing cats, sloth bears, and clouded leopards. Other highlights include the Elephant Trails, home to the Asian elephant Kandula, who was born at the Zoo in 2001; Amazonia, a 15,000-square-foot rain forest habitat; the Reptile Discovery Center, featuring African pancake tortoises and the world's largest lizards, Komodo dragons; and the Great Ape House, home to gorillas, orangutans, and other primates.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Capital Gallery, Suite 2001, 600 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Center is responsible for research, documentation, and presentation of grassroots cultural  traditions. It maintains a documentary collection and produces Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, educational materials, documentary films, publications, and traveling exhibits, as well as the annual  Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall. Recent Folklife festivals have featured a range of American music styles, a number of State tributes, and performers from around the world. Admission to the festival is free. The 2-week program includes Fourth of July activities on the National Mall.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Arthur M. Sackler Gallery</Heading>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>This Asian art museum opened in 1987 on the National Mall. Changing exhibitions drawn from major collections in the United States and abroad, as well as from the permanent holdings of the Sackler Gallery, are displayed in the distinctive below-ground museum. The Gallery's growing permanent collection is founded on a group of art objects from China, South and Southeast Asia, and the ancient Near East that were given to the Smithsonian by Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987). The Museum's current collection features Persian manuscripts; Japanese paintings; ceramics, prints, and textiles; sculptures from India; and paintings and metalware from China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The Sackler Gallery is connected by an underground exhibition space to the neighboring Freer Gallery.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, 600 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone, 202-633-5870.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Smithsonian Institution Archives acquires, preserves, and makes available for research the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and the papers of individuals and organizations associated with the Institution or with its work. These holdings document the growth of the Smithsonian and the development of American science, history, and art.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For more information, contact the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Phone, 617-495-7463.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory have coordinated research activities under a single director in a cooperative venture, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The Center's research activities are organized in the following areas of study: atomic and molecular physics, radio and geoastronomy, high-energy astrophysics, optical and infrared astronomy, planetary sciences, solar and stellar physics, and theoretical astrophysics. Research results are published in the Center Preprint Series and other technical and nontechnical bulletins and distributed to scientific and educational institutions around the world.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Museum Conservation Institute, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746. Phone, 301-238-1240.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Institute researches preservation, conservation, and technical study and analysis of collection materials. Its researchers investigate the chemical and physical processes that are involved in the care of art, artifacts, and specimens and attempt to formulate conditions and procedures for storage, exhibit, and stabilization that optimize the preservation of these objects. In interdisciplinary collaborations with archeologists, anthropologists, and art historians, natural and physical scientists study and analyze objects from the collections and related materials to expand knowledge and understanding of their historical and scientific context.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037. Phone, 443-482-2200.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Center is the leading national research center for understanding environmental issues in the coastal zone. SERC is dedicated to increasing knowledge of the biological and physical processes that sustain life on Earth. The Center, located near the Chesapeake Bay, trains future generations of  scientists to address ecological questions of the Nation and the globe.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20560. Phone, 202-633-2240.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The Smithsonian Institution Libraries include more than 1 million volumes (among them, 40,000 rare books) with strengths in natural history, art, science, humanities, and museology. Many volumes are available through interlibrary loan.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Suite 7103, 470 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone, 202-633-1000.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>Since 1952, SITES has been committed to making Smithsonian exhibitions available to millions of people who cannot view them firsthand at the Smithsonian museums. Exhibitions on art, history, and science travel to more than 250 locations each year.</Paragraph>
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                <Footer>For further information, contact the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, 701 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34949. Phone, 772-462-6220.</Footer>
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              <Paragraph>The research institute features a state-of-the-art laboratory where Station scientists catalog species and study marine plants and animals. Among the most important projects being pursued at the site is the search for possible causes of fishkills, including Pfiesteria and other organisms.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Institute is a research organization for advanced studies of tropical ecosystems. Headquartered in the Republic of Panama, STRI maintains extensive facilities in the Western Hemisphere tropics. It is the base of a corps of tropical researchers who study the evolution, behavior, ecology, and  history of tropical species of systems ranging from coral reefs to rain forests.</Paragraph>
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