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Become a Smithsonian Member! GREETINGS FROM THE CASTLE Welcome to the Smithsonian Institution. Long celebrated as a rich repository of our nation’s history, this is the place where visitors from around the nation and the world discover America’s treasures: the top hat that President Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre, or the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the national anthem. This fall, after a two-year renovation, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, home to these iconic holdings and millions more, reopens its doors. The museum’s spectacular redesigned center atrium, its state-of-the-art gallery showcasing the Star-Spangled Banner and its newly installed floor-to-ceiling display cases are certain to enhance the museum’s mission: to preserve and enrich the American experience. Join today and receive valuable perks while you visit, plus exclusive benefits at home. Members enjoy: ■ Shopping, dining and IMAX® theater discounts ■ 12 issues SMITHSONIAN magazine ■ And more! Inquire at any museum information desk, museum store, or theater box office. As we pay homage to the past, here too, we invest in the nation’s future. The dynamic new Ocean Hall, opening September 27 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, developed in collaboration with leading marine and science organizations, promises to foster a national dialogue on ocean conservation. The museum’s unrivaled collections of more than 33 million marine specimens constitutes the wellspring for the 23,000-square-foot exhibition, which boasts a 2,200-pound skull of a North Pacific right whale, a carefully preserved 24-foot giant squid specimen and a living Indo-Pacific coral reef supporting a population of some 70 marine animals. This is also a place where human creativity in all its ranges and dimensions is fulfilled. The Smithsonian houses priceless treasures within its museums along the National Mall, as well as at the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture at Eighth and F streets NW, the National Zoo in Rock Creek Park and the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. UdvarHazy Center near Washington Dulles Airport in Virginia. Let this valuable book be your guide. It includes museum floor plans, as well as helpful tips for touring. Its companion Web site, www.goSmithsonian.com, is chock-full of still more information. Sincerely, G. Wayne Clough Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution goSmithsonian, Vol. 10, No. 2, June 2008, is published by Smithsonian Business Ventures, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024. © Smithsonian Institution 2008. All rights reserved. Thomas Ott, president; Kerry Bianchi, publisher; Beth Py-Lieberman, editor. Advertising offices: 420 Lexington Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10170 (212-916-1300). Rosie Walker, director of marketing (212-916-1310); e-mail: walkerr@si.edu. For bulk orders, call 212-916-1379. goSmithsonian is updated twice a year. For more information, visit goSmithsonian.com or e-mail: info@si.edu. Cover photograph by Eric Long. Secretary Clough’s photograph courtesy of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Visit smithsonian. org/membership and learn about all our membership opportunities, such as: National Associates: (800) 766-2149 Resident Associates: (202) 633-3030 Air and Space Associates: (800) 766-2149 Contributing Membership: (800) 931-3226 National Air and Space Society: (202) 633-2603 American Art/Portrait Gallery Membership: (202) 633-6362 www.goSmithsonian.com http://smithsonian.org/membership http://www.goSmithsonian.com http://goSmithsonian.com http://www.goSmithsonian.com

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goSmithsonian - June 2008 Contents Visitor Information Smithsonian Institution Building—The Castle The S. Dillon Ripley International Gallery Dining Guide Donald W. Reynolds Center Smithsonian American Art Museum National Portrait Gallery National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Discovery Theater, SITES, Folklife Festival and more National Museum of American History Map of the National Mall National Museum of Natural History National Museum of the American Indian Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Asian Art Freer Gallery of Art/Asian and American Art Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden/Contemporary and Modern Art National Museum of African Art Renwick Gallery/American Art National Postal Museum Anacostia Community Museum National Zoological Park

goSmithsonian - June 2008

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