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  1. 4 hours ago

    Photographs at our reflect on the decline of urban neighborhoods in the U.S. since the late 1950s

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  2. 8 hours ago

    This copper brooch from our is a crustacean for your cardigan. By self-taught artist Frank Rebajes:

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  3. Jul 17
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    Thanks to everyone for your tweets! 😍 We're going to get to as many as we can. Then: 😴

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  4. Jul 17
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    😱 You're enthusiastic! Update: For the next hour, we'll tweet back with Smithsonian matches to your favorite emoji.

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  5. Jul 17

    It's ⁉️ 💬 Today, if you tweet us an emoji... 📲 We'll tweet back with its emoji-equivalent from our collections. 🆒

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    Jul 17
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    🎂And we have ~40 cards up in celebration of Diller's 100th birthday occasion, such as Fashion + Fathers

    Screenshot of Phyllis Diller Joke File cards that need review
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    One way to celebrate: Tell a joke. We have 52,569 of hers to choose from in our :

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  8. Jul 17

    Groundbreaking comic Phyllis Diller would have turned 100 today. Three ways to celebrate from our :

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    Jul 17

    Learn how everything from a 🚀 to a 🐷 to a 💎 became part of the 's collections:

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  10. Jul 17

    Same. A baby sloth (born in the 1960s at ) takes a snooze in this photo:

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  11. Jul 14

    We're scooping up ice cream and refrigeration history with our , perfect for a hot summer day

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  12. Jul 14

    This is a tiny piece of the Bastille. Why's it in our ? Because America loves souvenirs

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    Jul 12

    With a group of kids at , learning about early ed programs, helping teach them about music & doing the Hokey Pokey

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  14. Jul 13

    It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood with this portrait of Fred Rogers, by Nathan Benn, now in our

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  15. Jul 13

    This mural is about our world's inevitable cycles. When it closes & is painted over, it'll be part of one

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  16. Jul 12

    Manuel Acevedo has altered this photo of a run-down street to show the potential of the space. Now at :

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    Jul 12

    🐯😍We’re purring w/ delight over the 7/11 birth of a critically endangered Sumatran tiger cub.

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  18. Jul 12

    Get a sip of the first beer brewed at the White House, in this interview by our

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  19. Jul 12

    We're welcoming Mr. Rogers to our neighborhood. This portrait by Nathan Benn was recently acquired by our

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    Jul 11

    🔊Episode: 🍻 like it's 1802. 's brewing historian on all things :

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