Spotlight

From the Secretary

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  Behind the Butter Cow: A Look at the Renwick’s new State Fair exhibition

  (Ed. note: We should note that it's never wise to stand behind a cow, even a buttery one. Cow pies never win blue ribbons.) Continue reading Behind the Butter Cow: A Look at the Renwick’s new State Fair exhibition

Kudos

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  2025 Together we Thrive

  More than $2.5 million in grants has been awarded to fund projects ranging from exposing little kids to nature, the link between movement and emotional wellbeing and building a robotic telescope. Continue reading 2025 Together we Thrive

On the Move

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  Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum is stepping down

  Melanie Adams will serve as interim director beginning August 26. Continue reading Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum is stepping down