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Smithsonian’s Orphans
The Smithsonian is often described as America’s attic -- the place where we store all sorts of historical items and ephemera. With 137 million objects, it’s the largest museum in the world. But some of those objects -- even entire collections -- are sitting in boxes, gathering dust, without anyone looking after them.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Smithsonian is often described as America’s attic -- the place where we store all sorts of historical items and ephemera. With 137 million objects, it’s the largest museum in the world. But some of those objects -- even entire collections -- are sitting in boxes, gathering dust, without anyone looking after them.
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3 of 5Lovely Lawns, Problematic Palms, and Smithsonian Orphans- 0:00Dueling Rulings on Obamacare
- 9:11You Use More of Your Brain Than You Think
- 16:02Smithsonian’s OrphansYou’re reading this
- 27:55The American Lawn
- 38:42A Palm Tree Problem?