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This Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, image made from video by KTVZ-TV shows investigators inspecting the scene of an explosion inside a World War II-era tank at a public firing range that left two people dead near Bend, Ore. (Steve Kaufmann/KTVZ-TV via AP)

Victim of blast in vintage tank appeared in TV shows, ads

By Gosia Wozniacka and Terrence Petty - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby gestures during an interview at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, in Washington. Johnnetta B. Cole, the museum’s director says that if she had been aware of sexual assault allegations against comedian Bill Cosby, she wouldn’t have moved forward with an exhibit featuring artworks he owns. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Smithsonian official: I wouldn’t have opened Cosby exhibit

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The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum is launching a crowdfunding campaign to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon. Conservators say spacesuits were built for short-term use with materials that break down over time. (Associated Press)

Smithsonian raises cash for Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby and his wife Camille share a laugh as they tell a story about collecting on of the pieces in the upcoming exhibit, Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington. The public has begun to weigh in on the Smithsonian’s exhibition featuring Cosby’s art collection due to allegations about his sexual misconduct. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Public divided over Smithsonian display of Bill Cosby’s art

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum is launching a crowdfunding campaign to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon. Conservators say spacesuits were built for short-term use with materials that break down over time. (Associated Press)

Smithsonian looks to crowdfunding to save Neil Armstrong’s suit

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

This handout photo provided by the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution shows the spacesuit worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong, Commander of the Apollo 11 mission, which landed the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969. (Eric Long/National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution via AP)

Crowdfunding project aims to save Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

Peru program participant Quintina Huanca weaves fabric at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Peru's artists, cultures and famous foods are being featured in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year on the National Mall as the South American nation aims to boost tourism and cultural exchange. The festival reopens Wednesday, July, 1 and runs thru July 5. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Peru’s culture showcased in Smithsonian Folklife Festival

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

This photo provided by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum shows a man's cap (laket) from the Kuba people, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th to early 20th century. Traditional African aesthetics meet modernist architecture in the latest exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum: a selection of textiles from West and Central Africa that have inspired the work of British architect David Adjaye. “I have always been interested in the abstraction and range of techniques associated with African textiles,” said Adjaye, who has designed 50 architecture projects around the world, including the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture, slated to open next year. (Matt Flynn/Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum via AP)

African textiles meet modernist architecture in Adjaye show

By KATHERINE ROTH - Associated Press

Iron blocks of ballasts recovered from the wreck of the São José, a Portuguese slave ship, on which they were used to offset the weight of the human cargo. Credit Iziko Museums

Smithsonian museum to display artifacts from Portuguese slave ship

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Panda cub Bao Bao hangs from a tree in her habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Today marks her first birthday and the the zoo is marking the event with a traditional 'Zhuazhou' ceremony, a Chinese birthday tradition symbolizing long life to mark the event. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

D.C. Memorial Day activities include visits to history, religion, nature

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

The Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Castle is seen at the National Mall in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The Smithsonian Institution is working to establish its first international museum outpost in London as the city redevelops its Olympic park. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Smithsonian will investigate climate scientist after funding revelations

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

This image released courtesy of the Lead Belly Estate shows folk and blues musician Huddie William Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly. Huddie &quot;Lead Belly&quot; Ledbetter never had a hit record before he died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 1949. But the folk-singing legend, who is being celebrated as part of Black History Month with a TV documentary and 5-CD box set, left behind a treasure trove of recordings. Among those influenced by Lead Belly, best known for his recordings of “Good Night Irene” and “The Midnight Special:” Lonnie Donegan, the founding father of British pop, who inspired British teens to form skiffle groups, including 15-year-old John Lennon who founded The Quarrymen in 1956 and later added Paul McCartney and George Harrison to the band. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Lead Belly Estate)

Smithsonian TV documentary, box set celebrate Lead Belly

By Charles J. Gans - Associated Press

This photo provided by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum shows the Rendering of the Pen in use on the interactive tables and the &quot;digital river&quot; of collection objects. The concept, design, and production is by Local Projects LLC. The Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, revamped, restored and seriously expanded after a three-year closure, is reopening at last, all decked out for the 21st century within its historic Carnegie Mansion home. It opens to visitors Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Cooper Hewitt design museum reopens, revamped

By Katherine Roth - Associated Press

This undated handout image provided by the Smithsonian Institution shows the first presidential portrait created from 3-D scan data. A team at the Smithsonian Institution has created the first 3D presidential portraits to depict President Barack Obama in the National Portrait Gallery collection. Digital imaging specialists have created a 3D printed bust and life mask of Obama. Both were shown for the first time Wednesday at the first ever White House Maker Faire with a gathering of inventors and students. (AP Photo/Smithsonian Institution)

3D portraits of Obama go on display at Smithsonian

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‘The Wonder Years’ Heads to the Smithsonian

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Boy donates projectile point to Smithsonian

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The fossilized bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex, center, are displayed for the media during a ceremony at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The Tyrannosaurus rex is joining the dinosaur fossil collection on the National Mall on Tuesday after a more than 2,000-mile journey from Montana. For the first time since its dinosaur hall opened in 1911, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will have a nearly complete T. rex skeleton. FedEx is delivering the dinosaur bones in a truck carrying 16 carefully packed crates. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A mammoth, but careful restoration at Smithsonian

By STEVE HENDRIX - Associated Press

Visitors to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum walk past a depiction of space exploration by artist Robert T. McCall entitled 'The Space Mural: A Cosmic View', on the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11 lunar landing, in Washington, Sunday, July 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Smithsonian aims to raise $1.5B to improve museums

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

Smithsonian museum hosts National Fossil Day in DC

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