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Recent Press Releases

June 11, 2020	Statement on Efforts to Collect Objects at Lafayette Square
May 31, 2020	In Slavery’s Shadow: George Floyd and American Legacies, Anthea M. Hartig, Elizabeth MacMillan Director, National Museum of American History
May 14, 2020	National Museum of American History Hosts “Viral Histories: Stories of Racism, Resilience, and Resistance in Asian American Communities”
April 27, 2020	Lemelson Center Spark!Lab Launches Virtual Invention Experience
April 22, 2020	New Exhibitions 2020-2021
April 8, 2020	STATEMENT: National Museum of American History Implements Collecting Strategy in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
April 2, 2020	Medical history curators available to share expertise with media
March 9, 2020	Calendar of Exhibitions and Events National Museum of American History April 2020
March 4, 2020	Smithsonian Marks 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
February 27, 2020	Media Advisory -- Press Preview of “Creating Icons: How We Remember Woman Suffrage”

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