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The Smithsonian Is Finally Getting Crowdfunding Right
On Monday the Smithsonian Institution launched a Kickstarter campaign to preserve astronaut Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit. Now with over $US420,000 raised and a healthy 26 days left, the campaign is on track to easily exceed its $US500,000 goal. But the Smithsonian’s road to crowdfunding success has been a long and bumpy one.
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The Smithsonian’s New App Brings Museum Skeletons And Fossils To Life
Like it or not, museums can be boring places for kids to explore. Outside of a T-rex, fossils and skeletons are only interesting once you’ve got a few years of school under your belt. But don’t worry, kids (and the Smithsonian has got your back during field trips with a new iOS app called Skin…
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Explore The Smithsonian’s Online Design Museum Through Colour
The Smithsonian’s design museum, the Cooper-Hewitt, is taking a different tack with a new website: it wants you to explore its digital collection by colour.
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The Smithsonian Adds A Chunk Of Code To Its Permanent Collection
The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt design museum in New York just acquired the source code to an iPad app called Planetary from its now-defunct developer. Code is officially art now.