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The Smithsonian Institution is marking its 175th anniversary this year, and it expects to celebrate later this year with a futuristic exhibition that includes a robot to help prevent loneliness and a sail for deep space travel.
The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum complex, consisting of 19 museums, nine research centers, and the National Zoo.
Established by the U.S. Congress in 1846, the Smithsonian was the brainchild of James Smithson, a wealthy English chemist who left his estate to the United States for the establishment of an institution in the nation’s capital “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” With that broad concept, said Smithsonian historian Pamela Henson, the institution began collecting a vast array of items ranging from artwork to insects.
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Your Turn: feedback on Cuomo, Texas disaster & summer camps
WWNY Your Turn: feedback on Cuomo, Texas disaster & summer camps By Diane Rutherford | February 22, 2021 at 2:23 PM EST - Updated February 22 at 8:39 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) -
The Cuomo Administration is the focus of a federal probe into its under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths linked to nursing homes. Meanwhile, Assembly Republicans want to form an impeachment commission:
Impeaching him is the least of what should happen.
Jeremy Kinney
Jim Bullard
People in Texas, who have ties to the north country, spoke with us about the historic winter weather that left many of them without electricity and water: