For the john and Mabel Ringling museum of art in sarasota and the Sir John Museum in london. The lost world of James Smithson was her first book, and she resides in new york. So please welcome heather ewing. [applause] heather thanks for having me. Can you all hear me . Wonderful. It is really a pleasure to be here. And i very much look forward to speaking and meeting with you all afterwards. I just wanted to let you know that i will be bowing to you i am not shaking hands, per our current instruction. I encourage you all to do the same. Anyway, i wanted to thank you all very much for having me. It is a pleasure to be here to talk about this topic that i care about so much. And so, here we go. You all know the smithsonian well as the keeper of many of the most iconic objects of american culture. And, i thought i would run through a bunch of them. Dorothys ruby slippers, of course. Charles lindberghs spirit of st. Louis. Soon after i to the smithsonian. Abraham lincolns top hat. And, si
Museum in london. The lost world of James Smithson was her first book and she resides in new york. Please welcome heather ewing. [applause] heather thanks for having me. Can you all hear me . Wonderful. It is really a pleasure to be here. I very much look forward to speaking and meeting with you all afterwards. I just wanted to let you know i will be bowing to you and not shaking hands per our current instructions. I encourage you all to do the same. Anyway, i wanted to thank you all very much for having me. It is a pleasure to be here to talk about this topic that i care about so much. And so, here we go. You all know the smithsonian well as the keeper of many of the most iconic objects of american culture. And, i thought i would run through a bunch of them. Dorothys ruby slippers, of course. Charles lindberghs spirit of st. Louis. Abraham lincolns top hat. Since we are here in baltimore, this is the starspangled banner. Soon after it came to the smithsonian where it was conserved for
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