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Toledo museum of art. The purpose really is to showcase the glass collection, which is one of the significant parts of our collection. It is actually almost a third of the overall collection here in toledo. It is also one of the larger collections of glass in the United States. And the city has a wonderful history of glass both in terms of the industrial contribution in toledo and in terms of what the museum presents. Ms. Mcmaster Edward Drummond libbey was our founder. And Edward Drummond libbey was the proprietor of the Libbey Glass Company. And it was through his ties at the Libbey Glass Co...

Thats this evenings prime time lineup. Heres a dismissal smithsonian secretary lonnie bunch. Good evening. On behalf of the Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture welcome to a fools errand book tour a conversation with secretary lonnie bunch and scott kelly. Please welcome to the stage interim director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture doctor spencer crew. [applause] good evening. What a wonderful crowd terrific to see this hall filled with so many people and we are very glad to have you here. I think you for the introduction. Its my plea...

Postwar trouble. The people lived in comparative peace. It was showing results. I was impressed. Subways taking people to work and trolleys taking people home. Hospitals had milk for new babies. There was even music in the park. Everyone forgot or took for granted electricity, roads. Until june 1948, when sudden the trains stopped. Traffic between berlin and the western zones was banned. Canceled timetables. Then trade. Walls of words. And orders blockaded the city. The blockade cut electric power and cut out 75 of the lights. People used candles, if they could find them. Movement in and out o...

Well, i understand the raking member is on his way. Since we have kind of a tight schedule and we have a quorum, ill start and he can give his Opening Statement. Here he is now. The committee will come to order. We want to welcome everyone on this hearing providing oversight to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1836 congress accepted a bequest from james smithson, an english scientist who had never visited the United States but nevertheless decided to leave his substantial fortune to our Young Country for the increase in diffusion of knowledge. Ten years later in 1846, the Smithsonian Institutio...

One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing todays washington journal in conjunction with cspans American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern spaceflight. For the next three hours we are live from the national air and space museum here in washington, d. C. Where we will talk about apollo 11 with historians, command module pilot Michael Collins and you. You can call us and let us know your impressions of apollo 11 if you watched the moon landing and you want to talk about that day, your impressions of it, 2027488000 and...