Stories From The Vaults

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Famous Donors
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Tom takes us back to the origins of the Smithsonian's collections. He explores Teddy Roosevelt's hunting trophies, John Steinbeck's sea urchins, and Phyllis Diller's joke file. Add these .. show full overview
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Superlatives
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Tom is on a mission: to discover what it means to be the best, the tiniest, the coldest, and the most misunderstood. He explores the art of taxidermy at the National Museum of Natural .. show full overview
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No Place Like Home
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Tom tries to unravel the idea of "Home Sweet Home." He visits the National Air and Space Museum's collection of space suits, learns about Native American tipis at the National Museum of .. show full overview
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Beauty
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Tom explores the many faces of beauty through the eyes of scientists. Three Smithsonian curators offer their surprising perspectives on the elusive meaning of true beauty as it applies .. show full overview
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Firsts
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Enter the vaults of the National Museum of American History and the National Air and Space Museum in search of earth-shattering firsts. From a new collection of vintage planes to the .. show full overview
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Life after Death
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The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of Natural History, and the National Postal Museum all hold clues to the afterlife. Deep inside their vaults, the evidence for life after death has never been more convincing.
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Random?
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Tom dives into the very heart of the world's largest museum complex amidst more than 136 million objects. With such an incredible variety of things to see, any single artifact could seem .. show full overview

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