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Check out the videos on the National Museum of American History's YouTube Channel. Dozens of videos are available including Jordan Shelton, winner of the //Star-Spangled Banner YouTube Singing Contest//, [|performing live at the Museum]! You can also get behind-the-scenes showcases of the collections with our curators, like Larry Bird and Harry Rubenstein, who will [|show you artifacts collected] from the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. || As the 40th anniversary of the moon landing nears, the staff at the National Air and Space Museum is polishing up the Apollo 11 artifacts. Meanwhile online, you can help us get ready for the anniversary. Vote on iconic images from the first moon walk, or listen and watch podcasts and videos from experts as they talk about a great human accomplishment. Don't forget to [|check out the Interactive Apollo 11 Timeline]. || **Planning a visit to the Smithsonian? Several of our museums stay open later during the summer months. [|Click here to check out the new extended hours].** ||  ||   ||   ||
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 * Visitors to the National Museum of African Art's //Artful Animals// exhibition will go beyond myths and stereotypes to discover the animals of Africa in everything from rock art to contemporary painting. Look for themes from the exhibition, which is particularly well suited for kids, at the Zoo, the National Postal Museum, the National Museum of Natural History, and Discovery Theater. [|Through February]. || **Beyond Baseball: The Life of Roberto Clemente** ||  || ||
 * As America's favorite players face off in the All-Star Game and teams begin the long battle that is the second half of the season, learn about one of baseball's greatest players with a visit to //Baseball: The Life of Roberto Clemente// at a [|location near you]. Roberto Clemente became a baseball legend in the U.S., while in his homeland and throughout Latin America he became an international icon as a humanitarian. Can't make it in person? [|Click here to check out the online exhibit]. || Indian Summer Showcase ||  ||   ||
 * Twice a month from now through August, join the National Museum of the American Indian for Indian Summer Showcase 2009, an evening concert series presented at the museum's Welcome Plaza on the National Mall. Coming up is The Bannaba Project, a band from Panama, which blends pre-Columbian sounds with jazz, pop, calypso, and other rhythms of the Caribbean. [|Click here for the rest of the summer showcase schedule]. ||

[|To learn more about new and upcoming Smithsonian exhibitions and events, click here.] The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama is dedicated to understanding biological diversity. STRI traces its history to the construction of the Panama Canal, when scientists became interested in surveying the flora and fauna of the area to control diseases that are spread by insects, such as yellow fever and malaria. The lush tropical setting is "crawling" with colorful moths, snakes, toads, and other creatures in the flowers and trees. [|Visit STRI's photo of the week archive and peruse hundreds of detailed photos that you can set as a desktop wallpaper]. || **Why Give to the Smithsonian?**
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 * **Highlights in this Issue** ||
 * * [|Indian Summer Showcase]
 * __[|Artful Animals]__
 * [|Wild Things Captured (on film)!] ||
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