prior to his 2005 appointment at the smithsonian, his most recent appointment at the smithsonian, he served as the president of the chicago historical society. he transform that institution and made great strides reaching diverse communities as he launched a program on teenaged life called teen chicago. it is only one of the amazing things he did there. his legacy is very present there. he is a prolific author. he has written on the black military experience, the american presidency, and all black towns of the american west , to the subject of diversity in museum management and the impact of funding and politics on american museums. he is the coeditor of memories of the enslaved, voices from the slave narrative and author of call the law stream back. when i was getting ready to introduce lonnie, i took out my copy of that book which is covered with hos post-its because of his pearls of wisdom. both books are available in our shop. we may be able to persuade mr. bunch to sign some of those. worked89 through 2000 he at the national museum of american history. he developed a major perma

and it is so quintessential smithsonian.his is the shuttle that has inspired a generation to realize the importance of space flight. >> our mission is to commemorate, educate and inspire. >> it's wonderful to see the young people come in here and be inspired by things that have happened before and maybe be inspired to do a little better in math and science and technology and their school work. >> so important for young people to really get a good education in stem. they see what has been accomplished in the past, and then they think about well, what can i do? >> it really changed my life. it changed my direction. it helped orient me along the path of becoming a scientist. who knows what you will be inspired to be the next person on mars. >> the space exploration should continue. >> the smithsonian national air and space museum is more than just the collection here on the mall. it's inspiration. >> we can inspire, then we have done everything else right. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >>> good evening, ladies and gen

the head of the zoo, which is a smithsonian institute. and michael khan, who heads the shakespeare theater. we've had presidents of the european court of justice. we had the presidents of the european court of justice and the european court of human rights. you had only two so far who have been repeat lunch guests. and those were alan greenspan and jim wilkinson, who not so long ago headed the world bank. and the reason is that those two have an uncanny ability to eat lunch and speak at the same time. [ laughter ] >> but ruth, that's stopped since i got there. >> it has. we should start it up again. >> i don't know. i wasn't a part of that tradition. but i do know that the justices have fascinating guests who come join them. and every once in a while we will get a smaller group of justices together in someone's chambers to meet that guest. i know ruth i invited you when i had -- >> martina -- >> exactly. when she was receiving the kennedy center honor. and steve has invited me. but i think there are lunches, smaller lunches of that type t

louis" to the smithsonian institution. and that artifact stays on display, arts and industries building, the old tin shed, throughout the history of the old national air museum and then is on display in 1976 with the opening of the national mall building of the national air and space museum, where it's been on display ever since. and so, the artifact that you see behind me is the original "spirit of st. louis." it's had some conservation work, but that's the original fabric, that's the original metal. so it is once again one of those one of a kind original artifacts that makes the smithsonian aviation material so important and why you need to see it. >> and we are back live outside the smithsonian national air and space museum located along the national mall in washington, d.c. it was on this date 40 years ago that president gerald ford dedicated this museum, the most popular among the smithsonian. and inside, among the displays, "america by air" from our earliest days of flight aviation. air transportation and mail carrie

the individual who runs this facility, the most popular museum in the smithsonian. thanks for your time. >> could i put in a plug? >> absolutely. >> at 8:30 tonight eastern daylight time, we're going to have an opening ceremony for our new exhibit, the "boeing milestones of flight" hall, right next door to where we are now, and it's open to the public. we're going to stay open all night. so, if you haven't got anything else to do tonight, even if you do, come on down, because the weather's clearing here. we're going to do it outside. we're going to have a grand time. >> and c-span american history tv is carrying it live. we're going to show you around. thanks again for being with us. >> sure. >> we're going to show you around this terrific facility, this museum, and some of the artifacts, one-of-a-kind items only here at the air and space museum. >> behind me you see the wright >>> each week american artifacts takes viewers around the country. up next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum located in washington, d.c., and just down the mall from the

and i'm glad to say, friend of the smithsonian. justice ginsburg and sotomayor have each shared their fascinating stories with us as part of our smithsonian associated program, and they're both represented in the national portrait gallery in nelson shank's painting "four justices" which features justice kagan and former justice o'connor. i invite all of you if you haven't to see it. it is on display through october. the national postal museum have stamps that feature justice william brandon, lewiss brandeis, and this museum has in its collection the robe sandra day o'connor wore when she was sworn in as the first woman justice on the supreme court. the seismic shifts in our nation's history has typically been characterized in part by struggle. the politics have frequently been hotly contested. but as this year's contentious presidential election unfolds, it's good to remember that politics can end at the edge of a plate. this is because food brings us all together. it is communal, it is ritual. food has always bound civilization as

scourton has interests in learning as wide as the smithsonian. and most importantly tonight, he's a pescataria. >> thanks, john, for the introduction. and thank you on behalf of the american people for the great job you do. so innovative and creative at this amazing museum. especially in such an interesting election year, we all appreciate everything you and your colleagues are doing to share so many aspects of the story of america and to aspire us all with that story. esteemed colleagues and friends, welcome to this unique opportunity, a word i don't use lightly, to find out more about the highest court in the land and how its members have worked and dined together. the supreme court and the smithsonian have long had close ties. since the 19th century, the chief justice has served as the chancellor of the smithsonian board of regents. i am indebted to chief john roberts for his work in this capacity and for the guidance that he has provided me in my transition, my first year at the smithsonian, and the education about the smithsonian and for his

louis" to the smithsonian institution. that art fact stays on display in the arts and industry building throughout the history of the old national air museum and then on display in 1976 for the opening of the national mall building and the national air and space museum. it's been on display ever since. so the art fact you see behind me is the original "spirit of st. louis" it has had some work but it's the original fabric. once again, it's one of a kind original artifacts that makes the smithsonian aviation collection so important and why you need to see it. lindbergh's flight from new york to paris is a very important one. but there are aviators that show how the airplane evolves and this idea of reinventing the airplane, especially pushing the farther, faster that builds to crescendo in the 1930s. just a few months after lindbergh's flight in "the spirit of st. louis." on july 24th, 1927 an airplane takes to the airplane, just like you see behind me. this is the result of the pairing the lock heed aircraft company with a

louis" to the smithsonian institution. and that artifact stays on display, arts and industries building, the old tin shed, throughout the history of the old national air museum and then is on display in 1976 with the opening of the national mall building of the national air and space museum, where it's been on display ever since. and so, the artifact that you see behind me is the original "spirit of st. louis." it's had some conservation work, but that's the original fabric, that's the original metal. so it is once again one of those one of a kind original artifacts that makes the smithsonian aviation collection so important, and why you need to see it. lindbergh's flight from new york to paris is a very important moment in the history of aviation, but there are aviators and aircraft that follow that show how the airport evolves and this idea of reinventing the airplane and especially pushing the farther and the higher, faster, and farther equation that really builds to crescendo in the 1930s. just a few months after lindb

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we have about -- the smithsonian has 136 million artifacts. and less than 10% of those are on display. so that's a factor. a coin is not a major consideration in terms of space but it may be something that we already have and we don't take duplicates but in your case we do have a tuskegee airmen display here but on the 24th of september the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture will open and they will have -- we just hung a steerman flown by the tuskegee airmen over there in which we have been holding for them. so those are two locations you might want to consider in terms of getting maximum exposure for your coin. >> no room for a space shuttle here which is one of the reasons why you have the national air and space museum at the dulles airport. how did that come about? >> well, only 10% of our collection would fit in this building. we had another 10% on loan around the world but 80% in storage. of course we did have the "enterprise" but that was not until the search started as to where to put the annex to this b

let's welcome to the largest rate elevator in the smithsonian. it is not it we are competitive, but it is important. [laughter] as eric said, we are going down 90 feet. >> we're going to the lowest level. we will exit out in the utility room. back to the sustainability component, we divided this three-quarter acre site, the mechanical room, water on the east. to my right. to the left is the air side. we reclaim the water and take it back upstairs and irrigate. every piece of mechanical system down here is clear of mechanical components. we were required to do that by our agency. we have a flat roof, not accessible. we also have no mechanical units on that floor. we'll walk through here real quick. if there are any questions, ask them when we get to a quieter area. >> where you are is, if you are an average general public, i will show you when we get up there. you will go into a room that is further up and you will take this elevator down. in essence, the way the exhibition is framed, it takes you from africa and europe before contact with each ot

roger currently the associate director for collections and affairs at the smithsonian institution. to his right is dr. eric conway, historian and former langley historian. he spent some time year before jpl, and then our last, currently with aims. and let's go to bill. will moderate our panel and give us some great stories. thanks, bill. [applause] bill: thanks, everybody, and this is a great opportunity,

the smithsonian is getting a huge check thanks to nba legend michael jordan. jordan is donating five- million dollars to the smithsonian's new african- american history museum. the museum will name a section of its sports gallery after jordan. the museum is set to open next month. tim tebow may have finally given up on being an ?nfl quarterback.but he hasn't given up on being a pro athlete.several reports out there this morning... say tebow is considering starting a career as a professional baseball player.as a junior in high school... tebo hit 494 ... had four homeruns... and got the attention of scouts. the angels were interested at the time.tebow didn't football. we're heading to rio...and 12 news' vanessa ruiz...live with this morning's olympic headlines...that's at six.... krystle - listen up...the nysnc boys are back together. and they're kicking it old school style in the morning ? and these are the lungs. (vo) at our house, we need things that are built to last. that's why we got a subaru. (avo) love. delta. how many flights they cancelled today. >>> t

, they actually sat down two smithsonian archaeologists, and those two men ended up overseeing a work force 800 men. so pretty difficult for two archaeologists to oversee that large of a work force, but they basically ran trenches at various locations on this site, did some trenches on top of the great temple mound, the left temple mound, and they found here that huge continuum. we ended up with over 2.5 million items that this dig found in this location. we discovered it had a time period that goes back to the ice age hunters, and this spot was then used ever since that first arrival of humans here in the southeast. it's a national monument referred to locally as the indian mounds, but the park is so much more than mounds. it is once again the whole prehistory of the southeast. the mounds were built by a group that archaeologists called mississippian people. mississippian culture is a very widespread culture. a hub is near st. louis, but a place called cahocia, and that philosophy, that mound building legend or whoever was, it spread throughout the eastern half of the united states.

just a few weeks away from the grand opening of the smithsonian museum of african american history and culture. timed entry passes for september 24 that were available online were gone within minutes. amy aubert has more on the growing excitement. amy? amy: kimberly, the passes for opening day were gone in just 24 minutes. we checked out the website for ourselves. the next available date for those passes, october 4. the building. >> it's definitely like watching a pyramid getting built. works nearbyson and said long before the debut, the national museum of african american history and culture is already the talk of the area. >> people ask about it.

the smithsonian institution was the request by an englishman who had never set foot on american soil and wanted to establish an educational institution and better are very serious debate in congress about this but we ended up establishing the smithsonian institution and partly it sounded because it's not quite the national university when you are torn by not sectarian conflict to help unify advocates over the years that h it doesn't come particularly close to. >> it wa >> it was an interesting idea and one could see why.. they were captivated by it and didn't need to reform the educational institutions in the curriculum is problematic and the republican or democratic experiment that the dream of theology. you can see the temptation and understand it. it was a daylong done and it would be a good reason to support it. there are things we need to forget and when we think of a public leadership class may be for the lack of a better word that's something that doesn't come out of nowhere. it needs to be nurtured and sustained and democratic institutions depend on when we think of the idea

and with the smithsonian, they sent down two smithsonian archeologists and those two men oversee a work force of 800 men. so pretty difficult for two archeologists to oversee that large ofworkforce. but they basically ran trenches various locations on this site, did some trenches on top of the great temple mound and they found here that huge continuum. we ended up with over 2 1/2 million items that this dig found in this location. we discovered it had a time period that goes back to the ice age manmouth hunters. this site was ausused since the first arrival of humans. the park is so much more than

on chief of smithsonian construction. i'll take root. want to give you brief rundown of the status of the job. we have a lot of more protection down. please be careful when they walk in a much for you are going to follow our lead and we will get out of your safety. -- here safely. >> let me start with talking about the building. let's make sure we are on the same page. when we wanted to build this museum, we thought it was crucially important to build the building that spoke of uplift, resiliency, that reminded people that there has always been a kind of dark presence in america. there is often undervalued, often misunderstood, we wanted this building to be what it is. signature green museum. and that was really crucial for us. the defining feature is the corona that you see around and what is important about the corona is that the corona is not just a design feature. ofreally helps us in terms sustainability, but it also helps us in terms of the member in history. the corona comes from the kind slavenwork that craftspeople did in charle

maureen: a lot of interest for the smithsonian new african-american history museum. it's called the smithsonian's national museum of african-american history and culture. free passes were snatched up in minutes over the past weekend. right now all weekend slots filled through the end of october but there are passes available for weekdays in october. the passes for november and december will be available next month. the museum opens september 24. leon: free wi-fi services available at six stations as part of a 5-day pilot program. metro center, gallery place, judiciary square, union ta plaza. they hope to eventually have wi-fi at all 91 stations. metro safetrack is impacting the marine corps marathon. wednesday marathon officials will announce transportation plan for the runners and the supporters to get around since metro won't be accessible because of safetrack. maureen: actor gene wilder has died. his family says the comedy legend died from complications of alzheimer's disease. best known for "amazing saddles;" "young frankstein" and "willy wonka and the chocolate

the smithsonian >>> adorable baby panda alert. the smithsonian national zoo in washington, d.c., celebrating bebe. i this is the panda's first birthday. the zoo had its own take on a chinese tradition of laying symbolic items and having the child pick something. >> they're these ferocious, vicious animals. >> the zoo laid out peaches to symbolize long life, a chinese knot recognizing luck and friendship, and bamboo to the baby opinion da looked at the knot first, spent the rest of the day climbing trees and chewing on bamboo. happy birthday, bebe. >>> we've got weather moving in. we talked about it earlier. as we pan across the tower cam. the skies are getting pretty dark. a storm system moving its way in from the northeast part of the state and also from the northern part of flagstaff, where we saw some weather earlier. here it is on your fox 10 in the middle of your screen. that is us here in phoenix. that storm line making its way down from the very northeast part of the state down to the southwest part of the state. it's going

. >>> we're back live now at the smithsonian national air and space museum where the museum today is celebrating its 40th birthday. it was 40 years ago today that president gerald ford dedicated this museum. in about a half hour, we'll bring you live coverage of the events celebrating that anniversary. in the meantime, we want to hear from you. our phone lines are open. 202-748-8900 for those in the eastern or central time zones. if you live out west, 202-748-8901. send us a tweet at c-span history or join us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory. as we move outside to inside, one of the displays, and there are so many inside this fabulous museum, is moving beyond earth. and an example of the evolution of america's space shuttle program. and joining us again is valerie neal. we saw you just a moment ago in the tape portion. you are the curator, the chair of the space history department here at the museum. and let's talk about the shuttle program. no other country had something like that. >> well, briefly, the soviet union did. they built a craft called buran that mimicked our spac

. >> welcome to the smithsonian's national museum of american history, and it is really wonderful to welcome you to our new floor that is welcoming invention and innovation in america. as a matter of fact, we have apple one up here, which is quite extraordinary. you'll see as we walk through the floor the ways in which america has been so inventive and continues, that invention is one of the most important parts of our country. so let's walk through. as you come through, you start to see all these exhibitions that are focused on ways in which we have developed a new way of thinking, a new way of being, almost since time. so here we have the value of money, which has the most extraordinary collection of gold, coins, but all of them are oriented in a way to understand the role of money. as a matter of fact, we end up with a bitcoin. and now we walk into part of the show where we have american enterprise talking about the social and cultural history, which is really your history, of capitalism, business, the common good. but before we get to that, here's one of my most favorite objects,

. >> reporter: deep inside the smithsonian's natural history museum it looks like something out of an indiana jones movie. 650,000 fwird specimen stored here. >> we know it has some brown feathers. >> reporter: the pavin staking work in this quiet lab attended -- the painstaking work in this quiet lab intended to keep you safe here. the journey to lab really starts from an airport runway. i went behind the scenes at the world's busiest airport hartsfield jackson international. a place where visitors aren't allowed. they use a wide variety of analysts from this remote control propane canon. >> about 45 degrees. >> yeah. >> reporter: no these flair toolbox the better. >> but to know what works they have to know what they're dealing with and that's where carla dove and her team at the smithsonian come in. >> reporter: it's kind of like solving a puzzle. >> reporter: the birds that collide with commercial airplanes usually on takeoff or landings. about three dozen strikes occur every single day. the strikes can cause major damage and put lives at risk. it was a bird strike that drought br

. >>> welcome to the smithsonian's national museum of american history and it is really wonderful to welcome you in to our new floor that is looking at innovation and invention in america. and to start with that, we have some extraordinary patent models and examples of early invention and contemporary invention. we even have apple 1 up here, which is quite extraordinary. so you'll see as we walk through the floor, the ways in which america has been so inventive and continues that invention is one of the most important parts of our country. so let's walk through. as you come through, you start to see all these exhibitions that are focused on ways in which we have developed a new way of thinking and new way of being, almost since time. here we have the value of money, which has most extraordinary collection of gold and silver coins, paper, but all of them are oriented in a way to help understand the role of money. we end up with a bitcoin. so you can see over time how we understand value, trade, exchange as we go forward. and now we walk in to part of the show where we have american en

next, we visit the new smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture. which stands on the national mall in the shadow of the washington monument and within sight of the white house. founding director lonnie bunch leads a hardhat tour through the museum which opens its doors to the public on september 24 after a three-hour outdoor ceremony expected to feature president obama.

this event from the smithsonian associates is about two hours. >> today, of the four presidential assassinationsthe one that i find the most absolutely fascinating and interesting is the one we're going to discuss tonight, james garfield. for quite a number of reasons. first of all, garfield is one of the most intelligent presidents we have ever had. i mean, he is up there in the top half dozen, and when we go through his life, by the end of it or the middle of it, you're going to start laughing because you're just going to say, no, that can't be. he can't that be good in that field, it is just not possible. and then we'll find something else and then, no. he's just incredibly bright. and the hope for his presidency was enormous. and so we're going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. i was chatting with a friend before and he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. i don't know how you test something like that. it's not as if you give presidents iq tests. it's a lot easier with things that are easy to measure, tall and short. we all know madison was our shortest pres

bunch found that to tell history, the smithsonian would have to make history. and so began a quest for the remains of a shipwreck in a land so unchanged that an 18th century slave would recognize it called home. mozambique island defies the erosion of time. the portuguese colonists who claimed it 500 years ago would still find the cut of the cloth that borrows the wind as familiar as the cut of the stone that framed their city. capital of the slave trade because he was determined to launch america's new national museum on the remains of a ship. >> lonnie bunch: i thought it wouldn't be hard, so i called museums around the world and said, "okay, look, you must have some things. you must know where i can get some material." and everybody said, "nope." and they said to me, "well, lonnie, almost every slave ship was at the end of its life, so it's probably at the ocean floor." and then i got scared. then i thought, "well, i'm not going to be able to find this." >> pelley: mozbi south of the equator. it was one of the points in what was called the "triangular trade"

. >>> buzz is growing around new smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture.onth in washington d.c. museum will feature tens of thousands of artifacts. reporter cherri gregg of our sister station kyw news radio spoke to a mt. airy art collector who made a significant contributions. >> i feel like the keeper of our history. >> reporter: beverly richard is curator for a set apart a collection of early black film memorabilia that for now resides in her mt. airy home. >> this room actually holds every race film that is still available. >> reporter: collection of race films from the early 1900's to the 1950's, feature all black casts at a time when hollywood refused to do so. >> african-american went to the movies to see a hollywood film, the black person in the film was usually cooking, cleaning, singing. >> reporter: race films fascinated beverly's husband larry a historian and librarian he collect 2100 artifacts, soundies, cartoons, posters, even fashion, some connected to superstars like paul robeson, lena horn and dorothy dandridge. >> when larry died, beverly

this is a cargo sketch from a paul was an historian of slavery and curator of the smithsonian museum. >> bodies and souls laid side by side with no room to move no, sanitation. many people on these voyages died. >> how long was that journey? >> a journey like the one it took could take up to four or more months. >> this is slavery on a industrial scale. >> from about 1500 through the 19th century, through the late 1800s, we're talking about at least 12 million people. >> off cape town, south africa, the captain of the ship was caught between a violent storm and a nautical chart spiked with warnings. whittle rocks, bellows rock. the ship crashed. 212 slaves were killed. there was an investigation. >> they wanted to have independent verification. >> interviews with survivors have survived. >> this is the crew's account. right here we have the captain's account. and he signed his name here 220 years ago. >> incredible. >> he said he decided to save the slaves and the people. the people are the crew. the slaves are just cargo. >> the investigation pinpointeded the site. in 2010, divers re

another day of celebration at smithsonian's national zoo. boa boa the panda turns 3 years old today. her youngest sibling, bei bei, celebrated his first birthday yesterday. and if thats not enough panda news for you-- tian tian, will celebrate his 19th birthday tomorrow. a shocking attack on a popular bridge. police now telling women to be on guard-- as they look for a sexual on a popular bridge. police now telling women to be on guard-- as they look for a sexual predator. the details... ahead. suspects in a terror attack get their day in court. but it doesn't last long. what prosecutors forgot to do.. coming up. long. what prosecutors forgot to do.. coming up. today: mostly sunny. cool start, warm afternoon. highs: 82-86 tonight: mostly clear. cool start, warm afternoon. highs: 82-86 tonight: mostly clear. comfortable. lows: 60-67 wednesday: mostly sunny. comfortably warm. highs: 84-89 good morning! back to school for a few counties so please be careful and good morning! back to school for a few counties so please be careful and watch for b

limited time offer >>> the smithsonian's national museum of african-american culture opens next month. and they were intent on finding a slave ship to put on display. the trouble is that none exists except at the bottom of the sea. >> mozambique island defies the erosion of time. the portuguese colonist who's claimed it 500 years ago would still find the cut of the cloth that borrows the wind as % familiar as the cut of the stone that framed their city. he came to this capital of the slave trade because he was new national museum on the remains of a ship. >> i thought it wouldn't be hard. i called museums around the world and said, look, you must have some things. you must know where i can get some materials. everybody said no. almost every slave ship was at the end of its life so it is probably on the ocean floor. then i got scared i thought i won't be able to find this. >> mozambique island rises off the ocean south of the equator. was called the triangular trade. goods from europe to africa. cotton, gold and tobacco back to the old. in the 1400s, the portuguese are the first europe

. >>> and the buzz is growing around the new, smithsonian national museum of african-american historyure. it opens next month in washington d.c. museum will feature tens of thousands of artifacts. reporter cherri gregg of kyw news radio, spoke to a mt. airy art collector who made a significant contributions. >> i feel like the keeper of our history. >> reporter: beverly richard is curator for a cinema apart a collection of early black film memorabilia that resides in her mt. airy home. >> this room actually holds every race film that is still available. >> reporter: the collection of race films from the early 1900s to the 1950's, feature all black casts at a time when hollywood refused to do so. >> if an african-american went to the movies, to see a hollywood film, the black person in the film was usually cooking, cleaning, singing. >> reporter: race films fascinated beverly's husband larry a historian and librarian he collect 2100 artifacts, soundies, cartoons, posters, even fashion. some connected to superstars like paul robeson, lena horn and dorothy dandridge. >> this was a girl..

. >>> the smithsonian's national museum of african-american history and culture opens next month. and they were intent on finding a slave ship to put on display. the trouble is that none exists except at the bottom of the sea. erosion of time. the portuguese colonists who claimed it 500 years ago would still find the cut of the cloth that borrows the wind as familiar as the cut of the stone that framed their city. he came to this capital of the slave trade because he was determined to launch america's new national museum on the >> i thought it wouldn't be hard. i called museums around the world and said, look, you must have some things. you must know where i can get some materials. everybody said no. almost every slave ship was at the end of its life so it is probably on the ocean floor. then i got scared. i thought i won't be able to find this. >> mozambique island rises off the ocean south of the equator. it was one of the points in what was called the triangula goods from europe to africa. slaves to the new world. cotton, gold and tobacco back to the old. in the 1400s, the port