but it did create what i call the smithsonian's definition of first lady. which is not necessarily the spouse, the wife of the president. it's the person who played the official role of white house hostess. so that can be -- usually it's a wife. but it can be a daughter, a daughter-in-law, a niece, a family friend. and it's been all of those things over time. and the exhibition was actually called -- featuring the clothing of the mistresses of the white house. >> there are some examples in this exhibit today of those that weren't the spouse of the president. talk about them. >> yes. as i look behind me to see who's in this particular exhibition or in that case, this case is mostly -- is mostly wives. but in the china and in the back section where we'll do case studies of first ladies you'll see dolly madison. dolly madison served as first lady for the widowed thomas jefferson. he also -- his daughter would also serve as his hostess periodically. but so did mrs. madison who is his -- the secretary of state's wife. because in mixed company at the time, you had

it did create what i called the smithsonian definition. that was not the white part of the president. it's the person who played the official role of white house hostess. usually it's a wife, but it can be a daughter or daughter in law or family friend. it's all of those things and the exhibition is featuring the clothing of the mist ress of the white house. >> there were examples in this exhibit today of those that weren't the spouse of the president. talk about them. >> as i look behind me to see who is in this exhibition, this case is mostly wives. in the china and the back section we will go through case studies. you will see dolly madison. she served as the first lady for the widowed -- the widowed thomas jefferson. his daughter would also serve as the hostess, but so did mrs. madison, the secretary of state's wife. in mixed company at the time you had to have a hostess. you couldn't entertain ladies unless there was a hostess. there was a need to have a woman to perform that function. so much even now, so much of washington life is ca

so, we're almost 100 years old and we're the longest lived exhibit at the smithsonian museum. >> this iteration just opened up, tell us the concept behind it. >> we tried to get new things here. the challenge is always to balance. to balance the great interest in the dresses and the china with other kinds of stories about the first ladies. we're always trying to find a way -- i hate to say mary because they love to talk about marrying the presidents and the first ladies exhibits, but to marry the two things, so you get a fuller picture of the first lady but still get to see the things you really want to come to see which are the beautiful dresses and the lovely china. so we tried a different arrangement in here and partially that's the color scheme. this is the first time that we've used this palette of grays and whites. and the idea was to really make the objection stand o stand out. the color comes from the objects not from the paint on the walls and we really highlight the gowns and the china for the first time really make them the star. >> talk more about the history of the first

and i'm pleased to be here as director of the lewis smithsonian museum because in part this is a museum that believes and recognizes that all that we're doing is standing on the shoulders of many of you who have done this work for generations, who are providing new insights into our history, into our past. but i'm pleased to be here as the director of this museum because in many ways what you're doing is what we do. does ensure that people will be remembered. but it also takes african-american life and uses it as a lens, understand what it means to be an american. that's what this museum does so well. and in essence, while i could talk about the museum forever -- i won't -- the goal of the museum is simple. the goal of this museum is not to just create a great green building, although it's going to do that. its goal is not to just find wonderful artifacts, although we've done that. and its goal is not to just build great exhibitions. but, rather, its goal is simple. this museum should make america better. this museum should find a way to help people have candid conversations to find rea

spencer worked for more than 20 years at the smithsonian, at the museum of american history, and the last nine he led and reinvigorated that museum as its director. and then the city, the country was fortunate that he went to cincinnati to run the underground railroad and freedom center, in essence, legitimizing a very important cultural institution. so in essence, what i would argue is that all of us who care about history, all of us who care about museums, all of us who care about public education and understanding of the african-american past, of the american past, should be grateful for the life and career of spencer crew. join me in welcoming dr. spencer crew. >> thank you, lonnie. the check will be in the mail. what a pleasure to be here this morning, and good morning. >> good morning. >> i don't know quite what to say after that introduction from lonnie. he and i have been good friends for a long, long time, and i sort of measure what i do by how well lonnie responds to it and assesses it. so that assessment from him means an awful lot to me in terms of just thinking about the

institutions she has spoken for include the smithsonian institution, society of the cincinnati, american institute of architects, national trust for historic preservation, pca, aca, national society of coclonian dumbarton house and the smithsonian gallery. welcome leslie jones. >> good evening. thank you for choosing to spend your thursday night here with us at the maryland historical society. that was a very generous introduction. thank you, mark. we are going to go ahead and get started. i believe i'm queueing to you for slides. thank you. oh, the terrible velvet curtains. the madisons decorate the white house. this image right here on the very front is actually the earliest known published image of the white house from a travel book. at this time when the madisons came into the white house, only part of the white house was finished. before the british came marched into washington and ended up burning the city to the ground. next slide. its original architect james hoebin won the competition set forth by washington and jefferson in 1792 to build what washington envisioned for the presi

starting today, a life-size replica of a giant prehistoric snake will be on display at the smithsonian natural history

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her work includes the first lady's of the smithsonian. a first lady's debut, and exhibiting george washington. she co-curated the document gallery exhibition, a letter from george washington, november 30, 1785. and traveling exhibition. and she co-authored the book "first ladies, political role and public image." she's been the collections lincoln, an extraordinary life. vote, the machinery of democracy. the permanent and traveling versions of the american presidency, a glorious burden. between a rock and a hard place, a history of america's sweat shops, 1820 to present. and we the people winning the vote. she's currently working on political history exhibits that will be part of the museum's renovated west wing and continuing her work on women's suffrage movement. and women in american political life. she holds a b.a. in history from university of maryland, ma from texas tech university. following the presentations tonight, we'll move to a moderated discussion format with a few prepared questions and hopefully additional questions from th

the smithsonian is planning spot the shuttle gathering at various locations. the formal ceremony planned for april 19th at the museum's center next to dulles airport where it's going to be displayed. back in a minute with more washington today. >> get regular updates about what's on c-span radio with twitter. quick information about hearings, speeches and debates from capitol hill, the administration and the campaign trail, including which events are live. and links to help you listen. go to twitter.com/cspanradio and click follow. there are also twitter feeds for cspan television, book tv, american history tv, road to the white house and washington journal. >> the headline from the new york times, north korea agrees to curb nuclear works. in exchange, the u.s. is offering aid. the story broke this morning. here's some of the details courtesy of the new york times web site. north korea announcing that it would suspend a nuclear weapon's test and uranium enrichment as well as allowing international inspectors to monitor activities at its main nuclear complex. t

co-director for science and medical writing and has written for magazines from "sports illustrated" to the smithsonian. the previous book was made into a pbs special and also will book the board and the current book is an award winner receiving the golden dagger award for the best nonfiction crime story. tell us about the basis of this book. >> by the time of was finishing this book i was having nightmares on a regular basis. [laughter] previous book involved in the history of medicine. i was in the basement of harvard medical school call-in -- take came across the case that was a real killer killed twice as many people but nobody knows about him because he was caught. then one of the forensic sciences -- scientist today. now to of the good fortune to find a protagonist in new york city to appeal to american audience i had to go to france to find the people. at the time forensic science was unknown but the french and austrian and germans practically invented it. mrs. good guy vs. bad guy. bob they developed the techniques that use the id "c.s.i." except dna the profit logical killer is on the loose. t

case ifon, that is the the smithsonian's exhibit. the art of video games is now open. the exhibit chronicles the 40- of video games. the exhibit runs now through september 30. >> i remember my nintendo. now it is an antique. >> are you ready for another mild week? >> absolutely. >> in the past 17 days, 14 have been above average. our average high temperature, 65 degrees. not so bad. we will take it. we have clouds rolling in a the west of us. to a whole amount lot. the fog could become a problem early tomorrow morning. 68 for the high today. the average for this day, 67. the record low, 13. 59 degrees currently at the airport. 047 at ocean city, only degrees. today, the high was only into the lower 50's. at 58adio looking degrees. temperatures off to the west of the mountains, 57 in cumberland. winchester, 59. quantico, 61. mild temperatures off to the west. chicago, and the second 80- degree day in a row. the cool air will remain to the for the next seven days. a cluster of just beginning to develop across southeastern ohio. we may see a thunderstorm, here of thunder

and at the smithsonian, right now. the american art smithsonian in downtown washington. ll run through september 30. and then it will be traveling to 10 more museums through the end of 2015. so everyone should have a chance to be able to experience it. >> taking it on the road. chris, thank you. >> thank you. >> cool stuff. >> thanks. >>> my old atari is in the smithsonian. >>> the latest travel show is in the area this weekend. >> holly morris is at the washington convention center, previewing the travel and adventure show going on this saturday and sunday. hey, holly. >> you know what? i love this show. you can come here, you can plan a trip, you can win a trip, or you can talk to experts about trips. people like the first lady of travel. samantha brown. the super popular host from the travel channel, going to be here this weekend. but we get to talk to you first. >> yes. >> here is the thing about this lady. she travels 220 days a year. give or take. >> yes. >> give or take a day. >> and she packs, she usually carries only a carry-on. >> yes. >> do it in a carry-on. th

it takes us back to the beginning, that smithsonian definition of first lady. we'll have to wait and see who in that administration plays the role of the official hostess. the role that the first lady has played. thers no telling who that will be. will it be the husband? will it be the host in his own home? certainly she'll be the hostess. will it be a daughter? will it become a professional job? we just don't know. we're waiting to see. then to figure out what we do next in this exhibition where we take it forward. i think even more interestingly, after when a man is again president, what will happen to the first lady's role after that? will it revert? or will it have moved in a direction that is maybe more freeing to the woman who then becomes first lady. >> lisa kathleen graddy, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> you can watch american artifacts and other american history tv programs any time by visiting our website. c-span.org/history. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium titled "understanding richard nixon." this hour long dis

well, this new exhibit featuring interactive stations launches this saturday at the smithsonian ripley center. the goal is to show that math is involved in nearly every action every day. the exhibit is sponsored by raytheon. >>> and the romanian man calling this his lego tribute to the end of the space shuttle era. he has built a model using legos, and to make it as realistic's could, he used a giant helium filled balloon to fly the shuttle 21 miles above the planet. he actually managed to recover the model which looks like a puppet there. about 150 miles away from where it was launched it was recovered. >> how are we getting this video? >> how are we getting the music that goes along with it? >> right. >>> still ahead, a runner up for the $1 million lottery finally comes forward. >> reporter: 35 years after the has that fee muslim -- has enough fee -- hanafi siege, a former hostage described how he took 40 hours of terror and turned it into hope. >>> long before there was a 9/11, the sniper attacks, or the anthrax scare washington struggled through three days of terror. and tomorrow m

this is now on display at the smithsonian. the national museum of natural history is opening an exhibit featuring a life-sized replica of this snake tomorrow. the fossil of the world's largest snake was found several years ago in a colombian coal mine. when it was alive the snake weighed 2500 pounds and was 48 feet long. the exhibit will be on display through next january. my goodness. >> that thing starts moving or wiggling you just run fast as you can. >> that's a big snake. >> that is unbelievable. the size of a school bus. >>> coming up a whole lot more ahead. living social goes delivery in a bunch of cities. >> where's mom? what you stopping for? >> and the panic sets in for a family trying to escape a fast spreading wildfire. they videotaped the entire ordeal. >>> plus, recognize him? a former athlete goes full drag for his new gig for weight watchers. >>> hi. i'm aaron gilchrest. tomorrow morning on news 4 today will be a special morning. it's joe krebs' final day anchoring news 4 today. join us as we say good-bye to our

places like the smithsonian are often schedule way in advance. >> are they the ones that work on the exhibition? >> there is a committee staff in the exhibition units, and they are curators. they are the ones who implement the show as well as deal with the vendor, so they deal with the contracts. they deal with reporting similar to a museum. >> any other questions? i have a hypothetical and maybe for the staff and city attorney's office, but i assume if someone were to be hired as a consultant not for pay, and that organization wanted to be an exhibition is at the library, that person could not play any part in the role to bring that new exhibition in, right? >> yes, generally speaking, under the contrast of interests, you cannot engage in a governmental decision that affects your financial interest, so if you were a consultant at the library you would not be able to engage in decision making involving those decisions. >> any other questions? thank you very much. public comment on this matter who? >> i cannot believe we are talking about this again. i am in support of adopting these

she has an american flight currently displayed in the smithsonian museum. she started folding origami at the age of 5. please welcome linda mahara. >> thank you. is this one working? good evening. thank you for that wonderful introduction. thank you to ed lee. this is such a wonderful event. it does become a wonderful event for us. i would like to introduce my sister, linda avery, who is also an origami artist. we got a call from the director jeff carter. he had a wonderful idea. we had the opportunity to do it in city hall. because we're known for origami work, we became kind of like the directors in helping get the project started. now it is here, and it has grown. it is the world tree of pope. i do not know if any of you know this, but last year, the tree was named one of the top 10 most beautiful trees by american express traveler. the word is getting out about history, filled with wonderful wishes. we were asked to say a few words about why origami and why trees. i will turn it over to my sister. >> the inspiration for the origami crane, the cream is a

how do we do as a country when it comes to either archives or research libraries or things like the smithsonian? >> guest: very well. i've been very impressed. the library of congress is wonderful to work at. the national archives is very helpful. research libraries all over the country -- in new york, of course, the historical society of philadelphia, the new haven colony -- they're terrific. it's fun to go to places because you can always find somebody there who's interested in what you're doing, and if you can't find it in the card catalog, they'll say, "oh, i think i know something you'd be interested in," and they lead you down a little corridor into a dusty stack and show you some wonderful treasure. they're dying to have people come and work there, and they're terribly helpful. i think we do very well. c-span: let me just ask you about a couple of things in the bibliography. here's just one: minutes of the provincial council and supreme executive council of pennsylvania, 16 volumes, harrisburg, 1838-1853. have you been through that? >> guest: i haven't been through all of it, but i've be

each station will have space for 23 bikes, land locations are the smithsonian metro station, the lincoln memorial, the washington monument, and one between the roosevelt memorial and martin luther king memorial. coming up, he can only use one of his arms. never stopped this high schooler from dominating the courts. >>> it may not be the most pleasant sound, but it helped save somebody's life here. i'm beth parker. that story coming up. >>> but first, the celebration at schools across the nation today for what swrowld been dr. suess's 108th birthday. made and wore their cat in the hat, while volunteers read books to them.  . >>> if you ever needed some motivation to take that cpr course, this next story should do it. researchers at a maryland park saved a coworker. fox 5's beth parker shows us the quick thinking and just the right equipment made all the difference. >> he had just slid back his chair after lunch and headed to the water cooler when suddenly he fell against the wall and slid down. >> i didn't know. i thought he may have had a seizure and then when i looked a

the exhibit at the smithsonian american art museum inç washington, d.c. ames picked with the help of the public. they demonstrate the evolution of the video game medium and visitors even get to play along. the exhibit opened yesterday and runs through september 30th. >>> this is enough to mess up anyone's march madness bracket. a wild day in college basketball with three major upsets including a bay area team. we'll cover the highlights, coming up in sports. >>> and good morning to you. we're watching some more showers coming in across the coast, as we look at cool temperatures today. snow levels today close to 2,50t wel talk about your weekend weather forecast when we come right back. >>> this is "today in the bay." >>> an update on our storm coverage now. a tree that fell on to a menlo park house early this morning injured no one. we just got off the phone with the fire department and they tell us that a huge oak fell from a neighboring yard and landed on a duplex on loyola avenue. it went through the roof of the front unit and one of the residents says

. >> to the smithsonian. >> yeah. >> i just happened to be in the general area i felt strongly that being in washington and everybody comes here, to document history relating to afro americans everyone at one time came to dc and i was just more or less in terms thrilled to document our history as opposed to looking at it on tv or listening on the radio when i had my camera and i was very comfortable. >>> i just want to interrupt while you are talking i want to ask our control room to scroll through the other photos so we can see those denzel washington here of course with herman boone this is when the movie was being released i guess. >> yeah, well, later on, out -- northern virginia urban league which used to be part of the greater washington urban league they had gone out there to get the business and i wasn't aware this would be transpired not realizing the original york boone would be there. >> surely chisolm, coretta scott king you lost your sight several years ago after taking photographs for so many years how have you dealt with the loss of sight? >> it is my joy that i have a dyna

the first stations will be located near popular attractions includings smithsonian, lincoln memorial, jefferson memorial and washington monument. >>> grass is out and gravel could soon be in, at least on parts of the mall. the national capital planning commission wants to cover two square gas panels near the smithsonian metro station with gravel and widen the existing gravel in the area. the washington examiner reports the plans are also in the works to cover a grassy area in front of the national gallery sculpture garden. the planning commission says the soil on the mall is highly compacted making it very difficult to grow grass in those areas. >>> some local park service workers are be credited with helping to save the life of a fellow worker. prince george's county fire investigators say they got a call about an unconscious person at watkins regional park in kettering on thursday. turns out a park service worker had gone into cardiac arrest. jim worthington and fellow workers sprung into action as they waited for others to arrive. >> i watched his breathing. he stopped breathing. w

it's located at the smithsonian castle in southwest d.c. on the mall.it opens to the public on saturday, and runs through june 3rd. >>> teen smoking has become an epidemic. that's according to a new report released today by the surgeon general. among the most notable findings? nearly one in four high school seniors smokes. one in four. and 99% of smokers begin before the age of 25. the surgeon general called the statistic shocking, because the youth smoking rate had been declining since the late 90s. but it has slowed down considerably in recent years, thanks to campaigns against higher taxes during the weak economy. >> excise taxes on tobacco especially are effective in preventing 14 and 15-year-old kids from buying cigarettes. >> the government hopes to get teens' attention with a new public service announcement. big tobacco is also criticized in the surgeon general's report for spending more than $27 million a day in marketing and promotions. >>> a man in falls church, virginia, is the winner of the $1 million prize from saturday's power ball drawing

the smithsonian people thought they knew how to fly. had theoretically created a model they believed in. they now take their plane out and put it on a boat. furthermore, they invite the news media to cover it. the wright brothers are crashing 500 times. could you imagine if the news media covered it? idiot brothers from dayton try once again in a frustrating example. [laughter] there is a very short article by the associated press the day that they fly. he has been out watching them for a long time and he has not written about it because he understood what they were doing. it is called an experiment. meanwhile, the smithsonian in rights fees for reporters to come out to alexandria. -- invites reporters to come out to alexandria. here is the boat, the engine, the airplane. they did not know how to fly. the plan goes straight off of the boat into the potomac. it gives them terrible articles the next day. and in the process cannot -- process, they end up looking like fools. and more importantly, if you land your airplane in a river, the im

the smithsonian people thought they knew how to fly. they had theoretically created a model they believed in. they now take their plane out and put it on a boat. furthermore, they invite the news media to cover it. the wright brothers are crashing 500 times. could you imagine if the news media covered it? idiot brothers from dayton try once again in a frustrating example. [laughter] there is a very short article by the associated press the day that they fly. he has been out watching them for a long time and he has not written about it because he understood what they were doing. it is called an experiment. meanwhile, the smithsonian in rights fees for reporters to come out to alexandria. -- invites reporters to come out to alexandria. here is the boat, the engine, the airplane. they did not know how to fly. the plan goes straight off of the boat into the potomac. it gives them terrible articles the next day. and in the process cannot -- process, they end up looking like fools. and more importantly, if you land your airplane in a river, th

it will be on display as part of a new exhibit in the smithsonian's museum of natural history until next january. >>> today, lindsay lohan will once again be in court. the actress will give a judge her final update on her probation, which included community service at a morgue, and regular psychotherapy sessions. it seems from a 2007 drunken driving case. the spokesman for the actress says lohan is quote ending one chapter and starting the next. she's very eager to dive into her next few projects. the spokesman said. charlie sheen is making a comeback. the actor whose meltdown a year ago cost him his job on "two and a half men" is working on a new sitcom and is the star of some high-profile commercials right now. sheen told "the today show's" matt lauer this morning that it's painful for him to see how he acted last year. he also says he wishes someone had helped him realize how self-destructive his behavior really was. >> did you get through, did you pull yourself through the weeds? or did you have someone close to you, a family member, a friend who grabbed you by the collar and said yo

we started to correspond together, served together on the board of regents of the smithsonian, so these are great memories. but as i say, dick and lynne that goes back 40 some yearses. i could go back to nina totenberg who's in this chamber. [laughter] she and i had some spirited words. [laughter] and let me tell you, she and dave, when i was at harvard, we had wonderful times together. her father still playing virtuoso violin, and we had a lot of fun. and i always -- if you can't forgive a person, it's like letting them live in your head rent-free. [laughter] that's not a funny statement. if you can't forgive a person, it's like letting them live in your head rent-free. i mean, you're in the shower thinking that son of a bitch -- [laughter] and he's out, he's golfing. [laughter] so what do you gain from that? [laughter] and then, of course, billington is lurking over here, i can't go through all of this. clarence thomas was here. boy, amazing things you go through. i met -- i say to people, why don't you move on. what is the purpose of keeping tab seething? there are the seethers and t

the stations would be located at the smithsonian metro station entrance, at the lincoln memorial, the jefferson memorial, between 14th and 15th streets, and near the warm, and on ohio -- washington monument, and on ohio drive. all stations will have as many as 25 bikes, and the stations will be solar powered. not quite sure what that means. maybe the locks on -- >> sounds very high tech. >> it does. you're a bike rider, you let us know -- >> i will. i'll try it out. >> yeah. seen a lot of people riding bikes out with this kind of weather that we've been having. >> yesterday, 70 on the st of march. are you -- 1st of march. are you kidding? beautiful day outside. i took advantage in my seven or eig eight-mile run. if you didn't take advantage of it, shame on you. 70 on march 1, and you sat inside. that was a mistake because the good weather is not completely done yet. but it's on its way outbound, no doubt about that. partly cloudy skies here in washington early on your friday morning. 43 is the temperature at national airport. obviously the urban heat island keeping national a fairly g

communique every three months on the programs that were coming and that would include things like the smithsonian service. that's you not to -- we have this celebrity spy and celebrity spice are always controversial because the way oui used this term and as you know from the galleries as either people who worked in intelligence and later became celebrities like julia child or someone who was, in fact, a celebrity and used that to conduct espionage like the ballplayer mo burn. hemingway is a different finish, if i can say that. at this point i don't have a good handle on hemingway's intelligence activity, and i think our speaker does, and i think he has a surprising insight into, and some of the earlier activities and i leave that to nick to bring that to your attention. nick is our speaker. nick reynold, it was an intelligence on mill hare historian with a pair shape of ox ft. oxford at the sent history and it works on ass which they'd done an exhibit on and he's still funkictioning there. he's been in charge of history for the marine corps and has several books to his credit and one on marine op

this is actually the smithsonian's copy or version of the banner that we acquired last year. all of these banners would have been used in a variety of public forums. and th stirring sight. but as shocking as the sight of women with banners was when it first started, while not becoming normal it became an accepted spectacle. people enjoyed suffrage parades. you could go and see the suffrage parade. so it didn't have the same -- while it still generated publicity, it wasn't having quite the effect that it once had. so you have to scale up. so what do you do to scale up? it's not having an effect on the president who is still not endorsing the suffrage amendment. so you move to a little more active protest. and this is the women -- this is women suffragists protesting in chicago, a speech by the president in the election year of 1916. and their banners have moved, become a little more aggressive. and they're asking very deliberate questions. they're asking, "president wilson, how long do you advise us to wait?" and outright opposition. "vote against wilson. he opposes women." it

the smithsonian national kite-flying festival down there today. hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of beautiful kites all aloft. and many, many very excited spectators and participators down at ground level. look at her. she's excited about her kite. running around, having a good time today. weather actually cooperated pretty well. wouldn't have hurt to have a little more sunshine, but hey, at least it wasn't raining. sometimes the kites don't fly as much as you would like them to. outside right now, still a mostly cloudy sky. 56 our current temperature. an east breeze at 20 miles per hour. the easterly breeze perfect for quite-flying weather this afternoon. temperatures, though, trending downward. there has been a weak cool front slide down through the area during the course of the day. the cooler air coming about washington northbound. still a little bit milder ahead of the front. 64 in fredericksburg. 70 down the road in charlottesville. so as you make your plans to get outside and enjoy your saturday evening, clouds, yes, but rain drops no. so

last time, i should preface that by saying the last time i was at the air and space museum at the smithsonian, there were no public governmental exhibits acknowledging the merc 13 or cape canaveral. it's in some pockets but not in others. yes? >> once the soviets put a woman in space, was there no pressure from the american government to say, well, we can do that, too. it's not the stereotype of the russian woman steroided and trained and all that. i would think there would have been a counter-revolution to push the program forward. >> that's an interesting point. no, there wasn't. in fact, some of the public comment from nasa and the government was it was a publicity stunt. so they dismissed that achieveme achievement. there wasn't people advocating mercury 13. the response largely as the next year or so went on because of randy lovelace's death. so it was -- tereshkova was dismissed. it wasn't until the hard work of the feminist movement of the 1970s as well as the civil rights movement that i think finally began to open the doors in 1978 for the first class of women astronauts. >> women as

been on tour to six city as -- cities and opened at the national museum of american history at the smithsonian institute and we anticipate more than 2.5 million folks will visit that exhibit. how's that for success? terrific. their wonderful book it that documents the kinsey collection has been selected by the florida department of education for the curriculum to team african-american studies to 3.6 million students throughout the state. so that's also a wonderful accomplishment. it's indeed mip pleasure to welcome a man to waves a wonderful cultural narrative of a people. please, give a warm welcome to bernard kinsey. bernard? [applause] . >> first of all i want to make sure you can hear me. who has the sound in here? just bring it up a little bit so we can do this. first of all, luis, thank you so much to the san francisco public libraries, stewart, shaw, and carroll. up guys have done a super job. you've got to come down to the san francisco african-american historical society. we have about 50 pieces of the kinsey collection there that documents the frick american experience from 1600 thro

. >> reporter: this whale of a diorama took two weeks to install in the ocean hall of the smithsonian'stural history in washington d.c. >> you go under it and it looks like it's going to just plop on to you and you're going to be stuck. >> reporter: it was spawned a thousand miles away at chase studios in cedar creek, missouri. >> this is actually a living whale that we recon strucked called phoenix. >> reporter: but how did you copy phoenix? she couldn't hold still for you to make a mold. >> phoenix has been photographed over and over again from all angles. we had to copy every little detail you can imagine that the smithsonian is very picky about every little detail. >> reporter: chase's eye for detail comes from training both as a scientist and an artist. he opened his studio here in the ozarks in 1973. wow! >> this is our mural area. >> reporter: he's created a kind of willie wonka like factory of nature. >> i always advertise that chase studios is a magical place. we have collections of everything. >> reporter: at the studio, he's amassed one of the largest private collections of n