It’s our birthday! To celebrate 177 years of art, music, science, and discovery enjoy these 177 collection items (we counted). All of these are part of our #SmithsonianOpenAccess collections—you can use, transform, and share these assets without asking permission from the Smithsonian. Did you know we have about 155 million artifacts, works of art, and natural science specimens in our collection? About 2.8 million of them are open access. Music: Maple Leaf Rag by James P. Johnson, Pops Foster, an
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