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Previously on Display: 1990 - 1994

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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
August 13, 1992-February 14, 1993
Examines the first sustained contacts between Native American peoples and European explorers, conquerors, and settlers between 1492 and 1600.

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The African-American Mosaic: African-American Culture and History
February 9-August 29, 1994
Marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. The exhibit explores four topics from the book: Colonization, Abolition, Migrations, and the Works Progress Administration.

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Earth As Art 3: A Landsat Perspective
May 31, 2011–May 31, 2012
Showcases Landsat 7 images created by the United States Geological Survey. Since 1972, Landsat satellites have collected from space information about Earth’s continents and coastal areas.

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Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Ongoing exhibition, opened December 11, 2008
Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to the brothers who helped provide a musical background to the period.

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In the Beginning Was the Word: The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures
October 7, 1994-March 4, 1995
Presents objects from a relatively unknown archive of significant documents. The exhibit explores the moving human exchanges that took place between the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska and Native Alaskans between 1794 and about 1915.

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Language of the Land: Journeys Into Literary America
August 5, 1993-January 18, 1994
Offers a tour of four sections of the United States through literary maps that focus on geographical areas, individual authors, and particular works. Features passages from authors whose works are rooted in a particular place as well as images of the places.

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NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom

Presents a retrospective of the major personalities, events, and achievements that shaped the NAACP’s history during its first 100 years.

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Revelations from the Russian Archives
June 15-July 16, 1992
Presented documents, photographs, and films from the highly secret internal record of Soviet Communist rule for the first time in a public venue.

Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture
January 8-April 30, 1993
Documents how the Vatican Library became a center for the revival of classical culture known as the Renaissance.

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Scrolls from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship
April 29-August 1, 1993
Presented twelve scrolls and archeological materials from Israel. It told the fascinating story of the scrolls’ discovery and explored their archeological and historical context.

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Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation
February 24-July 4, 1994
Presents the story of building the nation’s Capitol and the symbolic, aesthetic, and pragmatic issues that surrounded the creation of America’s most important public building.

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