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Smithsonian Picks Top Pieces Posted By Dustin on August 23, 2006
The Smithsonian needs to make room for renovation and has had to narrow down the collection to 150 pieces. Included in that 150 are two familiar faces from Star Wars, R2-D2 & C-3PO! Read this small snippet below from Signonsandiego.com.
WASHINGTON ? The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History announced yesterday that it has winnowed its vast collection of objects down to 150 greatest hits for display at the nearby Air and Space Museum while the history museum shuts down until 2008 for an extensive renovation.
Among items making the cut are composer/pianist Duke Ellington's score for ?Mood Indigo,? Muhammad Ali's bright red Everlast boxing gloves, an 1851 Singer sewing machine and the original Kodak camera.
Also on display will be Ray Bolger's scarecrow costume from the movie ?The Wizard of Oz.?
It's ?very rarely seen,? museum director Brent Glass said of the costume. ?In fact, I don't think it's ever been on display because it's fragile.?
The exhibit, called ?Treasures of American History,? includes one of Mary Todd Lincoln's velvet evening dresses. Elizabeth Keckley, a seamstress and former slave, made it.
One of country singer Patsy Cline's traveling outfits also is on display. So are the ?Star Wars? robots, R2D2 (this one from 1983's ?Return of the Jedi?) and his counterpart, C-3PO.
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