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A snowy "Last Conversation Piece" by Juan Munoz in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden.
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A view of the Smithsonian Castle in the early morning hours as Smithsonian Gardens staff prepared to clear snow.
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Smithsonian Gardens staff had a late night (and an early morning) clearing the snow from around the museums and gardens.
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A view of the Smithsonian Arts & Industries building.
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The Downing Urn in the Enid A. Haupt Garden.
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Spring may seem far away when we're under a blanket of snow, but the saucer magnolias will be in bloom before you know it.
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Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, standing sentinel.
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'Arnold Promise' witch hazel in the Ripley Garden.
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Clearing snow in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden.
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"Kiepenkerl" by Jeff Koons in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden.
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The robins took shelter from the storm next to one of the National Air & Space Museum entrances.
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cardinal spotting in the gardens.
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This handsome fellow stopped by the gardens for a snack.
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“We Were Always Here," sculpture installation by artist Rick Bartow at the National Museum of the American Indian.
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Smithsonian Gardens staff cleared the snow around the National Air & Space Museum so it could open to the public.