National Museum of African American History and Culture

The World Celebrates Mardi Gras, Preps For Oscars, and Marks Black History Month

February 25, 2012

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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by Annie Scudder 1

This week the world celebrated Fat Tuesday with colorful traditions, but by Wednesday religious and nonreligious alike were considering what vices to kick for 40 days. In Spain, a wax museum imagined what the red carpet will look like this Sunday at the Oscars, and back in DC Michelle and Barack Obama attended the groundbreaking of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which appropriately happened during Black History Month. See all that and more with the best snapshots of the week!

1 / 13

by Annie Scudder 1

This week the world celebrated Fat Tuesday with colorful traditions, but by Wednesday religious and nonreligious alike were considering what vices to kick for 40 days. In Spain, a wax museum imagined what the red carpet will look like this Sunday at the Oscars, and back in DC Michelle and Barack Obama attended the groundbreaking of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which appropriately happened during Black History Month. See all that and more with the best snapshots of the week!

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futuralon 1 year 11 weeks

A lot of these "famous person and child" photos are lame but look at this one - the kid is smiling. Maybe the Duchess is funny!