The exhibit will be opened to the public at the Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Stirling on 16 January.

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The museum's Madelaine Smith said the enduring appeal of the novel is its perennial themes and that the "characters are real".

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She learned from New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs that Smith, at 37 years old, enrolled as an Army private at Lansingburg in 1862.

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"Each meteorite is a time capsule and space probe recording the history of our solar system from 4.5 billion years ago, " said Caroline Smith, curator of meteorites at London's Natural History Museum.

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Marlin Coffee, who is in charge of sales, had read about the museum and wanted to contribute two lids to Mr. Smith's collection.

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Kiki has been an internationally famous artist since her first show at New York's Museum of Modern Art ("Projects 24: Kiki Smith") in the '90s.

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Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic said the site was "the Paul Smith of websites".

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