The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomes two new acquisitions to the collection—the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe model. The Pathfinder is a ...
Asian elephant calf Linh Mai will make her public debut at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute this Earth Day, April 22. She was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father ...
To commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Smithsonian Science Education Center today released a new free eBook, ...
Following the conclusion of a 10-year loan to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), wooden artifacts, including ship timber, from the São José slave ...
“¡Puro Ritmo! The Musical Journey of Salsa” Will Premiere in the Museum’s Temporary Exhibition Space at the National Museum of American History ...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the famous 1976 “Judgment of Paris” wine tasting competition and the nation’s 250th anniversary of the ...
Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) had a voice that came along "once in a hundred years." When one of Anderson's teachers first heard her sing, the ...
This is a small sampling of women artists and their works in the vast visual arts collections of the Smithsonian. American women photographers have also made their mark. The Smithsonian tells the ...
Chinese paintings, Indian sculpture; Islamic painting and metalware; Japanese lacquer; Korean ceramics; American Art from the late 19th-century aesthetic movement; Whistler’s Peacock Room. There is no ...
From the time of Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 to end of World War II in 1945, the Nazi regime orchestrated an unprecedented system of confiscation and coercive transfer of art and cultural property ...
Learn about genealogy resources at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. National Museum of African American History and Culture ...
Writing a letter in one’s own hand can be an artistic act. Handwriting animates paper. The bold flairs of calligraphic script shout for attention, while elegant flourishes of cursive sashay across the ...