The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the Washington, D.C., presentation of “Amy Sherald: American ...

Richard Kurin started his Smithsonian career working on America’s Bicentennial celebration in 1976. He is currently distinguished scholar and ambassador-at-large, focused on strategic and special ...

Today, the Smithsonian announced a major fundraising campaign—the “Smithsonian Campaign for Our Shared Future.” With a goal of $2.5 billion, it is the largest campaign in Smithsonian history and ...

ALERT: The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History will be CLOSED Tuesday, July 9, due to NATO meetings in Washington, D.C.

The visionary Americans who support the Smithsonian at this historic moment will pave the way for a brave new future ahead. — Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian With a goal of $2.5 ...

Our solar system, located in the Milky Way Galaxy, is our celestial neighborhood. It consists of eight planets, several dwarf planets, dozens of moons, and millions of asteroids, comets, and ...

ALERT: The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History will be CLOSED Tuesday, July 9, due to NATO meetings in Washington, D.C. Admission is ...

Bill Tompkins has been the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Collections Program since 1993. Tompkins serves as a principal advisor to Smithsonian senior management, unit directors and ...

Career paths can sometimes seem obvious. Other times, when you stop and look back, you have traveled down a not-so-straight road. The TEMPO instrument launched into space in April 2023 to understand ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the 36th annual Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Megan A. Smetzer for her book Painful Beauty: Tlingit Women, ...