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Picture of people outside in front of marble steps, wearing layers of colorful clothes dancing with their arms up

The museum’s May 2023 centennial celebrations. Credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution.

National Museum of Asian Art Announces 2024 Arts and Culture Festival Dedicated to Well-Being in the Asian American Community
Part of a Five-Year Series of May Programming Sponsored by Bank of America That Celebrates Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
03.28.2024
Asian Art Museum Public Programs
Turquoise-colored ceramic with painted small orange koi fish and a slice of lime, small gray and white bird on top.
Smithsonian Craft Show Opens May 1
The Country’s Best Contemporary Craft for Purchase at Juried Event
03.27.2024
Exhibitions Public Programs
Two women and a man sit on a stage with musical instruments around them, speaking into mics.

Left to right: Krystal Klingenberg, Allison Russell and Taj Mahal.

Smithsonian and Americana Music Foundation Release “Roots to Pop” Series
Series Spotlights Taj Mahal With Allison Russell, Flaco Jiménez With Max Baca, Rhiannon Giddens, The Blind Boys of Alabama with Ruthie Foster
03.20.2024
American History Museum Public Programs
Picture of red brick building and blue sky with white graphic text on top.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program To Highlight the Living Traditions of Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere
2024 Program Celebrates the National Museum of the American Indian
03.14.2024
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage American Indian Museum Public Programs
An older man wearing a striped buttondown shirt and red tie sits in a chair with a fireplace in background.
Smithsonian Associates Presents “Justice Stephen Breyer on Reading the Constitution”
03.07.2024
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Young boy with braces smiles as he wears reflective sunglasses and paper mache hat.
National Air and Space Museum Prepares Activities and Educational Resources for April’s Solar Eclipse
03.07.2024
Air and Space Museum Public Programs Education News
A group of people in white and purple robed tops play instruments on a small stage.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents In-Person and Virtual Programs as Part of the 2024 National Cherry Blossom Festival
02.29.2024
American Art Museum Public Programs
Painting of woman with short, white curly hair and glasses sitting in a dining room reading a book.

Opal Lee by Sedrick Huckaby, oil on canvas, 2023. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Sasha and Edward P. Bass. Copyright 2023 Sedrick Huckaby.

National Portrait Gallery Celebrates Women’s History Month With a Festival, Programs and Exhibitions
02.28.2024
Portrait Gallery Public Programs
Black and white photograph of people standing in front of train.

Arcadia, California. Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly center from San Pedro, California. Evacuees lived at this center located at the former Santa Anita racetrack before being moved inland to relocation centers, April 5, 1942.

National Archives and Records Administration.

Smithsonian Hosts Annual Day of Remembrance Program
“Memory and the Nation” Program Will Feature a Panel Discussion
02.13.2024
Asian Pacific American Center American History Museum Public Programs
Two small animals with dark fur faces and long white hair sit on rocks.

The public is invited to help name two cotton-top tamarin sisters at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Image: Chelia Chong, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Public Can Help Name Cotton-Top Tamarins at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
02.05.2024
National Zoo Public Programs
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Still from Frybread Face and Me. Photo courtesy of AARAY Releasing.

Smithsonian Presents the Mother Tongue Film Festival, “Finding Balance”
Smithsonian Presents the Mother Tongue Film Festival, “Finding Balance”
01.31.2024
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
A woman seated at a table, sewing a bodysuit with a patch of the American flag and patch with the acronym NASA.

"Sewing a fine seam—finishing touches are applied to one section of the new spacesuit for NASA's Apollo lunar missions on this long-arm sewing machine, built specially for manufacturing the spacesuits." Hazel Fellows, seated, machine-sewing pieces of an Apollo A7L spacesuit on the production line at International Latex Corporation (ILC), Federica (Dover), Delaware; released Aug. 9, 1968. Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Celebrates Women’s History Month 2024 With Inaugural Digital Exhibition and New Initiatives
01.30.2024
American Women's History Museum Exhibitions Public Programs
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Presents “gOD-Talk: Reimagining Faith in the 21st Century” Film Tour
International Screening Tour Explores Religion and Spirituality in Young African Americans
01.17.2024
African American Museum Public Programs
Painting of boys floating legs in a pair of jeans against a gold background.

“But I’m Still Fly” by Fahamu Pecou. 
Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, copyright Fahamu Pecou.

National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates Black History Month
“African Americans and the Arts” Is the Theme for the Museum’s Online and In-person Offerings
01.12.2024
African American Museum Public Programs
Graphic of young child holding up binoculars with Smithsonian Summer Camp wording.
Smithsonian Summer Camp Offers Kids Opportunities To Engage With the Smithsonian’s Museums
01.11.2024
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
A crowd watching a lion dancer perform outside.

A crowd watching a lion dancer perform outside the museum during the 2023 Lunar New Year Festival.
Credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution.

 

National Museum of Asian Art Announces Its 2024 Lunar New Year Family Festival
01.11.2024
Asian Art Museum Public Programs
Photograph of live orchid planted in colorful, patterned pot admist other lush greenery.
Smithsonian Gardens To Present 28th Annual Orchid Exhibition
Installation Includes Commissioned Works by Artist Phaan Howng and Explores Conservation Efforts
01.10.2024
Smithsonian Gardens Exhibitions Public Programs
Photograph of black and white pinback button with image of Martin Luther King Jr.s face in center surrounded by quotes.

Pinback button memorial depicting Martin Luther King Jr. ca. 1968. 
Credit: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Peggy Boyd Petrey.

National Museum of African American History and Culture Kicks Off January 2024 with Dynamic Programming
12.19.2023
African American Museum Public Programs
Woman in a green top and blue pants stand in a field, leaning against wood fence.
Smithsonian Associates Presents In-Person and Livestreamed “Revolutionary Road Trip” Panel Discussion With PBS Television Host Darley Newman
12.04.2023
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Square yellow button with two silhouettes facing each other and candles in between.

Pinback button celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

Kwanzaa and Holiday Specials Highlight December Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
11.27.2023
African American Museum Exhibitions Public Programs
Exterior facade of building with tan stones, windows, and curved sides.
Native Art Market Brings Indigenous Artisans to Washington and New York for Curated Shopping Experience
11.17.2023
American Indian Museum Public Programs
Two hands hover over a bundt cake dusted with powdered sugar.
Smithsonian Associates Kicks off the Holiday Season With In-Person and Livestreamed Programs
11.15.2023
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Four people, including one child, walk in a line while pushing carts.
Online Native Cinema Showcase Brings Indigenous Films to Audiences Worldwide
Curated Selection of 35 Films From Across the Western Hemisphere and the Arctic Offer Enjoyment for the Whole Family
11.06.2023
American Indian Museum Public Programs
Panorama of indoor hangar with planes of various sizes and colors

The Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center Turns 20
Museum To Host Anniversary Celebration Dec. 2
11.01.2023
Air and Space Museum Public Programs

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