The Smithsonian invites the public to celebrate National Pride Month in June through activities, in-person programming and ...

The Smithsonian’s fourth annual National Education Summit will take place July 16–18. This year’s theme, “Together We Thrive: ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will display nine works from the royal court of Benin in a special exhibition opening Monday, June 3. These artworks were some of the 29 pieces that ...

"Carmina Burana": Sarah Yarborough, John Parkes, Michjhiko Oka, Judith Jamison ...

To illustrate the Pythagorean Theorem, makers of geometric models have long made models with pieces that could be arranged either as a square with a side equal to the length of the hypotenuse of a ...

Matilong Duma, Anacostia Community Museum.

To mark the 2024 presidential election, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present “Picturing the Presidents: ...

Fiber has long inspired women artists, although their ingenuity with threads and cloth was often dismissed as domestic work ...

In 1903, Roosevelt was vice president of the United States. He assumed the presidency on September 14, when President McKinley died from gunshot wounds. Roosevelt understood that he would need the ...

Scott Miller is the Smithsonian’s chief scientist and interim director of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. As chief scientist, he advises senior management on science and research policy, promotes ...

The Zoo welcomed three litters of black-footed ferret kits, including those born to Aristides (above). Photo credit: Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...