The National Portrait Gallery announces the late-afternoon program “A Study in Form: Asawa, Noguchi & Frankenthaler,” choreographed by Dana Tai Soon Burgess, former choreograp ...

NPM copy 39088015633530 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. siris_sil_949941 ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will present its 11th Great Americans Medal to Melinda French Gates ...

Smithsonian Associates, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Principality of Monaco and Smithsonian Gardens, presents ...

In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Smithsonian received a donation of $2.3 million from the Caterpillar ...

The Smithsonian will debut Smithsonian Dreams, a free immersive public art experience by internationally acclaimed media artist Refik Anadol that transforms the historic Smithsonian Castle into a ...

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Art Bridges Foundation have chosen the 51 institutions that will participate in “50 for 50,” a national collection-sharing initiative ...

Português contemporâneo / Maria Isabel Abreu, Cléa Rameh ; Richard J. O'Brien, editor ; Robert Lado, J. Mattoso Câmara, Jr., consultants ...

Introduction: Life and afterlife in the ancient Egyptian cosmos -- Preparing for the afterlife -- The evolution of the Book of the dead / by Irmtraut Munro -- The day of burial -- The mummy in the ...

Explore musical instruments in the Anacostia Community Museum's collection. From castanets to congas, they are tools for communication, creativity, connection, and community. Listen for the talking ...

AFA copy gift from WMR Center. In her best-selling 1992 novel, Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker opened a painful door: she brought the issue of female genital mutilation, a practice that ...

Cynthia Chavez Lamar is the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. She is the first Native woman to head a Smithsonian museum. Chavez Lamar oversees the museum’s three ...