The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open “First Do No Harm,” an exhibition that explores science, ...

To help astronomers understand what they are seeing, researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have ...

The origins of the bicycle are shrouded in mystery. It is not possible to attribute its invention to any single person. Still, what is clear is that the early ancestors of the modern bicycle were in ...

Media will have the opportunity to tour the exhibition before it opens to the public and interview curator Alison Bazylinski about the stories, artists and design decisions that have shaped stamp art ...

This fall, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will complete its landmark renovation with the opening of its ...

The history of the stone which was eventually named the Hope Diamond began when the French merchant traveler, Jean Baptiste Tavernier, purchased a 112 3/16-carat diamond. This diamond, which was most ...

Hiroshi Sugimoto’s “Passage of Reflectance” (2026) and “Mathematical Model 029: Kuen’s Surface” (2008) on the new Hirshhorn ...

Participants To Be Recognized for Their Participation in Yearlong Cultural Preservation Workshop Series ...

Media are invited to attend a celebration honoring participants in the Smithsonian’s Mississippi Community Cultural Conservation Program, a yearlong professional development initiative that brought ...

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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the launch of William Bache’s Silhouettes Album, a microsite featuring new research and digitized images for 1,800 cut-paper silhouettes by ...

“A Gorgeous Surprise: The Peacock Room in VR,” an interactive and immersive virtual reality (VR) experience of the National ...