“American Aspirations” exhibition extended through Aug. 10 ...

Overview of the excavated track surface with a mix of deeper hippopotamus and antelope footprints and shallower hominin tracks visible. Kay Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian. Ancient footprints preserved ...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Air and Space Museum’s building on the National Mall, the Museum and Smithsonian Theaters are hosting the National Air and Space Museum 50th ...

A team of scientists led by researchers with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and Texas A&M University recently uncovered genetic traces of ancient migration in DNA from avocados ...

The Smithsonian will welcome families and kids of all ages to celebrate America’s 250th birthday year during Family Day, a ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Smithsonian will debut “Smithsonian Dreams,” a large-scale, multisensory public art experience by Refik Anadol, internationally acclaimed media artist and director of Refik Anadol Studio, on the ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has accepted the Aero L-39C Albatros “American Spirit” jet racer into its national collection. The aircraft was donated by owner Ed Noel of the Noel Air ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) invites visitors to commemorate Juneteenth, the national holiday marking the emancipation of enslaved African ...