View of "RTX Living in the Space Age Hall" at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The Hall explores how innovations in space technology have transformed our lives. The ...

Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, will deliver the opening keynote for the 2026 Smithsonian’s ...

The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum today launched “Unhidden Heroines,” an augmented-reality experience on the ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History presents “Gunboat Philadelphia: Save the Revolution!,” a new, virtual-reality experience that transports visitors to Lake Champlain in 1776, where ...

Smithsonian Solstice marks both the start of summer and America’s 250th anniversary with an expanded, first-ever multi-day celebration building on the popular Solstice Saturday ...

For the first time, the Smithsonian is expanding its popular Solstice Saturday into a three-day celebration, inviting ...

In early 1944, Marie Boudet received a coconut in her mailbox—a love letter—from her husband Raymond, a Navy Seabee who was stationed in Hawaiʻi during World War II. The back of the unusual love ...

Photo op for the U.S. premiere of the 18th-century painting of Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish Military and American Revolutionary war leader, by Cuban painter José Nicolás de EscaleraFriday, June ...

This summer, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will unveil its permanent collection galleries with a landmark presentation, “Design Across Time: Exploring the Smithsonian’s Design Collection.” ...

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 ...

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Photos related to the openings can be found via Dropbox. As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, the Smithsonian will reopen two of its most iconic and historic buildings, inviting visitors to ...