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Hirshhorn Museum Partners with Art Bridges Foundation to Announce 51 Museums in Landmark National Loans Program

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Art Bridges Foundation have chosen the 51 institutions that ...
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National Museum of Asian Art Partners With TOPPAN To Launch New Digital and Virtual Reality Projects

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Art and Japan-based TOPPAN Inc. are partnering to advance the museum’s growing digitization efforts, starting with implementation of cutting-edge virtual- and ...
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National Museum of Asian Art Renews Partnership With National Institute of Japanese Literature, Expands Digital Access to Rare Books

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has renewed its memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL), part of the National Institutes for the ...
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Smithsonian Presents Refik Anadol’s “Smithsonian Dreams,” an Immersive Public Art Experience on the National Mall

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 ...
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Poet Amanda Gorman To Open Smithsonian’s National Education Summit in Nation’s Historic 250th Anniversary Year

Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, will deliver the opening keynote for the 2026 Smithsonian’s National Education Summit, the Institution’s signature three-day conference for ...
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Smithsonian Reopens the Iconic and Historic Castle and the Arts and Industries Building for America’s 250th

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 ...
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates Juneteenth With a Community Day Honoring Opal Lee

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 ...
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Smithsonian Research Associate Discovers Ants Assemble To Be Picked Clean by ‘Cleaner’ Ants, a Novel Insect Behavior

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Director Melissa Chiu To Depart for the Solomon F. Guggenheim Museum

Melissa Chiu announced today that she will step down as director of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden after 12 years of leadership, as she prepares to join the Solomon R.
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American Bison Return to the National Mall With New Exhibitions and Larger-Than-Life Bronze Sculptures at the National Museum of Natural History

In 2026, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is celebrating all things American bison. Through a series of new exhibitions, displays and programming, the national mammal will take ...