He later wrote that Tookoolito asked, "Are you cold Mr. Hall?" Charles Francis Hall: I answered, "My feet are almost frozen. I cannot get them comfortable." Quickest thought, Tookoolito made passage ...
From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...
Photos and b-roll are available in the Zoo’s newsroom. Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, are celebrating a litter ...
As the keeper of memory for the nation, it is our privilege and responsibility to tell accurate and complete histories. As has been recently reported, in July, a placard was removed from the National ...
100 years of Russian art, 1889-1989 : from private collections in the USSR / edited and with introductions by David Elliott and Valery Dudakov ...
Recent reports about the Smithsonian removing the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American ...
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the 2025 Portrait of a Nation Award honorees. Established in 2015, the Portrait of a Nation Award recognizes extraordinary individuals who ...
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940–July 17, 2020) was a giant in the civil rights movement whose wisdom, courage, and moral clarity earned him the nickname “the conscience of the Congress” during ...
The Chinese Lunar New Year begins January 29, 2025, and starts the Spring Festival season that ends fifteen days later on the evening of the Lantern Festival. The Chinese zodiac rotates through a ...
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will install a photograph of President-elect Donald J. Trump from Jan. 13 through Feb. 11, 2025, to coincide with the 60th presidential inauguration Jan. 20 ...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art announces the appointment of seven new members to the museum’s national board. Based in the United States and Africa, these new members are global ...
Envelope for tally sheet. 1864. Gift of Tadas Osmolskis. Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. Early approaches to voting by mail in the U.S. enabled military service members to participate in ...