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Tools for teaching and promoting cultural understanding through music.

Videos from the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum which maintains the largest collection of historic air and space artifacts in the world.

Videos from the National Museum of American History which dedicates its collections and scholarship to inspiring a broader understanding of our nation and its many peoples.

Video from the National Museum of the American Indian, the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.

Videos from the Smithonian's Anacostia Community Museum.

Videos from the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center.

Video recordings in the Collections Search Center.

Video from the National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives at the National Museum of Natural History.

Videos from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tell the history of America through individuals who have shaped its culture.

Videos from the Natural History Museum--dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery, and learning about the natural world through our unparalleled research, collections, exhibitions, and education outreach programs.

Video from the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum.

Video on the history of the Smithsonian Institution Building and James Smithson.

Telling America's stories through video.

Video material from the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Videos featuring Smithsonian Folkways artists performing live, in the studio, speaking about and/or demonstrating their craft.

This video channel features content produced by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The Smithsonian Institution Libraries is the most comprehensive museum library in the world.

Video from Smithsonian Journeys, the educational tour program of the Smithsonian Institution. Journeys are designed to provide travelers with a deeper understanding of the people, history, and cultures they will experience during their tour.

Videos from the Smithsonian magazine.

Learn about upcoming and current exhibitions from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

Enjoy lectures and experiences featuring renowned experts covering the worlds of art, design, history, culture, science and technology. You'll find presentations from many of our 19 museums, 9 research centers and myriad of departments and programs.