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Museum Research
African Art Museum
Home to the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives for the study of the arts, cultures and history of Africa
Air and Space Museum
Research related to air and space, including aeronautics, space history, earth
and planetary studies
American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery
One of the nation's leading centers for the study of American art
American History Museum
Research focuses on medicine & science, work & industry, political history, home
& community life, culture & the arts and armed forces history
American Indian Museum
Research aims to increase understanding of the indigenous cultures of the Western
Hemisphere
Anacostia Community Museum
Community-based documentation and research efforts include oral history interviewing, community mapping projects and community-based collecting
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
A center for scholarly and applied research, the museum provides offers a graduate-level program in the history of decorative arts in partnership with the Parsons New School for Design
Freer and Sackler Galleries
The Department of Conservation and Scientific Research focuses on the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of Asian art
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The challenge of preserving modern art is the key focus of the museum's
conservation team
National Zoo
The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute serves as an umbrella for the
Smithsonian’s global effort to conserve species and train future scientists
Natural History Museum
Natural History scientists seek the puzzle pieces that will form detailed pictures of vital topics such as evolutionary relationships of organisms, biodiversity loss and global climate change
Portrait Gallery
The Catalog of American Portraits maintains records of historically significant American portraits
Postal Museum
Research on topics of such as current and future postal operations, as well as philatelic and postal history
