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Educator's Day September 17

The Smithsonian offers a wide array of opportunities to help you incorporate museum learning about art, science, history, and culture into your teaching practice.

teaching about race in the classroom

African American Museum

Teachers with masks

African Art Museum

scholars with space suit

Air and Space Museum

smiling group of teachers.

American Art Museum

Teachers in Sparklab.

American History Museum

Teachers at Teachin event.

American Indian Museum

Teachers at professional development event crafting.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Center

Teaching religion event.

Freer and Sackler, Museum of Asian Art

teacher using digital tools.

Hirshhorn Museum

Henry the elephant at the museum.

Natural History Museum

Teacher workshop in an art gallery.

Portrait Gallery

Teachers in the museum's Byrne Education Loft.

Postal Museum

Black hole modeling lab.

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Educational workshop.

Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center

Science Saturday.

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Educator class for teaching about music.

Smithsonian Folkways

Garden exhibition hosting teaching event.

Smithsonian Gardens

Teacher training event.

Smithsonian Learning Lab

Teachers using microscopes at education event.

Smithsonian Science Education Center

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