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Plus, Interactive Playback Theater Troupe Verbal Gymnastics Explores Black History Month, Testing Exoskeletons With Harvard Researchers and More

Museum Open to the Public Monday, Jan. 17, in Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

For the First Time, Astronomers Have Retraced the History of Earth’s Galactic Neighborhood, Showing Exactly How the Young Stars Nearest to Its Solar System Formed

Exhibition Explores African Beauty Through Portraits of Nollywood Celebrities

Kids Can Spend the Summer at the Smithsonian—In Person and Online

Several Big Museums Remain Open Five Days a Week

Rally Signs, Photographer’s Protective Vest, Rep. Kim’ s Suit and National Guard Insignia Part of National Museum of American History’s Effort To Document the Day

African Art, Postal, Anacostia and Asian Art Museums to Close

Adam Nimoy and Family Donate Iconic Artifacts From Nimoy’s Personal Collection

Plus, Visitors Can Honor MLK Day at a “FUTURES We Dream” Weekend for All Ages, Imagine New Monuments With the Monument Lab, Dive Into Water Solutions and More

“Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha” Will be on View Dec. 18 Through May 15, 2022

Instrument Made by Scientists and Engineers at the Center for Astrophysics Has Helped Verify That—for the First Time in History—a Spacecraft Has Entered the Corona of the Sun

Multi-Year Federal Review Process Concludes with More Accessible Design

Coastal Organisms Thrive on Floating Plastic Debris in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”

Researchers Predicted the New Class of Star’s Existence for 50 Years but Until Now Had Never Observed It in Space

Museum’s National Mall Building To Close March 28 Through Fall 2022

Searchable Museum To Share the Museum Beyond Its Walls on the National Mall

Major Gift Supports the National Museum of the American Latino and the Molina Family Latino Gallery

New Smithsonian Display Explores Facets of Franklin’s Legacy