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Green wax disc

Disc recording in green wax on brass holder, probably 1885. Content: male voice reciting opening lines of "To be, or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet. 

Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Receives Save America’s Treasures Grant
Funding Will Preserve Alexander Graham Bell’s Experimental Sound Recordings
12.02.2019
American History Museum Administrative News
Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Receives $1.5 Million Philanthropic Gift To Fund Cultural Sustainability Program
11.04.2019
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Administrative News
Secretary Lonnie Bunch and Chief Justice Roberts

Chief Justice John Roberts presents Secretary Lonnie Bunch with the ceremonial key to the Smithsonian Castle. 

Credit: Jaclyn Nash

Lonnie G. Bunch III Installed as 14th Smithsonian Secretary in Ceremony Held in Historic Arts and Industries Building
Chief Justice Welcomes New Secretary With Key to the Castle
11.01.2019
The Castle Administrative News
men with statue
Smithsonian and the U.S. Army Sign Historic Agreement To Train the Next Generation of Monuments Men and Women
10.22.2019
Archives of American Art Administrative News
Photo of Steve Case wearing blue shirt

Steve Case

Steve Case Elected Chair of Smithsonian Board of Regents
10.21.2019
The Castle Administrative News
Anacostia Community Museum
Back and Better: Anacostia Community Museum Reopens With Refreshed Look Inside and Out
10.10.2019
Anacostia Community Museum Administrative News
construction site

Contractors work on installing motorized scaffolding on the Northwest corner of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, July 31, 2019.

National Air and Space Museum Renovation Update
Museum Remains Open During Construction
08.20.2019
Air and Space Museum Administrative News
painting of house

Edward Hopper, Ryder's House, 1933, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design, 1981.76

Smithsonian American Art Museum Receives Major Grant for Five-Year Collaboration With Five Partner Museums Across the American West
Grant From Art Bridges + Terra Foundation Initiative Supports Sharing of Artworks With Audiences Throughout the United States
07.08.2019
American Art Museum Exhibitions Administrative News
Lonnie G Bunch III

Credit: Michael Barnes, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Smithsonian Regents Name Lonnie Bunch 14th Smithsonian Secretary
05.28.2019
Administrative News

Credit: Michael Barnes

Smithsonian Names Melanie A. Adams Director of Anacostia Community Museum
05.23.2019
Anacostia Community Museum Administrative News
Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Budget Request Totals $978 Million
03.18.2019
Administrative News
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Community Museum Closes for Renovation
Museum Will Be Closed March 15 Through Mid-October; Continues Programs Off-site
02.26.2019
Anacostia Community Museum Administrative News

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