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Baby Zahra looking up at her mother

After five days of public voting and just over 24,000 votes, the baby western lowland gorilla at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is named Zahra [ZAH-rah], which means “beautiful flower” in Swahili. (Photo by Becky Malinsky, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

Her Name Is Zahra
Following Public Vote, the Western Lowland Gorilla at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Receives Her Name
06.09.2023
Conservation Biology Institute National Zoo Public Programs
Volunteers holding fans and brochures at the Folklife Festival

Photo by Victoria Pickering, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives

2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Seeks Volunteers
06.06.2023
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Gorilas playing around sign that says "It's a girl"

Primate keepers—with help from the western lowland gorilla troop—revealed that the baby gorilla born May 27 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is female. Pictured are Calaya and her newborn as well as Moke and Mandara. (Photo by Jen Zoon, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

The Public Can Help Name a Baby Western Lowland Gorilla at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
06.05.2023
National Zoo Public Programs Education News
Juneteenth poster
Anacostia Community Museum Brings Back Its Iconic Juneteenth Festival
Featuring Fly Zyah, Dev Duff, Too Much Talent Band and The Experience Band
06.01.2023
Anacostia Community Museum Public Programs
Artistically lit photo of monk creating sand mandala

The Venerable Lama Losang Samten helped introduce Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas to the West when he moved to the United States in 1988.
Photo courtesy of Losang Samten

Smithsonian Folklife Festival Looks at Creativity and Spirituality in the U.S.
05.19.2023
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Members of the band Ozark Mountain Daredevils in performance

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, formed in Springfield, Missouri in 1972, perform an evening concert. Photo by Jim Mayfield

 

 

 

Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023 Celebrates the Cultures of the Ozarks
05.19.2023
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Juneteenth Poster
National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses
05.16.2023
African American Museum Public Programs
Visitors among planes on runway at Udvar-Hazy Center

Courtesy National Air and Space Museum

“Innovations in Flight” Event Returns to Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
05.15.2023
Air and Space Museum Public Programs
Children and parents enjoying Night at the Museum event
Kids Can Experience a Night of Adventure at the Smithsonian This Summer
05.09.2023
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Banner for Peacock series The End is Nye

Courtesy Peacock Network

Smithsonian Associates Presents a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Peacock’s Series “The End Is Nye” With Bill Nye
04.28.2023
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Folklife Festival 2023

2023 Smithsonian Folkife Festival, June 29 to July 4 and July 6 to July 9

Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023 Celebrates the Culture of the Ozarks and Looks at Creativity and Spirituality in the U.S.
04.20.2023
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Elaborately set formal dinner table

Jaclyn Nash | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Highlights Napa Valley Wines in Changing Times
National Museum of American History Hosts Seventh Winemakers’ Dinner
04.18.2023
Public Programs
Center for Environmental Justice at the Anacostia Community Museum
Smithsonian’s Center for Environmental Justice at the Anacostia Community Museum Launches on Earth Day
04.07.2023
Anacostia Community Museum Research News Public Programs
Graphic with text: "National Museum of Asian Art. The Next 100"
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Announces Programming for Centennial Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Festival
Bank of America Is the Presenting Sponsor of the Museum’s 2023 Centennial Year—and Sponsorship Includes Support for May Programming That Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month for Five Years
04.06.2023
Asian Art Museum Public Programs
Cherokee Days

Credit: Image courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian

National Museum of the American Indian To Hold Cherokee Days March 31 Through April 2
03.24.2023
American Indian Museum Public Programs
Sculpture of styled animal standing upright
Smithsonian Craft Show Opens May 3
03.10.2023
Public Programs
Night sky illuminated by bright stars and other celestial objects

La Palma, Canary Islands, May 2018. Copyright Babak Tafreshi, TWAN.

Smithsonian Exhibition Invites Visitors To Help Recover Their Fading Night Sky
03.09.2023
Natural History Museum Exhibitions Public Programs
Woman in a space helmet

“Janelle Monae in helmet” by Martin Schoeller / August Images 

Conversations With Debra Lee, Amy Sherald, Deborah Willis and Bisa Butler Headline National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Women’s History Month Celebrations
Museum Debuts Exhibition Exploring Afrofuturism’s Historic and Poignant Engagement With African American History
03.01.2023
African American Museum Public Programs
several people play large drums enthusiastically in from of a building

Photo by Bruce Guthrie

Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents In-Person and Virtual Programs as Part of the 2023 National Cherry Blossom Festival
03.01.2023
American Art Museum Public Programs
Three separate images of women: one scrouches and laughs, one places her hands beneath her chin, one poses elegantly in dress

Credit: (Left) “Maya Lin working on Civil Rights Memorial” by Adam Stoltman, 1989. Photograph. Courtesy of Adam Stoltman. (Center) “Dr. Marta Moreno Vega” by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 2011. Inkjet print. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Catherine and Ingrid Pino Duran. copyright 2011 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. (Right) “Althea Gibson” by Brian Lanker, 1988. Gelatin silver print. Partial gift of Lynda Lanker and a museum purchase made possible with generous support from Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, Agnes Gund, Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer, Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois, and Mark and CindyAron. Copyright Brian Lanker Archive

National Portrait Gallery Highlights Women’s History Month With “Creativity Is Magic: Maya Lin Festival” and New Exhibitions
Highlights Include “Women of a Certain Age” on Google Arts & Culture
02.28.2023
Public Programs
Illustration of women interacting in a lush green landscape

Art by Amir Khadar

Anacostia Community Museum Announces “Our Environment, Our Future”
2023 Theme Focuses on Environmental Justice and New Center
02.15.2023
Anacostia Community Museum Exhibitions Public Programs
Man sitting on ledge of a boat out at sea

Eric Nam / Courtesy of Eric Nam

National Museum of Asian Art Announces Headline Performers for Centennial Celebration
K-Pop Sensation Eric Nam and Breakout Star Raveena Perform May 13, Part of a Two-Week Festival Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Cornerstone of the Museum’s Centennial Anniversary
02.14.2023
Asian Art Museum Public Programs
Architectural details of brutalist style Hirshhorn building at night
Hirshhorn Partners With MTV Entertainment Studios on TV Series Documenting Artists and Art Making
Filmed Onsite, “The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist” Follows Seven Rising Artists, Features Artworks in the Hirshhorn Collection; Launches March 3 on MTV, March 7 on Smithsonian Channel
02.10.2023
Hirshhorn Museum Public Programs
Two women sit outside in green scenery

Still from Daughter of a Lost Bird (2020), directed by Brooke Swaney

Smithsonian Presents the Mother Tongue Film Festival, “Coming Home”
Annual Festival Returns to In-Person Events Feb. 23–26
02.07.2023
Public Programs

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