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Pei-Chih Lee, reproductive biologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, dehydrating domestic cat ovarian tissue for storage above freezing temperatures.

Photo: Pierre Comizzoli/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Smithsonian Scientists Dry and Store Live Ovarian Tissues Above Freezing Temperatures for the First Time

It Is the First Step in Preserving Tissues Long-term Without Freezing

12.05.2019
Conservation Biology Institute Research News
Melinda Looi (b. 1973, Malaysia) for Melinda Looi (est. 2000, Malaysia); Ensemble (dress, turban, earrings, rings, and shoes); Sunset in Africa Collection, 2012; Tie-dyed silk chiffon with feathers, semi-precious stones, and Swarovski crystals, silk satin lining; Photograph by Sebastian Kim.

Cooper Hewitt to Present Acclaimed "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" Exhibition

12.05.2019
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
Smithsonian Hosts “Future of Music Public Forum”

Sessions held Thursday–Saturday, Dec. 12–14

12.03.2019
Smithsonian Folkways Public Programs
Smithsonian Associates Presents December Program Highlights

12.03.2019
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
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 Anacostia Community Museum

Two Smithsonian Units Join To Present the Symposium “A Museum for the People: Museums and Their Communities, 50 Years Later”

11.27.2019
Anacostia Community Museum Public Programs
Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Leith Adam

National Museum of African American History and Culture To Present “Now Showing”

Exhibition About African American Movie Posters On View Through Nov. 1, 2020

11.25.2019
African American Museum Exhibitions
Peter Pesic To Deliver 2019 Dibner Lecture

11.25.2019
Smithsonian Libraries
Anthea M. Hartig, the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the National Museum of American History, Warren Winiarski, winemaker and Paula Johnson, curator. Photo by Bob McClenahan, courtesy of the National Museum of American History

Warren Winiarski Receives James Smithson Bicentennial Medal

Winemaker Recognized for Dedication to Winemaking and Land Preservation Lead Supporter of Smithsonian Food History Programs for a Quarter Century

11.25.2019
American History Museum
Chiura Obata, "Grand Canyon," May 15, 1940, watercolor on silk, 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches, Amber and Richard Sakai Collection.

Major Retrospective “Chiura Obata: American Modern” Celebrates Influential Japanese American Painter

Smithsonian American Art Museum Is Final Stop on an International Tour

11.22.2019
American Art Museum
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch To Speak at National Press Club Dec. 9

11.18.2019
The Castle
Credit: Honorees and presenters of the 2019 American Portrait Gala at Smithsonian’s
National Portrait Gallery. Photo by Ryan Kobane / BFA.com

Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Hosts Star-Studded 2019 American Portrait Gala

Red Carpet Affair Raises More Than $2 Million

11.18.2019
Portrait Gallery
Is Evolution Predictable?

11.14.2019
Tropical Research Institute Research News
National Air and Space Museum Expands “She Can” STEM Summer Camp to Bentonville, Arkansas

Free Aviation-Focused Camp Aims To Engage Underrepresented Communities

11.14.2019
Air and Space Museum Education News
Ben Folds (Photo: Joe Vaughn)

Smithsonian Associates Hosts an Evening With Singer-Songwriter Ben Folds

11.14.2019
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Michael Ancher, “Kunstdommere” (Art Judges), 1906, oil on canvas, 156.2 x 222.9 cm

The Danish Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Portraits of the World: Denmark”

Featuring Iconic Work by Danish Painter Michael Ancher Alongside Depictions of Artists’ Communities in New York City

11.13.2019
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
The Zoo's porcupette. Credit: Smithsonian's National Zoo

Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

11.08.2019
National Zoo
Smithsonian Examines the Role of Gender Bias in Science

“Challenging the Face of Science: The Bearded Lady Project” Opens Nov. 14

11.07.2019
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
Freer Gallery of Art Celebrates a “Man Mad About Painting”

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Holds Yearlong Exhibition of World-Renowned Japanese Artist Katsushika Hokusai

11.05.2019
Freer|Sackler Exhibitions
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
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
(Amazon Studios)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Creators To Speak at Smithsonian Associates Event

10.31.2019
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Smithsonian Associates Presents November Program Highlights

10.31.2019
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Green Book Cover 1940

Courtesy Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, New York Public Library.

“The Green Book” History Is Explored in New Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Opening June 2020 at National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee

10.31.2019
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions

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