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Porter Halyburton Will Present “Reflections on Captivity” May 7, 2025 Air and Space Museum Public Programs Smithsonian Holds Education Summit To Prepare Educators for the Nation’s 250th Anniversary Free Three-Day Summit Features Over 40 Sessions in Art, Culture, History and Science May 1, 2025 Public Programs Education News Palatable Versus Poisonous: Eavesdropping Bats Must Learn To Identify Which Prey Is Safe To Eat Data Collected on Juvenile and Adult Fringe-Lipped Bats Reveal the First Clues Into the Development of Eavesdropping Behavior in Predators April 30, 2025 Tropical Research Institute Research News Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Smithsonian-Led Team Discovers North America’s Oldest Known Pterosaur New Fossils Unearthed in Petrified Forest National Park Bonebed Preserve a Snapshot of an Ecosystem in Flux Before the End Triassic Mass Extinction July 7, 2025 Natural History Museum Research News
Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival Opens on National Mall “Youth and the Future of Culture” Highlights Younger Generations July 2–7 July 2, 2025 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
National Museum of the American Latino Launches 2025 Young Ambassadors Program 20 High School Seniors Begin Washington Week (June 22–28) Before Completing Community-Based Practicums at Museums and Cultural Centers Nationwide June 26, 2025 American Latino Museum Public Programs Education News
National Air and Space Museum Receives $10 Million Gift From Northrop Grumman June 25, 2025 Air and Space Museum Public Programs
Cooper Hewitt Presents "Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne" June 18, 2025 Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
“State Fairs: Growing American Craft” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery Explores the Stories of Craft Artists at the Fairgrounds Groundbreaking Exhibition Featuring Showstopping Spectacles, From a Life-size Butter Cow to Big Tex’s Size 96 Boots, Opens Aug. 22 June 9, 2025 American Art Museum Exhibitions
Predator Alerts Bring Together Prairie Dogs and Grassland Birds Eavesdropping on Prairie Dog Alarm Calls May Increase Curlews’ Survival June 12, 2025 National Zoo & SCBI Research News
Smithsonian Presents 2025 Annual Folklife Festival July 2–7 Festival Returns to Location on the Mall From Seventh to 12th Streets June 10, 2025 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Smithsonian Stays Open Late for “Solstice Saturday” Daytime and After-Hours Programming on the Mall Marks the Summer Solstice June 5, 2025 Public Programs
Smithsonian Research Reveals that Probiotics Slow Spread of Deadly Disease Decimating Caribbean Reefs Field Tests in Florida Identify Best Available Treatment to Combat Coral Disease Without Need for Antibiotics June 5, 2025 Natural History Museum Research News
Black-Footed Ferrets Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Kits Can Be Viewed on the Live Black-Footed Ferret Webcam June 2, 2025
“Sally’s Night” at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Will Celebrate Women in STEM May 29, 2025 Air and Space Museum Public Programs
Kara Blond Named Director of Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Smithsonian Affiliations May 28, 2025 Smithsonian Affiliations Traveling Exhibition Service Administrative News
National Portrait Gallery Presents “From Shadow to Substance: Grand-Scale Portraits During Photography’s Formative Years” On View June 20–June 7, 2026 May 20, 2025 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Capuchin Monkeys Caught on Camera With Abducted Baby Howler Monkeys What Is the Reason for This Behavior? May 19, 2025 Tropical Research Institute Research News
National Museum of Asian Art Announces the Transfer of Ancient Manuscript Fragments to China Transfer Is Important Step in International Collaboration May 16, 2025 Asian Art Museum Administrative News
National Museum of Asian Art and the Royal Commission for AlUla in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Announce New Collaboration for Cultural Exchange May 14, 2025 Asian Art Museum Administrative News
National Air and Space Museum Announces Five New Galleries Will Open July 28 Remaining Galleries and Renovation Completion Scheduled for July 1, 2026 May 14, 2025 Air and Space Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute To Welcome Critically Endangered Arabian Leopards in a Major Conservation Cooperative Agreement With Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla May 13, 2025
“Innovations in Flight” at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Will Commemorate 80th Anniversary of World War II End May 12, 2025 Air and Space Museum Public Programs
National Postal Museum Announces Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award Recipients Gordon Eubanks Jr., Christopher King and Patrick Maselis Will Receive Award Nov. 8 May 8, 2025
Cooper Hewitt Acquires Major Collection of Work by Groundbreaking Designer Tobias Wong May 8, 2025 Cooper Hewitt New Acquisitions
William “Monty” Graham Named Director of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center May 8, 2025 Environmental Research Center Administrative News
Smithsonian Presents Ava DuVernay With Great Americans Medal Signature Honor of the National Museum of American History Recognizes Extraordinary Achievement and Philanthropy in May 8 Ceremony May 7, 2025
National Air and Space Museum To Host Annual Amelia Earhart Lecture May 21 Cmdr. Porter Halyburton Will Present “Reflections on Captivity” May 7, 2025 Air and Space Museum Public Programs
Smithsonian Holds Education Summit To Prepare Educators for the Nation’s 250th Anniversary Free Three-Day Summit Features Over 40 Sessions in Art, Culture, History and Science May 1, 2025 Public Programs Education News
Palatable Versus Poisonous: Eavesdropping Bats Must Learn To Identify Which Prey Is Safe To Eat Data Collected on Juvenile and Adult Fringe-Lipped Bats Reveal the First Clues Into the Development of Eavesdropping Behavior in Predators April 30, 2025 Tropical Research Institute Research News
