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New Artifacts On View Include Bob Ross Objects and “Crazy Rich Asians” Gown Spotlight on Women’s History Exhibitions: “Girlhood (It’s Complicated)” and “Picturing Women Inventors”

“Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea” Opens in Boise, Idaho, July 31

The Kits Can Be Viewed on the Live Black-Footed Ferret Webcam

First Living Website To Be Acquired by the Smithsonian

New “Exploring the Planets Gallery” Anticipated To Open Next Year

Potential Benefits to Health Across Species, Communities and Environments Are Enormous

View Michelle Obama’s Likeness by Amy Sherald in Washington, D.C., Through May 23 With Free, Timed-Entry Passes

Nearly 40 Years After Creating the First, Iconic Map of the Universe, Researchers Aim for the Largest Map Ever

Ancient Zircons From the Jack Hills of Western Australia Hone Date of an Event That Was Crucial To Making the Planet Hospitable to Life

Using Robotic Telescopes and Other Engaging Astronomy Activities, Researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Hope To Spark Interest in the Sciences

Free Timed-Entry Passes Available Beginning May 14

‘Emotional AI’ Sculpture Blends Physics, Neuroscience and Data Technology With the Human Voice

Now on View in Restoration Hangar After Traveling From a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Online Presentation of 11 Contemporary Videos Addresses the Pandemic’s Impact on the Shared Experience of Space, Featuring Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, Ragnar Kjartansson, Laure Prouvost, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Superflex

Visitors May See Calf When the Zoo Reopens May 21

Critically Acclaimed Exhibitions Shuttered Due to the Global Pandemic Now Extended to Summer

All Other Smithsonian Museums Remain Temporarily Closed

National Collaboration of Cultural Organizations Supports Vaccine Education

New A.I.-Designed Museum Experience Invites Visitors To Co-create Their Ideal Future City

Open Invitation to the World Begins With Artists, April 15