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Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Launches the Irene Hirano Inouye Memorial Fund Fund Honors an Iconic Arts Leader While Advancing Her Vision To Share the Asian Pacific American Experience April 15, 2021
Virtual Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Chandra Operations Control Center Now Available April 13, 2021 Astrophysical Observatory Public Programs
Joshua Tewksbury Named Director of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute April 6, 2021 Tropical Research Institute Administrative News
How the Chicxulub Impactor Gave Rise to Modern Rainforests April 1, 2021 Tropical Research Institute Research News
National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates National Jazz Appreciation and Poetry Month in April Virtual Programs Feature a Conversation With the Youngest Original Freedom Rider, COVID-19 and Artists, and a Panel About Gospel Music and Men March 31, 2021 African American Museum Public Programs
Smithsonian and The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America to Present Women in Preservation Symposium Three-day Virtual Event Will Celebrate Women and Their Pivotal Role in American Preservation March 31, 2021 Public Programs
How Will the Biggest Tropical Trees Respond to Climate Change? March 29, 2021 Tropical Research Institute Research News
Harvard, Smithsonian Astronomers Help Capture First Image of Black Hole’s Magnetic Fields This Is the First Time Scientists Have Imaged Magnetic Fields So Close to a Black Hole March 24, 2021 Astrophysical Observatory Research News
Smithsonian Latino Center Announces $1 Million Gift From Bank of America To Support Latino Gallery March 24, 2021
National Air and Space Museum Receives $5 Million Gift From David M. Rubenstein New Wright Brothers Gallery Anticipated To Open in 2022 March 24, 2021
Smithsonian Establishes Consortium of Five HBCUs To Support University Museums and Archives Five-Year Project Includes Internships, Training and a Traveling Exhibition of Artifacts From the Universities’ Collections March 23, 2021 African American Museum Education News
National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates Earth Day With Its Annual Living Earth Festival Online Festival Features Native American Business Representatives, Films and Youth Leaders on Sustainability and Innovation in Indigenous Agriculture March 23, 2021 American Indian Museum Public Programs
Hirshhorn Announces Fourth Season of Free Online Artist Talks, a Series Enjoyed by Over 22,000 Viewers So Far, March 17–May 26 Marking One Year Since Museum Went Virtual, New “Talking to Our Time” Lineup Features Charles Gaines, Catherine Opie and Deana Lawson March 17, 2021 Hirshhorn Museum Public Programs
Recreational Blue Crab Harvest in Maryland Higher Than Current Estimates First Statewide Tagging Study To Estimate Maryland’s Recreational Take Finds It Amounts to 11% of the Commercial Take March 17, 2021 Environmental Research Center Research News
Astronomers Detect a Black Hole on the Move Astronomers Have Detected a Moving Supermassive Black Hole March 12, 2021 Astrophysical Observatory Research News
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Goes Virtual for 2021 March 11, 2021 Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Smithsonian Summer Virtual Adventures Offer Live Learning Experiences for Kids Kids Can Explore, Discover, Create and Go Behind the Scenes at the Smithsonian—Online March 10, 2021 Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Smithsonian American Art Museum Receives Major Gift of Extraordinary Amish Quilts From the Collectors Faith and Stephen Brown Textile Masterpieces Will Be Featured in an Exhibition in 2024 March 9, 2021 American Art Museum New Acquisitions
Smithsonian Collects Objects From First Known U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Effort Northwell Health Donates Vials, Packaging to National Museum of American History March 9, 2021 American History Museum New Acquisitions
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Donates Pandemic-Related Object to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Honors Fauci With Great Americans Medal March 2, 2021 American History Museum New Acquisitions
Smithsonian Names Ellen Stofan Under Secretary for Science and Research March 2, 2021 Administrative News
Smithsonian Community Engagement Project on Implicit Bias Launches Tour at the Science Museum of Minnesota March 2, 2021 Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Smithsonian “FUTURES” To Host Public Debut of Virgin Hyperloop’s Milestone ‘Pegasus’ Pod XP-2 Prototype Carried World’s First Hyperloop Passengers in Historic Late 2020 Test Run March 2, 2021 Arts and Industries Exhibitions
Stressed-Out Young Oysters May Grow Less Meat On Their Shells Early Exposure to Heat and Low Oxygen Makes Oysters More Vulnerable to Same Stressors Later On March 1, 2021 Environmental Research Center Research News
