“President Donald J. Trump for Time Magazine in 2019”byPari Dukovic, inkjet print, June 17, 2019 (printed 2020). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright 2019 Pari Dukovic.
Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Oct. 24, 2024. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
A large crowd watching a lion dancer perform in front of the museum during the 2024 Lunar New Year Festival. Credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Masako and Irvine McConney Sr. drove from California to New York in 1955. Along the way several hotels and restaurants denied Irvine entry, so they slept and ate in the car. Courtesy of the McConney family.
Photo courtesy of Jomo Tariku, designer of modern African furniture. This stool is inspired by spiritual traditions of the Dogon people, incorporating elements of the Dogon cosmology.
Asian elephant Kamala often raised her trunk to greet keepers in anticipation of receiving food. Credit: Robbie Clark, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Educators from North Carolina and South Carolina test the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom curriculum during a professional development training at the Smithsonian Science Education Center.
Miki Hayakawa, One Afternoon, ca. 1935, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in., New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, Gift of Preston McCrossen in memory of his wife, the artist, 1954, 520.23P