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"Great American Diamonds" displays several of the largest and finest diamonds ever discovered in the United States, including the Freedom Diamond (second from left) and the Uncle Sam Diamond (third from left). Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

New Smithsonian Exhibit Showcases Extraordinary American Diamonds

Exhibit Unveils Some of the Largest and Finest Diamonds Found in the United States, Including Recent Gifts to the National Gem Collection

06.08.2022
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
Courtesy of Artlab

Hirshhorn’s Artlab Will Highlight Teen Emerging Artists With “Light Your Fire,” June 11

In Partnership With DC Public Schools, Museum Hosts Public Showcase Inviting Visitors of All Ages To Celebrate Teen-Made Art

06.08.2022
Hirshhorn Museum Public Programs Education News
National Museum of the American Latino Has Announced $5 Million Gift From Walmart

06.06.2022
American Latino Museum Administrative News
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Scurlock family

The Taste, Sounds and Experiences of Juneteenth Are Celebrated With an Array of Events at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

06.03.2022
African American Museum Public Programs
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Returns to the National Mall With Free Evening Concerts

Concerts Feature Sounds and Images From Afghanistan, the UAE, the Ozarks and More

06.02.2022
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Hirshhorn and DC Listening Lounge Welcome Sound Scene Festival Back to the National Mall

Free Auditory Art Festival Transforms the National Museum of Modern Art, June 3–5

06.02.2022
Hirshhorn Museum Public Programs
UAE Cultural Traditions Explored at the 2022 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

06.02.2022
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Conservation Successes Featured at the 2022 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

06.02.2022
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Smithsonian Associates Presents “Geraldine Brooks on the Heart of the Horse: A Novelist’s Portrait” In Person and Online

06.02.2022
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Cast From First Tommy John Surgery To Be Donated to Smithsonian

Cast Was Worn in 1974 After the First Elbow Surgery To Save a Pitcher’s Career

06.01.2022
American History Museum New Acquisitions
George Brinton McClellan and Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan, Mathew Brady Studio, modern albumen silver print from c. 1864 wet
collodion negative. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Family Ties: Daguerreotype Portraits” and “Powerful Partnerships: Civil War-Era Couples”

Two Exhibitions of Early American Photography on View in July

06.01.2022
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Monica Rickert-Bolter (Prairie Band Potawatomi, Black, and German, b. 1986) Hair Stories, 2021. Digital painting. Photo by the artist.

National Museum of the American Indian To Launch “Ancestors Know Who We Are” June 15

Digital Exhibition Features Works by Six Black-Indigenous Women Artists

06.01.2022
American Indian Museum Exhibitions
Starting today, visitors can view the Zoo’s new binturong exhibit at Claws and Paws Pathway. Credit: Skip Brown, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Claws and Paws Pathway Opens at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

New Animals: Popcorn-Scented Binturongs and Fluffy Pallas’s Cat Sisters

05.27.2022
National Zoo Exhibitions
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Returns to the National Mall With Stories of Land, Sea and Sky

05.26.2022
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs
Credit: Jaclyn Nash

1969 Ford LTD Lowrider, “Dave’s Dream,” Goes on Display at National Museum of American History

05.24.2022
American History Museum Exhibitions
New in June at Smithsonian “FUTURES,” How To Flourish in the Year 2050

“FUTURES Cypher: Pride 2050” and the “Living Longer Festival” Embrace Future of Gender Expression and Health and Wellness, Plus Two New Programs on the Future of Work

05.23.2022
Arts and Industries Public Programs
“Innovations in Flight” Event Returns to Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

05.23.2022
Air and Space Museum Exhibitions
KAWS, Laurie Anderson Lead Artist Lineup at 2022 Hirshhorn Ball To Support Free Arts Programming on the National Mall

Pop Art-Themed Costume Fundraiser Unites Creatives: Anifa Mvuemba, Machine Dazzle, Dan Deacon, Jason Barnes and Kelly Towles Outdoors at Hirshhorn, May 21

05.19.2022
Hirshhorn Museum Public Programs
Adam Langley, an ecologist at Villanova, takes soil elevation measurements at the Global Change Research Wetland. Credit: Mikayla Manyin

For Wetland Plants, Sea-Level Rise Stamps Out Benefits of Higher CO2

Beneficial Effects of Rising CO2 for Plants Disappear Under Flooding, 33-Year Field Experiment Reveals

05.18.2022
Environmental Research Center Research News
Northeast Australia’s relict tropical rainforests, one of the oldest and most isolated rainforests in the world. Credit: Alexander Shenkin

Tropical Trees Are Dying of Dehydration Due to Climate Change

Rainforest Trees May Be Dying Twice as Quickly Since the 1980s as a Hotter, Thirstier Atmosphere Dries Them Out

05.18.2022
Environmental Research Center Research News
National Postal Museum Announces Awards for Scholarship in Postal History

Professional and Graduate Student Prizes Awarded for 2022

05.17.2022
Postal Museum
Christina Michelon.

Christina Michelon Receives the 18th Annual Frost Essay Award

Louise Siddons Receives Honorable Mention

05.17.2022
American Art Museum
Smithsonian Names Christopher Browne Director of National Air and Space Museum

05.17.2022
Air and Space Museum Administrative News
Smithsonian’s Free “FUTURES Field Day” Will Turn the National Mall Into a Giant Future of Sports Playing Field May 28

Visitors Can Learn Skills With NFL Players and Legends, Get Inspired by Gamechanging Women in Sports, Enjoy an Outdoor Film Screening and More

05.16.2022
Arts and Industries Public Programs
The research team, including Murilo Pastana (center) and William Ohara (right), collect fishes from a seine net by the river bank near Apuí, Amazonas State, Brazil. Credit: Murilo N.L. Pastana & Willian M. Ohara

Amazon Deforestation Threatens Newly Discovered Fish Species in Brazil

Smithsonian Researcher Helps Discover and Describe Two New Species of Freshwater Fish That Are at Risk of Extinction

05.16.2022
Natural History Museum Research News
National Museum of Asian Art Reveals Hidden Stories of Ancient Korean Architecture in New Exhibition

“Once Upon a Roof: Vanished Korean Architecture” Will be on View May 21 Through Oct. 30

05.12.2022
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Photo by Alan Karchmer for the National Museum of the American Indian

National Museum of the American Indian To Dedicate National Native American Veterans Memorial Nov. 11

Ceremony Will Be Part of Weekend-long Event To Honor Native Veterans

05.12.2022
American Indian Museum Public Programs
First image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Credit: EHT Collaboration

Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way Galaxy

05.12.2022
Astrophysical Observatory Research News

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