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Smithsonian Curators To Collect 2020 Presidential Election Memorabilia

02.03.2020
American History Museum New Acquisitions
Smithsonian Associates Presents February Program Highlights

01.31.2020
Smithsonian Associates
Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center Is Head Over Wheels

Program To Highlight Accessibility Innovations in Sports Technology During Evening Event and Donation Ceremony

01.31.2020
American History Museum Public Programs
The Zoo’s 6-year-old female sloth bear, Remi.

Credit: Connor Mallon, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Sloth Bears Recognize 2D Images as Representations of 3D Objects Smithsonian’s National Zoo Cognition Study Finds

01.30.2020
National Zoo Research News
"Untitled, Toni Morrison” by Robert McCurdy, 2006. Oil on canvas.

Gift of Ian M. and Annette P. Cumming

National Portrait Gallery Presents Exhibition of Major Gifts “Visionary: The Cumming Family Collection”

01.28.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Using the Event Horizon Telescope, scientists obtained this image of the black hole at the center of galaxy M87, outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong gravity near its event horizon.

Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Presents the 2020 “Exploring Space Lecture Series”

01.28.2020
Air and Space Museum Public Programs
Smithsonian Confirms Plans for Collaboration in East London

01.27.2020
Administrative News
“Kobe Bean Bryant” by Rick Chapman, 2007. Selenium-toned gelatin silver print. National Portrait Gallery,

Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist and ESPN. ©2007 Rick Chapman

National Portrait Gallery Presents a Portrait of the Late Kobe Bryant

01.27.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Photo credit: Chelsea Grubb, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Elderly Harbor Seal Dies at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

01.24.2020
National Zoo
The Skin of the Earth Is Home to Pac-Man-Like Protists

01.24.2020
Tropical Research Institute Research News
National Portrait Gallery Engages Audiences Across the Country With Five-City Tour of the Acclaimed Obama Portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald

Tour To Include Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Houston Starting June 2021

01.23.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Ticket to Andrew Johnson's impeachment (courtesy National Museum of American History)

Statement on Collecting Objects Regarding the Impeachment of the President

01.21.2020
American History Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
Department of Seaweed: Living Archive, 2018–ongoing; Julia Lohmann (German, b. 1977), Violaine Buet (French, b. 1977) and Jon Lister (New Zealander, b. 1977); Seaweed and rattan; Dimensions variable; Photo: Pierre-Yves Dinasquet, Department of Seaweed.

"Partnering With Nature" Exhibition To be Presented at the World Economic Forum's 2020 Annual Meeting

On View in the Congress Centre Jan. 21 Through Jan. 24

01.15.2020
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian Associates Presents Summer Camp at the Smithsonian

01.15.2020
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Turtle egg vendor in Panama. Photo by Argelis Ruiz.

Trace Metals in Leatherback Turtle Eggs May Harm Consumers

01.10.2020
Tropical Research Institute Research News
Smithsonian Opens Immersive Sound-and-Light Exhibition Celebrating the Natural Beauty of Australia

01.10.2020
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
Woman between tents, Resurrection City, Washington, D.C., 1968
Robert Houston, born 1935
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston, © Robert Houston

Smithsonian Poster Exhibition Exploring 1968 Poor People’s Campaign On View at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

01.10.2020
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
"The Bias Inside Us"

Smithsonian Announces $1 Million Gift From the Otto Bremer Trust To Support Community Engagement Project on Implicit Bias

01.09.2020
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions Education News
"Age Old Cities"

For the First Time in the US, Visitors Can Experience “Age Old Cities”—A Virtual Journey to the Devastated Sites of Mosul, Aleppo and Palmyra

Immersive Exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Highlights Importance of the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

01.09.2020
Freer|Sackler Exhibitions
John Singer Sargent, “Daisy Fellowes,” c. 1920, charcoal on paper. Private collection, Columbus, Georgia. Photo by Jim Cawthorne.

National Portrait Gallery Presents “John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal”

Features 50 Rarely Exhibited Charcoal Drawings by America's Master Portraitist

01.09.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Darley exploring falconry traditions in the desert of Qatar (Photo: Travels with Darley)

Smithsonian Associates Presents January Program Highlights

01.08.2020
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Budget Totals $1 Billion

01.08.2020
Administrative News
Anthony Rendon’s YMCA baseball card

Major League Baseball Player Anthony Rendon pictured at age 5 on a Houston YMCA Giants T-ball league card. The front is emblazoned with “Superstars” and the back includes his height of 3 ft., 10 in.

Gift of Rene and Bridget Rendon to the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

“¡Pleibol!” Slides Into Smithsonian Fall 2020

Exhibition Will Explore Latina/o Impact Through Baseball Artifacts, Stories and Photos

01.08.2020
American History Museum Exhibitions
Credit: Roland Kays

Jaguars Could Prevent a Not-So-Great American Biotic Exchange

Maintaining Tropical Forest Predators in Darien Could Keep Coyotes at Bay

01.06.2020
Tropical Research Institute Research News

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