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Ben Folds (Photo: Joe Vaughn)

Smithsonian Associates Hosts an Evening With Singer-Songwriter Ben Folds

11.14.2019
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Michael Ancher, “Kunstdommere” (Art Judges), 1906, oil on canvas, 156.2 x 222.9 cm

The Danish Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Portraits of the World: Denmark”

Featuring Iconic Work by Danish Painter Michael Ancher Alongside Depictions of Artists’ Communities in New York City

11.13.2019
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
The Zoo's porcupette. Credit: Smithsonian's National Zoo

Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

11.08.2019
National Zoo
Smithsonian Examines the Role of Gender Bias in Science

“Challenging the Face of Science: The Bearded Lady Project” Opens Nov. 14

11.07.2019
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
Freer Gallery of Art Celebrates a “Man Mad About Painting”

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Holds Yearlong Exhibition of World-Renowned Japanese Artist Katsushika Hokusai

11.05.2019
Freer|Sackler Exhibitions
Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Receives $1.5 Million Philanthropic Gift To Fund Cultural Sustainability Program

11.04.2019
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Administrative News
Chief Justice John Roberts presents Secretary Lonnie Bunch with the ceremonial key to the Smithsonian Castle.

Credit: Jaclyn Nash

Lonnie G. Bunch III Installed as 14th Smithsonian Secretary in Ceremony Held in Historic Arts and Industries Building

Chief Justice Welcomes New Secretary With Key to the Castle

11.01.2019
The Castle Administrative News
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Creators To Speak at Smithsonian Associates Event

10.31.2019
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Smithsonian Associates Presents November Program Highlights

10.31.2019
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Green Book Cover 1940

Courtesy Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, New York Public Library.

“The Green Book” History Is Explored in New Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Opening June 2020 at National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee

10.31.2019
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
The common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, in flight. Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton

Bound by Blood: Vampire Bat Bonding Persists From the Lab to the Wild

10.31.2019
Tropical Research Institute Research News
Kimberley Diamond Acquired for Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection

Famed 55.08-Carat Diamond Goes on Public View in Gem Gallery

10.30.2019
Natural History Museum New Acquisitions
Cooper Hewitt to Present "Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master" Exhibition

Marking the Centenary of the Bauhaus' Founding in 1919

10.30.2019
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
Bound by Blood: Vampire Bat Bonding Persists From the Lab to the Wild

10.30.2019
Tropical Research Institute Research News
Emperor tamarin. Photo: Roshan Patel/Smithsonian’s National Zoo

New Emperor Tamarins On Exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

10.29.2019
National Zoo Exhibitions
Children participating in art-making projects on the Hirshhorn’s Plaza. Photo by Kate Warren. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Hirshhorn Announces Next Season of Maker Morning

Initiative Expands Schedule for Free Hands-On Art-Making Series First Saturday of Every Month, Starting Nov. 2

10.28.2019
Hirshhorn Museum Public Programs
Credit: “A Portrait of Berenice Sarmiento Chávez” by Hugo Crosthwaite, stop-motion drawing animation (3:12 min.), 2018. Collection of the artist, courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles

National Portrait Gallery Announces Winners of the 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and Opening of “The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today”

Hugo Crosthwaite Receives First Prize of $25,000 and New Commission

10.25.2019
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Lesser kudu female Rogue with her newborn male calf behind the scenes at the Zoo’s Cheetah Conservation Station.

Credit: Gil Myers, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Lesser Kudu Born at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

10.24.2019
National Zoo
The Pavilion at the National Museum of African Art Opens Oct. 25 With a New Look

Renovation of the Museum’s Entry Pavilion Includes a Major New Artist Commission, Over 45 Permanent Collection Works and New Touch Table To Orient Visitors

10.24.2019
African Art Museum
Festivals, Performances, Screenings and Talks at the National Museum of the American Indian To Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

Free Public Programs in Washington, D.C., and New York City

10.23.2019
American Indian Museum Public Programs
Smithsonian and the U.S. Army Sign Historic Agreement To Train the Next Generation of Monuments Men and Women

10.22.2019
Archives of American Art Administrative News
Smithsonian Set To Showcase Brewing History

New Display Part of “FOOD: Transforming the American Table”

10.21.2019
American History Museum Exhibitions
The sclerite composition of this white and fan-shaped coral is characteristic for this species and differentiates it from others in the same genus. Credit: Héctor Guzmán/STRI

New Deep-Water Coral Discovered

10.21.2019
Tropical Research Institute
A new study published in PNAS by researchers at the Smithsonian, Academia Sinica and The George Washington University analyzed more than 47 million animal DNA sequences from GenBank, the most commonly used tool used to identify environmental DNA, and found that animal DNA identification errors are rare, but sometimes funny. The researchers want to be able to identify DNA of marine animals in ocean water samples to better monitor the ocean health.

Credit: Ian Cooke Tapia (cartoonist), Matthieu Leray (author)

Can GenBank Be Trusted?

Comparisons of 4.7 Million DNA Sequences Show GenBank Is Reliable for Animal IDs

10.21.2019
Tropical Research Institute Research News

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