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New Bloodsucker Is Discovered: First North American Medicinal Leech Scientifically Described in Over 40 Years

Museum Collections Reveal the New Leech Has Hidden in Plain Sight for Decades

08.15.2019
Natural History Museum Research News
Photo credit: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Hereford Calf Debuts at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

08.15.2019
“Portrait of a Nation Prize” for the American Portrait Gala at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

Photo by Paul Morigi, 2017/AP images for the National Portrait Gallery.

National Portrait Gallery Announces High-Profile Lineup of Presenters for the 2019 American Portrait Gala

Michelle Obama, Preston Bezos, James Corden, France Córdova, Clive Davis and Alberto Ibargüen Will Present Awards; Award-Winning Journalist Gayle King To Serve as Master of Ceremonies

08.13.2019
Portrait Gallery Public Programs
“Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction” Opens at the Smithsonian

National Museum of American History Explores Conservation and Consumption Dilemma

08.12.2019
American History Museum Exhibitions
Photo Credit: Skip Brown, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Elderly Red-Fronted Lemur Dies at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

08.07.2019
An endangered purple fringeless orchid discovered on a private farm in Virginia July 24 by citizen scientists.

Photo: Courtesy of October Greenfield

Citizen Scientists Discover Endangered Orchid in Virginia

08.06.2019
Conservation Biology Institute Research News
National Museum of African American History and Culture Announces Early Childhood Education Initiative To Develop Healthy Racial Identity

08.05.2019
African American Museum Education News
Laure Prouvost, Swallow, 2013

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Hirshhorn Debuts New Acquisitions in “Feel the Sun in Your Mouth”

Exhibition Highlights Works From the Museum’s Collection That Provide Contemporary Perspectives on the World Today Opens Aug. 24

08.02.2019
Exhibitions
Micronycteris microtis in flightcage
Credit: Inga Geipel

Bats Use Leaves as Mirrors To Find Their Prey in the Dark

08.01.2019
Tropical Research Institute Research News
A Kirtland’s warbler.

Photo: Courtesy of Nathan Cooper

Kirtland’s Warbler No Longer Needs Protection from Brown-Headed Cowbird in Michigan

07.31.2019
Conservation Biology Institute Research News
Smithsonian Presents Asian American Literature Festival

Biennale Festival Features Performances and Workshops on the Theme of Care and Caregiving

07.29.2019
Asian Pacific American Center Public Programs
The Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award will be presented to Alfredo Harp Helú, Charles Shreve and Janet Klug at an Oct. 19 ceremony. (National Postal Museum photo)

National Postal Museum Announces Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award Recipients

Alfredo Harp Helú, Janet R. Klug and Charles F. Shreve Will Receive Award Oct. 19

07.26.2019
Postal Museum Public Programs Education News
SAAM Arcade 2018, photo by Daniel Schwartz

Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Annual Video Game Festival “SAAM Arcade” Builds Community by Breaking Down Barriers

Free, Two-Day Public Event Highlights Underrepresented Creators in the Gaming Community

07.25.2019
American Art Museum Public Programs
Ebony Magazine Vol. 24 No. 10

Credit: Johnson Publishing Company

Foundation Consortium Acquires Historic African American Photographic Archive

To Be Donated for Public Benefit and Broadest Possible Access

07.25.2019
African American Museum New Acquisitions
D-Day flag. Photo by Jacklyn Nash

Smithsonian To Display Recently Acquired D-Day Flag

The Flag Will Be On View in the D-Day Exhibit July 26

07.25.2019
American History Museum New Acquisitions
Detail, Somayeh, from Blank Pages of an Iranian Photo Album; Newsha Tavakolian; ELS2019.4.1 © Newsha Tavakolian

Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Presents a Different View of Iran

Six Female Artists Explore the Complexities of Life Within and Outside of Iran

07.22.2019
Freer|Sackler Exhibitions
Expedition to Darien Forest. Photo by Sean Mattson

Study Reveals Unusually High Carbon Stocks and Tree Diversity in Panama’s Darien Forest

07.19.2019
Tropical Research Institute Research News
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III accepts 48-star D-Day flag at a ceremony at the White House

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III Accepts 48-Star D-Day Flag for the National Collection at White House Ceremony

Flag Will Be Displayed in D-Day Exhibit at the National Museum of American History

07.18.2019
American History Museum New Acquisitions
A scimitar-horned oryx named Chari with her calf.

Photo: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Critically Endangered Scimitar-horned Oryx Calves Born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

07.16.2019
Conservation Biology Institute National Zoo
Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit On Display at National Air and Space Museum for 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11

3-D Model of Armstrong Suit Now Available Online

07.16.2019
Digitization Program Office Air and Space Museum Exhibitions
Adeana Young plays Hlaaya in Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown’s Film Sgaawaay K’uuna/Edge of the Knife. Photo credit Niijang Xyaalas Productions. Copyright Isuma Distribution International.

Indigenous Languages and Stories of Women Emphasized at the Native Cinema Showcase in Santa Fe

Appearances by Kiowa Writer N. Scott Momaday and Tlingit Glass Artist Preston Singletary

07.15.2019
American Indian Museum Heye Center
Smithsonian Latino Center Announces 2019 Latino Museum Studies Program Fellows

07.12.2019
Smithsonian Latino Center Education News
Nation’s Top Wearable Artists Selected for Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show

07.11.2019
Public Programs
National Air and Space Museum Recreates Launch of Apollo 11 on Washington Monument With Historic Projection-Mapping Program

“Apollo 50: Go for the Moon” Recaptures the Apollo Era for a New Generation

07.10.2019
Air and Space Museum Public Programs

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