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Smithsonian
Snapshot
A peek into our collections, one object at a time
Smithsonian Snapshot
Remembering James Joyce on Bloomsday
James Joyce’s novel
Ulysses
follows the exploits of Dubliner Leopold Bloom during the course of a single day, June 16, 1904.
Freer Gallery of Art
Guardians of More Than a Galaxy
These two large, wooden guardian figures once kept watch over the Buddha and his followers outside Ebaradera temple in Sakai, Japan.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
It’s Watermelon Season!
This poster (detail), depicting a zoomed-in view of a watermelon, was designed by Stephen Frykholm for the Herman Miller Furniture Company.
National Museum of American History
“Get This Man a Shield!”
Equipped with a shield composed primarily of vibranium from the African nation Wakanda, Captain America fought the forces of evil.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Do Ho Suh’s Sheer Fabric Sculptures
Korean artist Do Ho Suh captures the objects of everyday life as dream-like sculptures.
National Portrait Gallery
A Baseball First
This 1947 photograph by Harry Warnecke pictures Robinson at Ebbets Field during his first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Smithsonian Snapshot
Ginger Smock Is the Trailblazing Jazz Violinist You Might Not Have Heard Of
Jazz violinist Emma “Ginger” Smock was born in Chicago in 1920, and she soon displayed precocious musical talent.
Smithsonian Snapshot
Dolores Huerta: A Latina Civil Rights Icon
A life spent advocating for workers and women’s rights.
Smithsonian Snapshot
Alice Paul and Suffragists Were First to Picket the White House
In January 1917, Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party (NWP) became the first people to ever picket the White House.
National Museum of American History
Hi, Neighbor!
“There’s no person in the world like you, and I like you just the way you are.”—Fred Rogers
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alma Thomas Became a Nationally Recognized Painter after 38 Years Teaching Public School
In her 80s, she was the first African American woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
National Air and Space Museum
Chauncey Spencer, Aviator
Chauncey Spencer after a successful parachute jump at a Chicago air show. Spencer became one of Chicago’s most well-known barnstorming pilots.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Perfect for Valentine’s Day: Cupids and Jewelry
The bracelet is believed to have been made by the eminent French jeweler, Honoré-Séverin Bourdoncle, who counted Napoleon III among his clients.
Smithsonian Snapshot
Bessie Coleman, First African American Licensed Pilot
Coleman received the first pilot’s license issued to an African American, male or female, from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
Smithsonian Libraries
When You Wish Upon a Shooting Star
The verso of Galileo’s drawings of the Pleiades star cluster, makes an exceptional background for our shooting stars.
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Snowflake Study
Snowflake study through photomicrography, 1890.
National Museum of American History
Three Kings Day
Happy Three Kings Day!
Smithsonian Folkways
Las Posadas
Las Posadas
is a meaningful Christmas tradition in Spain and many Latin American countries.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Crazy Legs
This poster for the play
Okay, Bye
communicates a visual riddle.
National Museum of American History
Hamilton Costume
Broadway’s
Hamilton
costume tells story of philanthropy.
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Increase and Diffusion
Owls with a mission: Increase and Diffusion.
Smithsonian Libraries
Pumpkin Palooza
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Halloween became a popular national holiday in the U.S., and crepe paper was commonly used for decorating.
Freer Gallery of Art
A First Draft
Freer's ideas for a classical, well-proportioned building on a piece of hotel stationery.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Mummy Cat
Cats played an important role in ancient Egyptian culture.
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