The Smithsonian is one of the world’s foremost research centers in science, the arts, and the humanities. In addition to ...

Smithsonian museums, research centers and the National Zoo are temporarily closed. Please check back for reopening updates. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s website.

Paper presented at the Plenary Meeting, International Council of Museums, Committee for Conservation, September 15-19, 1969, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. https://siris ...

As the keeper of memory for the nation, it is our privilege and responsibility to tell accurate and complete histories. As has been recently reported, in July, a placard was removed from the National ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) have announced an agreement involving the international conservation and loan of ...

Recent reports about the Smithsonian removing the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American ...

John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940–July 17, 2020) was a giant in the civil rights movement whose wisdom, courage, and moral clarity earned him the nickname “the conscience of the Congress” during ...

The Chinese Lunar New Year begins January 29, 2025, and starts the Spring Festival season that ends fifteen days later on the evening of the Lantern Festival. The Chinese zodiac rotates through a ...

"I’m not superstitious, but I’m a little stitious.” As the New Year approaches, this iconic line from The Office feels more relatable than ever. From gulping grapes in Spain to donning yellow ...

Analysis of Other Fossil Footprint Sites Shows That the Two Species Repeatedly Visited Lake Margin Habitats for Up to 200,000 Years The study was led by Kevin Hatala, associate professor of biology at ...

They carried torches and marched at night. Their goal: defend free speech in America. What started as a small group of young men demonstrating during the 1860 election, snowballed into a mass movement ...

Envelope for tally sheet. 1864. Gift of Tadas Osmolskis. Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. Early approaches to voting by mail in the U.S. enabled military service members to participate in ...