The story of America unfolds through powerful exhibitions that illuminate the nation's past, present, and future.

A traveling version of the thought-provoking Smithsonian exhibition “Americans” will begin a six-year national tour in August. Based on the major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the ...

A new global analysis reveals a critical oversight in sustainable coffee and carbon-capture initiatives. These programs ...

Morning Mist, Thomas Hunster, 1915. Oil on canvas. Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Thomas Watson Hunster (1851-1929) was an accomplished artist and innovative art educator in ...

National Tour Launches Sept. 13 and National Museum of American History Exhibition Opens Sept. 26 ...

Smithsonian scientists strive to understand the natural world from plants to planets. We work to save endangered species and conserve biodiversity, explore the Earth’s geological past and present, and ...

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Thomas McKenney, United States superintendent of Indian trade in Georgetown, then port of entry for the District of Columbia, conceived the idea of developing a government collection of portraits of ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to 1974. In January, the television sitcom Happy Days premiered on the ABC network. On March 1, a grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted ...

Learn about Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) and how environmental disasters of his day inspired the creation of Earth Day in 1970. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now ...

Smithsonian volunteers play essential roles in sharing our rich collections, exhibitions, research, and educational programming with the public. We are always on the lookout for dynamic, curious ...

Where have we come from? Where are we heading? : Forty years of African art studies ...