Collection Spotlights

View curated sets of collection items. Many of the collection items feature stories from our experts and curators.

Jan. 1.

Happy New Year!

Woman in hat and purple dress reclining on a red sofa.

Hats Off to These Pieces

Grand Master Flash's turntable

Hip-Hop and Rap Across the Smithsonian

santa on card

Holiday Cards

hominin fossil thumbnail

Hominin Fossils

Horse weathervane

Horses in Art, Science, History, and Culture

San Emidio by Howard Fogg

Howard Fogg's Railroad Paintings

Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery on display in the McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Human Spaceflight

4th of July

Independence Day: July 4th

man speaking into a recording device while another watches

Indigenous Voices

Double Jamb Doorway

Inka Road

insects on flowers

Insect Info

Image of R-31 Radar Receiver

Instruments and Avionics

Two medic alert bracelets worn by a diabetic woman. One is silver with red lettering, and the other is gold with red lettering.

Insulin and Diabetes Management

Image of Vega solar system probe bus and landing apparatus

International Space

International Sweethearts of Rhythm

International Sweethearts of Rhythm

antique fire hat

Irish American History and Heritage

James A. Porter

James Baldwin postage stamp.

James Baldwin: Writer and Activist

James Brown poster

James Brown: Godfather of Soul

Minimoog Voyager synthesizer used by J Dilla

James Dewitt Yancey: J Dilla

Group of 3D objects

Jamestown

Wooden name plate displaying the name "T. Ozamoto." The name plate was used to identify the residence of Michibiku Ozamoto.

Japanese American Incarceration Era Collection

Ella Fitzgerald singing in front of a microphone

Jazz in the Collections

Tropes de Teens

Jazzed About Art

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