Collection Spotlights

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

Gold necklace with large purple amethyst

Jewelry from Collections Across the Smithsonian

Medal, Jewish War Veterans Medal of Merit, James H. Doolittle

Jewish American Heritage Month

Jimmy Carter gold coin

Jimmy Carter

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John F. Kennedy in the Collections

Portrait of John N. Robinson

John N. Robinson

37c Ethel L. Payne single

Journalist Ethel Payne

mummy masks

Journey to Eternal Life: Ancient Egyptian Artifacts, Mummies, and Pyramids

Photo of Joy McLean Bosfield with handwritten inscription, "To the Dearest Mother! With joyous love, Joy"

Joy McLean Bosfield

Judith Jamison in Cry.

Judith Jamison: Dancer and Choreographer

Judy Garland single stamp

Judy Garland: An American Icon

Ornate yellow and red flowering plant

Kaleidoscope of Color

A painting showing a fictional depiction of rockets on the surface of mars.

Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery

Mathematical model comprised of two black metal bowtie shapes. One is offset to the bottom right of the other.

Kinematic Models

3 cent Labor Day Stamp and the words labor is life

Labor Day: Celebrating the Achievements of the American Worker and Labor Movement

White lace collar in the Ñandutí style.

Lace Collection

Portrait of Billie Holiday

Lady Day: Billie Holiday

Tito Puente Forever Stamp, 2011, National Postal Museum, Copyright the United States Postal Service

Latin Music Legends Forever Stamps

Painting of a supermarket

Latino Art and Artists

Hispanic Americans A Proud Heritage postage stamp

Latino History and Heritage in the Collections

Celia Cruz Yo soy de Cuba la Voz

Latino Music Collections Sampler

General Pershing portrait

Leading Figures of World War I

kites

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

The Movies poster

Let's Go to the Movies: Artifacts and Icons of the American Cinema

Di, Lou, and Will Stovall stand in the gallery at the exhibit opening for "Through Their Eyes: The Art of Lou and Di Stovall"

Lou and Di Stovall

bomba drum

Love to Hear Percussion

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