Collection Spotlights

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

Roxie Laybourne

Roxie Laybourne: Feather Detective

Artist Sam Gilliam smiles in a photo taken in front of artwork. Partially visible behind him are paint cans and an American flag.

Sam Gilliam

Willie Mays trading card

Say Hey, Say Willie! Baseball Great Willie Mays

Pedometer. Comprised of four concentric circles. The inner three circles are marked for units of measurement

Scale Rules

Purple orchid with white along edge

Scintillating Scents

Gold-colored Italian sector. It is two rulers connected with a circular hinge.

Sectors

starfish illustration

Seeing Stars

Selena

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

Artwork depicting a turtle, made from a mosaic of found materials

Self-Taught Artists

A Dietzgen Company set of drawing instruments in a leather case lined with purple velvet.

Sets of Drawing Instruments

Sheet Music Cover Mary Lou Williams

Sheet Music Collections Sampler

A political poster for United States presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm.

Shirley Chisholm: Unbought and Unbossed

juggler

Sidedoor: Episode 7 in the Collections

carved wooden mouse from the Eastern Band Cherokee

Sidedoor: ep. 24 | Cherokee Story Slam | Related Collections

Envelope with brown, green, red, and blue stamps and many postmarks on an album page

Sidney N. Shure Collection

spring

Signs of Spring

Rosetta Tharpe postage stamp.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and Roll

Tony Hawk's first skateboard

Skateboards and Invention

Cylindrical slide rule with a wooden case

Slide Rules

Controller of the Universe

Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship: Art and Artists

Black 1939 Plymouth coupe with whitewall tires and a silver grille.

Smithsonian Automobile Collection

Silver Art Nouveau-inspired bicycle with gold accents such as foliage and rosettes.

Smithsonian Bicycle Collection

Smithsonian Castle post card

Smithsonian Collections Highlights

color wheel

Smithsonian Color Journey

Moonwatch Volunteers, 1965

Smithsonian Volunteers

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