Collection Spotlights

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

cat mummy

Cats of Asia and Ancient Egypt

pride is power pin.

Celebrate Pride

view of sandy dessert terrain with bones visible embedded in the ground surface

Cerro Ballena

chandra x-ray thumbnail

Chandra X-ray Observatory

Generous King

Charles Bird King's Indian Portraits

Cherry Blossoms Tidal Basin

Cherry Blossoms: Spring's First Blush

Chuck Brown plays guitar atop The Big Chair in 2003. Photo by Steven M. Cummings. Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Chuck Brown

"Old Glory" flag

Civil War 150

Civilian Application Satellites Object Group

Civilian Application Satellites

Blue traditional Chinese slippers.

Clothes and Heritage: Chinese American Clothes from the Virginia Lee Mead Collection

Wood frame and fabric wing bi-plane displayed in gallery.

Collection Highlights at the National Air and Space Museum in DC

The SR-71 blackbird on the museum floor with the space shuttle “Discovery” visible in the back gallery.

Collection Highlights at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia

Peanuts comic strip of Lucy Van Pelt setting up a football for Charlie Brown to kick, which he misses when she moves the ball last minute.

Comic Art

Silver Libertas Americana medal

Comitia Americana Medals

Baseball signed with text "DC Rec. West All Stars"

Community Sports in DC

Blue, open, shell-like chair upholstered in fabric, resting on chrome legs with ottoman.

Consider the Chair

star shaped sunglasses

Cool Shades: Eyewear at Smithsonian

Health and Hygiene objects from the collection

Cosmetics and Personal Care Products in the Medicine and Science Collections

astronaut holding an American flag with a cosmic view in the background

Cosmic Collections

Black iron rectangular counter with a window in the front to read numbers through. Stamped with "Alcoholic Liquors."

Counters

tour jacket worn by Willie Nelson

Country Music Treasures

watercolor of Tarantella dancers

Dance to the Music

A conical shaped command module named Columbia against a black background.

Destination Moon

beach scene with two boats.

Digital Backgrounds

painting of a dinosaur with two horns

Discovering Dinosaurs

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