Professional Development

Learn with Smithsonian

teachers working on computers

The Smithsonian offers a wide array of opportunities to help you incorporate museum learning about art, science, history, and culture into your teaching practice. Visit a website below to discover professional development resources from across the Smithsonian.

National Education Summits

Text: Smithsonian National Education Summit, July 15-17

Smithsonian Education

National Education Summit 2025

The 2025 theme is: Together We Thrive: One Nation, Indivisible.

National Education Summit

Smithsonian

National Education Summit 2024

The 2024 theme is: Together We Thrive: Connecting at the Intersections.

National Education Summit

Smithsonian

National Education Summit 2023

View free online and in-person skill-building workshops.

National Education Summit

Smithsonian

National Education Summit 2022

View archived keynote addresses, sessions, and behind-the-scenes bonus content from the 2022 Summit.

Smithsonian Resources

teaching about race in the classroom

African American History and Culture Museum

Teachers with masks

African Art Museum

scholars with space suit

Air and Space Museum

smiling group of teachers.

American Art Museum

Teachers in Sparklab.

American History Museum

Teachers at Teachin event.

American Indian Museum

Teaching religion event.

Asian Art Museum

Teachers at professional development event crafting.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Center

teacher using digital tools.

Hirshhorn Museum

Henry the elephant at the museum.

Natural History Museum

Teacher workshop in an art gallery.

Portrait Gallery

Teachers in the museum's Byrne Education Loft.

Postal Museum

Black hole modeling lab.

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Educational workshop.

Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center

Science Saturday.

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Educator class for teaching about music.

Smithsonian Folkways

Garden exhibition hosting teaching event.

Smithsonian Gardens

Teacher training event.

Smithsonian Learning Lab

A seal dives playfully in front of a young child.

Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Teachers using microscopes at education event.

Smithsonian Science Education Center

Back to top