News Releases

“Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” Opens March 24

Andrea Lipps To Oversee Department

Exhibition Features New Work by Six Native Artists

Museum Debuts Exhibition Exploring Afrofuturism’s Historic and Poignant Engagement With African American History

Program Aims To Increase Latino Representation in Museum Professions

Objects and Essays Explore 400 Years of Musical Culture

Highlights Include “Women of a Certain Age” on Google Arts & Culture

Releases Include Book “Biography of a Phantom,” Box Set “Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958 – 1971” and Display at National Museum of American History

Exhibit Celebrates Birds’ Annual Migrations and Teaches Visitors How To Live Bird Friendly

Museum Will Provide Safe Storage and Care for the Repatriated Objects

Exhibition Celebrates Recent Major Acquisitions to the Museum’s Collection

2023 Theme Focuses on Environmental Justice and New Center

K-Pop Sensation Eric Nam and Breakout Star Raveena Perform May 13, Part of a Two-Week Festival Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Cornerstone of the Museum’s Centennial Anniversary

Filmed Onsite, “The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist” Follows Seven Rising Artists, Features Artworks in the Hirshhorn Collection; Launches March 3 on MTV, March 7 on Smithsonian Channel

Discovery of Stone Tools and Cut-Marked Animal Bones in Kenya Offers Window Into the Dawn of Stone Technology

SERC Is Part of International Team To Develop First National Estimates of Mangrove Carbon Stocks in Belize

First Museum Exhibition in US Dedicated to Japanese Artist Ay-Ō, Member of the International Fluxus Avant-garde Art Group, Celebrated Figure of Pop Art Movement

Annual Festival Returns to In-Person Events Feb. 23–26

Smithsonian Bird Friendly Program Launches Cocoa Certification; Bird Friendly Chocolate Takes Flight