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May 4, 2022 American History Museum Exhibitions Hirshhorn To Present Exhibition Showcasing a Century of Art by Nearly 50 Pathbreaking Women and Nonbinary Artists Highlighting Masterworks Alongside Recent Acquisitions by Artists Including Dana Awartani, Loie Hollowell, Sondra Perry, Deborah Roberts and Kiyan Williams, “Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection” Opens July 22 May 3, 2022 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions Tragic Loss of Animal Life at Smithsonian’s National Zoo May 3, 2022 Indigenous Peoples Have Shucked Billions of Oysters Around the World Sustainably Global Study of Indigenous Oyster Fisheries Finds Evidence of Huge Harvests Spanning Hundreds and Even Thousands of Years May 3, 2022 Natural History Museum Research News Smithsonian Adopts Policy on Ethical Returns May 3, 2022 Administrative News National Museum of the American Latino Receives $2 Million Gift From The Coca-Cola Company May 3, 2022 American Latino Museum Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Explores 1968 Poor People’s Campaign Tour Launches at National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel May 14 May 2, 2022 Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Examines Motherhood in May Public Programming Museum Resumes In-person Programming This Month After Two-Year Hiatus May 2, 2022 African American Museum Public Programs In Recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Smithsonian Acquires Pathbreaking Evidence Collection Kit National Museum of American History and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Partner in Documenting Invention by Martha “Marty” Goddard April 29, 2022 American History Museum Cooper Hewitt New Acquisitions National Portrait Gallery Announces Winners of the Sixth National Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and Opening of “The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today” Alison Elizabeth Taylor Receives $25,000 and New Commission as First-Prize Winner of the National Triennial April 29, 2022 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company To Debut Two New Performances as Its National Portrait Gallery Residency Extends for Final Leg “El Muro/The Wall” Debuts May 17, 18 and 19; “A Tribute to Maya Lin” Debuts Oct. 16, 23 and 30 April 27, 2022 Portrait Gallery Public Programs Smithsonian and Meta Invite Visitors To “Walk on the Moon” in Exclusive New Virtual Reality Experience at the “FUTURES” Exhibition Installation Will Serve as a Preview To Learning in the Metaverse With Pioneering Immersive Technology Bringing Rarely Seen Archival Materials to Life April 25, 2022 Arts and Industries Public Programs National Air and Space Museum Receives Leadership Gift From Iridium for New “One World Connected” Exhibition April 22, 2022 Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution, USA Skateboarding and Levitt at the Falls Collaborate To Bring Innoskate Festival to Sioux Falls and Pine Ridge Innoskate Festival Celebrates and Explores Connections Between Skateboarding, Invention, Music and Creativity April 21, 2022 American History Museum Public Programs New in May at Smithsonian, Visitors Can Come Outside and Play as “FUTURES Field Day” Takes Over the National Mall Memorial Day Weekend Plus, a Futuristic Runway Show of Avant-Garde and Emerging Designers Featuring HBO Max’s Legendary and The Hype, Eco-rapper Hila the Killa and More April 20, 2022 Arts and Industries Public Programs National Museum of the American Indian Presents “Raven and the Evolution of Glass Artist Preston Singletary” May 7 and 8 Acclaimed Artist Preston Singletary To Discuss His Art During In-person Programs April 14, 2022 American Indian Museum Public Programs First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Current page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Next page Next › Last page Last »
National Museum of the American Indian To Dedicate National Native American Veterans Memorial Nov. 11 Ceremony Will Be Part of Weekend-long Event To Honor Native Veterans May 12, 2022 American Indian Museum Public Programs
Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way Galaxy May 12, 2022 Astrophysical Observatory Research News
Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquires More than 200 Artworks for its Craft Collection Including Major Works by Bisa Butler, Sonya Clark, Roberto Lugo, Preston Singletary and Wanxin Zhang New Acquisitions Will Debut at the Renwick Gallery in the Exhibition “This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World” May 10, 2022 American Art Museum New Acquisitions
“This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World” Examines the State of Contemporary Craft in America Today New Exhibition Features 135 Recently Acquired Artworks That Tell an Inclusive Story of American Art May 10, 2022 American Art Museum Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Announces Season Four of Its PORTRAITS Podcast May 10, 2022 Portrait Gallery Public Programs
Smithsonian Accepts “Fight the Virus, NOT the People” COVID-19 Banner San Francisco Donation Ceremony May 10 Heralds Banner Being Added to National Collections May 5, 2022 American History Museum New Acquisitions
National Portrait Gallery Announces Premiere of “Birthright,” a Live Performance by Artist Maren Hassinger June 25 Long-Awaited Performance Is a Commission of the Portrait Gallery’s “IDENTIFY” series May 5, 2022 Portrait Gallery Public Programs
National Museum of African American History and Culture To Display Golden Era of Hip-Hop Photo Collection “Represent: Hip-Hop Photography” Exhibition Opens May 6 May 5, 2022 African American Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History To Remove Ruby Slippers From View in June Move Will Prepare Them for Their New Spotlight in “Entertainment Nation” Exhibition, Opening Dec. 9. Last Day To View the Slippers Is June 12. May 4, 2022 American History Museum Exhibitions
Hirshhorn To Present Exhibition Showcasing a Century of Art by Nearly 50 Pathbreaking Women and Nonbinary Artists Highlighting Masterworks Alongside Recent Acquisitions by Artists Including Dana Awartani, Loie Hollowell, Sondra Perry, Deborah Roberts and Kiyan Williams, “Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection” Opens July 22 May 3, 2022 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Indigenous Peoples Have Shucked Billions of Oysters Around the World Sustainably Global Study of Indigenous Oyster Fisheries Finds Evidence of Huge Harvests Spanning Hundreds and Even Thousands of Years May 3, 2022 Natural History Museum Research News
National Museum of the American Latino Receives $2 Million Gift From The Coca-Cola Company May 3, 2022 American Latino Museum
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Explores 1968 Poor People’s Campaign Tour Launches at National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel May 14 May 2, 2022 Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Examines Motherhood in May Public Programming Museum Resumes In-person Programming This Month After Two-Year Hiatus May 2, 2022 African American Museum Public Programs
In Recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Smithsonian Acquires Pathbreaking Evidence Collection Kit National Museum of American History and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Partner in Documenting Invention by Martha “Marty” Goddard April 29, 2022 American History Museum Cooper Hewitt New Acquisitions
National Portrait Gallery Announces Winners of the Sixth National Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and Opening of “The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today” Alison Elizabeth Taylor Receives $25,000 and New Commission as First-Prize Winner of the National Triennial April 29, 2022 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company To Debut Two New Performances as Its National Portrait Gallery Residency Extends for Final Leg “El Muro/The Wall” Debuts May 17, 18 and 19; “A Tribute to Maya Lin” Debuts Oct. 16, 23 and 30 April 27, 2022 Portrait Gallery Public Programs
Smithsonian and Meta Invite Visitors To “Walk on the Moon” in Exclusive New Virtual Reality Experience at the “FUTURES” Exhibition Installation Will Serve as a Preview To Learning in the Metaverse With Pioneering Immersive Technology Bringing Rarely Seen Archival Materials to Life April 25, 2022 Arts and Industries Public Programs
National Air and Space Museum Receives Leadership Gift From Iridium for New “One World Connected” Exhibition April 22, 2022 Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution, USA Skateboarding and Levitt at the Falls Collaborate To Bring Innoskate Festival to Sioux Falls and Pine Ridge Innoskate Festival Celebrates and Explores Connections Between Skateboarding, Invention, Music and Creativity April 21, 2022 American History Museum Public Programs
New in May at Smithsonian, Visitors Can Come Outside and Play as “FUTURES Field Day” Takes Over the National Mall Memorial Day Weekend Plus, a Futuristic Runway Show of Avant-Garde and Emerging Designers Featuring HBO Max’s Legendary and The Hype, Eco-rapper Hila the Killa and More April 20, 2022 Arts and Industries Public Programs
National Museum of the American Indian Presents “Raven and the Evolution of Glass Artist Preston Singletary” May 7 and 8 Acclaimed Artist Preston Singletary To Discuss His Art During In-person Programs April 14, 2022 American Indian Museum Public Programs
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