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Smithsonian Presents the Mother Tongue Film Festival, “Through the Past Is the Future” Seventh Annual Festival Will Be Held Online Feb. 17–March 4 February 9, 2022 Folklife and Cultural Heritage American Indian Museum Natural History Museum Public Programs
National Portrait Gallery Announces an Extension of “The Obama Portraits Tour” Featuring Acclaimed Portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Multi-City Tour Extended to San Francisco and Boston Through October February 9, 2022 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Maria Nicanor Named Director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum February 8, 2022 Cooper Hewitt Administrative News
National Air and Space Museum’s 2022 Michael Collins Trophy Awarded to Wally Funk and the Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Team February 7, 2022 Air and Space Museum
Jorge Zamanillo Named First Director of the New Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino February 4, 2022 American Latino Museum Administrative News
Smithsonian’s New “Cooking Up History” Series Explores How Women Chefs Sustain Their Communities Through Activism and Advocacy Series Underscores Female Leadership and Changemaking February 3, 2022 American History Museum Public Programs
“Africa Is Beautiful”: Nollywood Stars in Conversation With the National Museum of African Art February 3, 2022 African Art Museum Public Programs
National Air and Space Museum Extends Its Popular Virginia S.H.E. Can STEM Camps in Arkansas Free Aviation-Focused Camp Aims To Engage Underrepresented Communities February 2, 2022 Air and Space Museum Exhibitions
Scientists Explain Mysterious Finger-like Features in Solar Flares Astronomers Have Presented New Explanation for Mysterious Downward-Moving Dark Voids Seen in Some Solar Flares January 27, 2022 Astrophysical Observatory Research News
Major Gift Establishes General Motors Learning Lounge at the Molina Family Latino Gallery Educational Center Features Active Learning Programs To Connect Onsite and Online Visitors to Exhibition Content January 27, 2022 American Latino Museum
“Orchids: Hidden Stories of Groundbreaking Women” Opens Jan. 29 January 27, 2022 Smithsonian Gardens Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Announces Portrait of a Nation Honorees Awards Recognizing Honorees’ Work Championing Transformational Impact and Change Will Be Presented at Portrait of a Nation Gala Nov. 12 January 26, 2022 Portrait Gallery
“Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight” To Open at the National Museum of the American Indian Jan. 28 Exhibition From the Museum of Glass Features Work by Acclaimed Tlingit American Artist January 26, 2022 American Indian Museum Exhibitions
Black History Month Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens With a Virtual Program Highlighting the Impact of HBCUs Acknowledges Pioneers in Health and Wellness Including Midwives January 25, 2022 African American Museum Public Programs
National Portrait Gallery Announces Teen Portrait Competition Timed With Museum’s “The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today” Call for Entries Open Through March 29 January 24, 2022 Portrait Gallery Public Programs
Smithsonian To Host Virtual Symposium About Afrofuturism “Claiming Space: A Symposium on Black Futures—Past, Present, and Potential” Will Take Place Online Jan. 27–29 January 24, 2022 Air and Space Museum Public Programs
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Albright-Knox Art Gallery Jointly Acquire Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrored Room—My Heart Is Dancing into the Universe” January 20, 2022 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
Smithsonian Latino Center Receives $1 Million Gift From Microsoft Corp. January 19, 2022 American Latino Museum
New in February at Smithsonian “FUTURES,” the New Frontiers of Love and Dating Plus, Interactive Playback Theater Troupe Verbal Gymnastics Explores Black History Month, Testing Exoskeletons With Harvard Researchers and More January 19, 2022 Arts and Industries Public Programs
Cynthia Chavez Lamar Named Director of the National Museum of the American Indian January 19, 2022 American Indian Museum American Indian Museum Heye Center Administrative News
Smithsonian Announces Modified Schedule for Museums and National Zoo Starting Tuesday, Jan. 18 January 14, 2022
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Original “I Have a Dream” Speech on Display at National Museum of African American History and Culture Museum Open to the Public Monday, Jan. 17, in Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 13, 2022 African American Museum Exhibitions
1,000 Light-Year-Wide Bubble Surrounding Earth Is Source of All Young Stars Nearby For the First Time, Astronomers Have Retraced the History of Earth’s Galactic Neighborhood, Showing Exactly How the Young Stars Nearest to Its Solar System Formed January 12, 2022 Astrophysical Observatory Research News
“Iké Udé: Nollywood Portraits” Opens Feb. 5 at National Museum of African Art Exhibition Explores African Beauty Through Portraits of Nollywood Celebrities January 12, 2022 African Art Museum Exhibitions
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