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Region’s Food Justice Issues April 19, 2021 Anacostia Community Museum Exhibitions Hirshhorn Presents Yoko Ono’s “Wish Tree for Washington, DC” for the First Time in a Virtual Activation on Instagram With #WishTreeDC, April 15–30 Open Invitation to the World Begins With Artists, April 15 April 15, 2021 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions Public Programs Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Launches the Irene Hirano Inouye Memorial Fund Fund Honors an Iconic Arts Leader While Advancing Her Vision To Share the Asian Pacific American Experience April 15, 2021 Asian Pacific American Center Virtual Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Chandra Operations Control Center Now Available April 13, 2021 Astrophysical Observatory Public Programs Joshua Tewksbury Named Director of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute April 6, 2021 Tropical Research Institute Administrative News How the Chicxulub Impactor Gave Rise to Modern Rainforests April 1, 2021 Tropical Research Institute Research News National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates National Jazz Appreciation and Poetry Month in April Virtual Programs Feature a Conversation With the Youngest Original Freedom Rider, COVID-19 and Artists, and a Panel About Gospel Music and Men March 31, 2021 African American Museum Public Programs Smithsonian and The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America to Present Women in Preservation Symposium Three-day Virtual Event Will Celebrate Women and Their Pivotal Role in American Preservation March 31, 2021 Public Programs How Will the Biggest Tropical Trees Respond to Climate Change? 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What’s New at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Giant Panda Viewing Details Free Timed-Entry Passes Available Beginning May 14 May 11, 2021 National Zoo & SCBI Exhibitions
National Air and Space Museum Receives $3 Million Gift From Daniels Fund For New World War II Gallery May 10, 2021 Air and Space Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture To Reopen Friday, May 14 May 7, 2021 African American Museum
Smithsonian Announces New Interactive Installation by Acclaimed Artist Suchi Reddy as Centerpiece of “FUTURES” ‘Emotional AI’ Sculpture Blends Physics, Neuroscience and Data Technology With the Human Voice May 7, 2021 Arts and Industries Exhibitions
National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter Now on View in Restoration Hangar After Traveling From a Galaxy Far, Far Away May 4, 2021 Air and Space Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
Hirshhorn Introduces Summer Screening Series, “Lost in Place: Voyages in Video,” May 14–Aug. 20 Online Presentation of 11 Contemporary Videos Addresses the Pandemic’s Impact on the Shared Experience of Space, Featuring Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, Ragnar Kjartansson, Laure Prouvost, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Superflex April 30, 2021 Hirshhorn Museum Public Programs
National Museum of African American History and Culture Discussion Revisits African Burial Grounds 30 Years Later in May Virtual Programming April 29, 2021 African American Museum Public Programs
Male Lesser Kudu Born at Smithsonian’s National Zoo Visitors May See Calf When the Zoo Reopens May 21 April 28, 2021 National Zoo & SCBI
Smithsonian American Art Museum Reopens May 14 Critically Acclaimed Exhibitions Shuttered Due to the Global Pandemic Now Extended to Summer April 23, 2021 American Art Museum Renwick Gallery Exhibitions
Smithsonian To Reopen Seven Museums and the National Zoo in May All Other Smithsonian Museums Remain Temporarily Closed April 23, 2021
Smithsonian Launches “Vaccines & US” Initiative National Collaboration of Cultural Organizations Supports Vaccine Education April 21, 2021 Education News
Smithsonian FUTURES Teams With Autodesk To Debut Future of Human–A.I. Design New A.I.-Designed Museum Experience Invites Visitors To Co-create Their Ideal Future City April 21, 2021 Arts and Industries Exhibitions
Free Conversation Series CULINASIA Explores the Future of Asian Food in America April 19, 2021 Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum Presents Outdoor Exhibition on D.C. Region’s Food Justice Issues April 19, 2021 Anacostia Community Museum Exhibitions
Hirshhorn Presents Yoko Ono’s “Wish Tree for Washington, DC” for the First Time in a Virtual Activation on Instagram With #WishTreeDC, April 15–30 Open Invitation to the World Begins With Artists, April 15 April 15, 2021 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions Public Programs
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Launches the Irene Hirano Inouye Memorial Fund Fund Honors an Iconic Arts Leader While Advancing Her Vision To Share the Asian Pacific American Experience April 15, 2021 Asian Pacific American Center
Virtual Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Chandra Operations Control Center Now Available April 13, 2021 Astrophysical Observatory Public Programs
Joshua Tewksbury Named Director of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute April 6, 2021 Tropical Research Institute Administrative News
How the Chicxulub Impactor Gave Rise to Modern Rainforests April 1, 2021 Tropical Research Institute Research News
National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates National Jazz Appreciation and Poetry Month in April Virtual Programs Feature a Conversation With the Youngest Original Freedom Rider, COVID-19 and Artists, and a Panel About Gospel Music and Men March 31, 2021 African American Museum Public Programs
Smithsonian and The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America to Present Women in Preservation Symposium Three-day Virtual Event Will Celebrate Women and Their Pivotal Role in American Preservation March 31, 2021 Public Programs
How Will the Biggest Tropical Trees Respond to Climate Change? March 29, 2021 Tropical Research Institute Research News
Harvard, Smithsonian Astronomers Help Capture First Image of Black Hole’s Magnetic Fields This Is the First Time Scientists Have Imaged Magnetic Fields So Close to a Black Hole March 24, 2021 Astrophysical Observatory Research News