News Releases

More Than 40 Panelists Include Haitian American Novelist Edwidge Danticat, Multimedia Journalist Felice León, Dominican American Poet and Bestselling Author Elizabeth Acevedo and Award-winning Filmmaker Julie Dash

Online Craft Show Is a Curated, Climate-Conscious Makers’ Market

New “Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air” Gallery Anticipated To Open in 2025

Historic Arts and Industries Building To Reopen for First Time in Nearly Two Decades With Smithsonian’s First Large-Scale Exploration of the Future

Cherry Blossom Family Celebrations Online March 20 to April 11

Center Receives $2.1 Million Grant From Mellon Foundation To Expand Undergraduate Internship

Study of Himalayan Songbirds in Museum Collections Is First Step Toward Using Feathers To Predict the Effects of Climate Change for Birds in Extreme Environments

Sixth Annual Festival Will Be Held Online as Free Monthly Screening Series

Genetic Research Using Smithsonian Collections Reveals the Evolutionary Path of Six Toxic Butterfly Species

High Schoolers-Turned-Scientists Published Their Findings This Week

Uplifting the Black Family Social Media Campaign Shares the Experience of the Black Family

Museum’s Winter Season of “Talking to Our Time” Includes Renowned Global Artists Including the Guerrilla Girls and Rachel Rose

This Marks the Second Time Astronomers Have Observed a Cloud-free Exoplanet

Prestigious Award Recognizes Doeleman’s Work in Realizing the First Image of a Supermassive Black Hole

National Tour Starts Jan. 23 at the Castle Museum in Saginaw, Mich.

Never-Before-Seen Behavior Culminates in a Synchronized Zap of Eels’ Prey, Raising New Questions About How They Communicate

New Paper Is Published by Smithsonian Scientist Tom Watters

Machel Monenerkit To Serve as Acting Director of the National Museum of the American Indian