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  • Wonder Woman for President magazine cover.

    Smithsonian Launches Season Six of Sidedoor Podcast

    • January 13, 2021
    • Public Programs
  • Smithsonian and PBS To Provide Free Content to Educators

    Collaboration Will Bring Curated Smithsonian Content to PBS LearningMedia for Pre-K–12 Educators
    • January 12, 2021
    • Smithsonian Castle
    • Education News
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    A Clarion Call for Democracy

    Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch Statement
    • January 11, 2021
  • Smithsonian and Putney Student Travel Launch “Smithsonian Student Travel”

    Inspiring High School Students To Travel, Learn and Engage
    • January 5, 2021
    • Smithsonian Journeys
    • Education News
  • Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Announces Monthly Online Screening Series

    “Viewfinder: Women’s Film and Video from the Smithsonian” Will Feature Monthly Screenings and Conversations With Artists, Filmmakers and Smithsonian Curators
    • January 4, 2021
    • Smithsonian American Women's History Museum
    • Public Programs
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    Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Budget Totals $1 Billion

    • December 30, 2020
    • Administrative News
  • Smithsonian Folklife Festival Launches Virtual Marketplace in Partnership With NOVICA

    • December 21, 2020
    • Folklife and Cultural Heritage
    • Public Programs
  • Report Highlights Long-Term Benefits of Scientific Collections

    • December 16, 2020
    • Research News
  • Three dried corn cobs on black background

    Ancient DNA Continues To Rewrite Corn’s 9,000-Year Society-Shaping History

    Three 2,000-Year-Old Cobs in Honduras Show That People Brought Corn Varieties Back to Mesoamerica, Possibly Sparking Productivity and Shaping Civilization
    • December 14, 2020
    • Natural History Museum
    • Research News
  • Elderly Dama Gazelle Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

    • December 11, 2020
    • National Zoo & SCBI
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    Smithsonian Receives $13.5 Million From Lilly Endowment Inc. for Religion and Culture Programs

    • December 11, 2020
    • Public Programs
  • One-Two Punch: Sea Urchins Stuck Belly-up in Low-Oxygen Hot Water

    • December 9, 2020
    • Tropical Research Institute
    • Research News
  • Smithsonian Hosts Daylong Program To Collect Stories From Across America

    “24 Hours in a Time of Change” Features Virtual Programming From Museums and Invites the Public To Share Their Stories
    • December 8, 2020
    • Public Programs
  • Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Extends Giant Panda Agreement

    • December 7, 2020
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Administrative News
  • Chase Robinson signs memorandum of understanding

    Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Partners With the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation To Grow Asian Art Provenance Researcher Community

    Collaboration To Produce Expert Programming and Future Digital Research Platform
    • December 2, 2020
    • Asian Art Museum
  • James T. Demetrion, Visionary Hirshhorn Director (1985–2001), Dies at 90

    Legacy of Longest-Serving Director Endures in Expanded Acquisition Fund, Diversified Permanent Collection, Reimagined Plaza, Nurtured Talent and Namesake Annual Lecture
    • December 1, 2020
    • Hirshhorn Museum
  • National Museum of the American Indian Presents Contemporary Artists in Conversation

    Two Online Programs Gather Artists and Artisans To Discuss Their Work
    • November 24, 2020
    • American Indian Museum
    • Public Programs
  • His Name Is Xiao Qi Ji

    Smithsonian’s National Zoo Giant Panda Cub Received Name Following Public Vote
    • November 23, 2020
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Public Programs
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    National Museum of the American Indian Receives Donation of Nearly $5.7 Million From Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria in California

    • November 20, 2020
    • American Indian Museum
    • Administrative News
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    Smithsonian Museums and the National Zoo To Close Nov. 23

    • November 19, 2020
    • Administrative News
  • Researchers Discover Secret Social Lives of Giant Poisonous Rats

    • November 19, 2020
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Research News
  • National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Blue Angels’ F/A-18C Hornet

    New Artifact To Go On Display at Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center
    • November 19, 2020
    • Air and Space Museum
    • New Acquisitions
  • "¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now" Unites Historic Civil Rights-Era Prints With Works by Contemporary Graphic Artists

    Features More Than 100 Artworks From the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Leading Latinx Collection
    • November 17, 2020
    • American Art Museum
    • Exhibitions
  • Public Can Vote To Name Smithsonian’s National Zoo Giant Panda Cub

    Public Can Vote To Name Smithsonian’s National Zoo Giant Panda Cub
    • November 16, 2020
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Public Programs
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