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  • Biodiversity May Limit Invasions: Lessons From Lizards on Panama Canal Islands

    • August 7, 2020
    • Tropical Research Institute
    • Research News
  • National Air and Space Museum Collects Delivery Drone From Alphabet’s Wing

    Commercial Delivery Aircraft Adds to Collection of “Firsts” at Smithsonian
    • August 7, 2020
    • Air and Space Museum
    • New Acquisitions
  • NMAI DC building exterior.

    National Museum of the American Indian To Host Virtual Ceremony To Mark Completion of the National Native American Veterans Memorial

    Dedication Ceremony and Procession To Be Rescheduled
    • August 4, 2020
    • American Indian Museum
    • Public Programs
  • Smithsonian, Library of Congress and National Archives Are Counting Down to the Suffrage Centennial With #19SuffrageStories

    Joint Social Media Campaign Will Share Lesser-Known Stories in the Fight for Women’s Suffrage
    • August 3, 2020
    • Public Programs
  • Hirshhorn’s ARTLAB Will Keep Go-Go Crankin’ All Summer With “Respect Her Crank!”

    Online Teen Internship and Public Program Series, July 31–Aug. 21
    • July 31, 2020
    • Hirshhorn Museum
    • Public Programs
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Annual Video Game Festival “SAAM Arcade” Launches Online

    Free Two-Day Virtual Program Highlights Women’s Narratives and Contributions to the Video Games Industry
    • July 29, 2020
    • American Art Museum
    • Public Programs
  • Hirshhorn Announces Acquisition of Major Outdoor Sculptures by Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby

    Introduction of Two Contemporary Artists to the Sculpture Garden Expands Collection, Anticipates Reopening and Eventual Revitalization
    • July 24, 2020
    • Hirshhorn Museum
    • New Acquisitions
  • Lightning strike

    Lightning Strikes More Than 100 Million Times Per Year in the Tropics

    • July 21, 2020
    • Tropical Research Institute
    • Research News
  • Red brick building with large windows, spires and manicured landscaping in front.

    Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Udvar-Hazy Center To Reopen July 24 With New Safety Measures

    All Other Smithsonian Museums Remain Temporarily Closed
    • July 20, 2020
    • Administrative News
  • Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch Statement on the Death of Congressman John Lewis

    • July 18, 2020
  • Grazing Bison

    Smithsonian’s National Zoo Welcomes Two New Bison

    Howard University and Gallaudet University Communities Name Bison
    • July 17, 2020
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • New Acquisitions
  • Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Names Bradford Grant as Museum’s New Instagram-Artist-in-Residence

    • July 16, 2020
  • Scientists Discover How Deep-Sea, Ultra-Black Fish Disappear

    Ultra-Black Fish Skin Absorbs More Than 99.5% of Light in a New, Extremely Efficient Way, a Discovery That May Advance High-Tech Optical and Camouflage Technology
    • July 16, 2020
    • Natural History Museum
    • Research News
  • SAAM logo

    Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces 2020–2021 Fellowship Appointments and Residencies

    • July 13, 2020
    • American Art Museum
    • Education News
  • Linda Kim Awarded the 32nd Annual Eldredge Prize for Her Book “Race Experts: Sculpture, Anthropology, and the American Public in Malvina Hoffman’s Races of Mankind”

    • July 10, 2020
    • American Art Museum
    • Education News
  • Ending the Use of Racist Mascots and Images

    • July 8, 2020
    • American Indian Museum
  • Anacostia Community Museum Launches “Inspiration/Action Tuesdays”

    The Initiative Will Expand on the Take “Time Thursdays” Virtual Program
    • July 7, 2020
    • Anacostia Community Museum
    • Public Programs
  • Liberty Bell projection

    Hirshhorn and Art Production Fund To Present Nancy Baker Cahill’s “Liberty Bell” on the National Mall Starting July 4

    Augmented-Reality Public Art Project Will Be Presented Simultaneously in Six Cities Across the United States
    • July 4, 2020
    • Hirshhorn Museum
    • Public Programs
  • Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra Born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

    • July 3, 2020
  • Smithsonian and USA TODAY Network Launch Summer Learning Guide

    • June 30, 2020
    • Education News
  • Female Asian Elephant Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

    • June 27, 2020
    • National Zoo & SCBI
  • shrouded planes in hangar

    National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center Announces Roof-Reconstruction Project

    • June 26, 2020
    • Air and Space Museum
    • Exhibitions
    • Administrative News
  • Smithsonian Associates Streaming Announces 91 New Virtual Programs

    • June 25, 2020
    • Smithsonian Associates
    • Public Programs
  • Video still of Martin Luther King in convertible

    Artist Arthur Jafa’s Renowned “Love is the Message, The Message is Death” To Be Streamed Continuously Online for the First Time, June 26–28

    Co-Presented by the Hirshhorn Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum
    • June 24, 2020
    • American Art Museum
    • Hirshhorn Museum
    • Exhibitions
    • Public Programs
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