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Women's History MuseumSmithsonian CastleSmithsonian Gardens placeholder-logo Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Budget Totals $1 Billion January 8, 2020 Administrative News “¡Pleibol!” Slides Into Smithsonian Fall 2020 Exhibition Will Explore Latina/o Impact Through Baseball Artifacts, Stories and Photos January 8, 2020 American History Museum Exhibitions Jaguars Could Prevent a Not-So-Great American Biotic Exchange Maintaining Tropical Forest Predators in Darien Could Keep Coyotes at Bay January 6, 2020 Tropical Research Institute Research News Hirshhorn Acquires Three Major Works by Yayoi Kusama, Announces 2020 Legacy Exhibition Exhibition Will Build on Hirshhorn’s 2017 Survey and Include Two Infinity Mirror Rooms, Sculptures and Early Painting January 6, 2020 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions 2020 Smithsonian Craft Show Set for April 22–26 at the National Building Museum Contemporary American Crafts and Designs From 121 Artists Will Be on Display and for Sale January 3, 2020 Public Programs Anacostia Community Museum Extends Hours Beginning Jan. 7, 2020, With Twilight Tuesdays December 30, 2019 Anacostia Community Museum Public Programs New Two-toed Sloth Arrives at Smithsonian’s National Zoo December 23, 2019 National Zoo & SCBI No Passes Required and Extended Hours Dec. 26 Through Dec. 30 December 20, 2019 African American Museum Public Programs Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents the First Major Museum Exhibition to Explore the Achievements of Native Women Artists at Its Renwick Gallery Nationally Touring Exhibition Opens in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2020 December 17, 2019 American Art Museum Exhibitions “Zen Motorcycle” Takes Final Journey Into the Smithsonian’s Collections Motorcycle Symbolizes Author Robert Pirsig’s Impact on America’s Relationship With Technology December 17, 2019 American History Museum New Acquisitions Meroë Park Named Deputy Secretary of Smithsonian Institution December 16, 2019 Administrative News The Limits of Ocean Heavyweights: Prey Curb Whales’ Gigantic Size Feeding Strategy Strongly Influences Their Size Cap, but All Whales Depend on Rich Ocean Resources To Be Big December 12, 2019 Natural History Museum Research News National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens New Exhibition, “We Return Fighting” December 12, 2019 African American Museum Exhibitions Smithsonian Scientists Dry and Store Live Ovarian Tissues Above Freezing Temperatures for the First Time It Is the First Step in Preserving Tissues Long-term Without Freezing December 5, 2019 National Zoo & SCBI National Zoo & SCBI Research News Cooper Hewitt to Present Acclaimed "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" Exhibition December 5, 2019 Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions Smithsonian Hosts “Future of Music Public Forum” Sessions held Thursday–Saturday, Dec. 12–14 December 3, 2019 Smithsonian Folkways Public Programs Smithsonian Associates Presents December Program Highlights December 3, 2019 Smithsonian Associates Public Programs Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Receives Save America’s Treasures Grant Funding Will Preserve Alexander Graham Bell’s Experimental Sound Recordings December 2, 2019 American History Museum Administrative News Two Smithsonian Units Join To Present the Symposium “A Museum for the People: Museums and Their Communities, 50 Years Later” November 27, 2019 Anacostia Community Museum Public Programs National Museum of African American History and Culture To Present “Now Showing” Exhibition About African American Movie Posters On View Through Nov. 1, 2020 November 25, 2019 African American Museum Exhibitions Peter Pesic To Deliver 2019 Dibner Lecture November 25, 2019 Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Public Programs Warren Winiarski Receives James Smithson Bicentennial Medal Winemaker Recognized for Dedication to Winemaking and Land Preservation Lead Supporter of Smithsonian Food History Programs for a Quarter Century November 25, 2019 American History Museum Major Retrospective “Chiura Obata: American Modern” Celebrates Influential Japanese American Painter Smithsonian American Art Museum Is Final Stop on an International Tour November 22, 2019 American Art Museum Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch To Speak at National Press Club Dec. 9 November 18, 2019 First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Current page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Next page Next › Last page Last »
placeholder-logo Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Budget Totals $1 Billion January 8, 2020 Administrative News
“¡Pleibol!” Slides Into Smithsonian Fall 2020 Exhibition Will Explore Latina/o Impact Through Baseball Artifacts, Stories and Photos January 8, 2020 American History Museum Exhibitions
Jaguars Could Prevent a Not-So-Great American Biotic Exchange Maintaining Tropical Forest Predators in Darien Could Keep Coyotes at Bay January 6, 2020 Tropical Research Institute Research News
Hirshhorn Acquires Three Major Works by Yayoi Kusama, Announces 2020 Legacy Exhibition Exhibition Will Build on Hirshhorn’s 2017 Survey and Include Two Infinity Mirror Rooms, Sculptures and Early Painting January 6, 2020 Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions
2020 Smithsonian Craft Show Set for April 22–26 at the National Building Museum Contemporary American Crafts and Designs From 121 Artists Will Be on Display and for Sale January 3, 2020 Public Programs
Anacostia Community Museum Extends Hours Beginning Jan. 7, 2020, With Twilight Tuesdays December 30, 2019 Anacostia Community Museum Public Programs
No Passes Required and Extended Hours Dec. 26 Through Dec. 30 December 20, 2019 African American Museum Public Programs
Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents the First Major Museum Exhibition to Explore the Achievements of Native Women Artists at Its Renwick Gallery Nationally Touring Exhibition Opens in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2020 December 17, 2019 American Art Museum Exhibitions
“Zen Motorcycle” Takes Final Journey Into the Smithsonian’s Collections Motorcycle Symbolizes Author Robert Pirsig’s Impact on America’s Relationship With Technology December 17, 2019 American History Museum New Acquisitions
The Limits of Ocean Heavyweights: Prey Curb Whales’ Gigantic Size Feeding Strategy Strongly Influences Their Size Cap, but All Whales Depend on Rich Ocean Resources To Be Big December 12, 2019 Natural History Museum Research News
National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens New Exhibition, “We Return Fighting” December 12, 2019 African American Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian Scientists Dry and Store Live Ovarian Tissues Above Freezing Temperatures for the First Time It Is the First Step in Preserving Tissues Long-term Without Freezing December 5, 2019 National Zoo & SCBI National Zoo & SCBI Research News
Cooper Hewitt to Present Acclaimed "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" Exhibition December 5, 2019 Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
Smithsonian Hosts “Future of Music Public Forum” Sessions held Thursday–Saturday, Dec. 12–14 December 3, 2019 Smithsonian Folkways Public Programs
Smithsonian Associates Presents December Program Highlights December 3, 2019 Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Receives Save America’s Treasures Grant Funding Will Preserve Alexander Graham Bell’s Experimental Sound Recordings December 2, 2019 American History Museum Administrative News
Two Smithsonian Units Join To Present the Symposium “A Museum for the People: Museums and Their Communities, 50 Years Later” November 27, 2019 Anacostia Community Museum Public Programs
National Museum of African American History and Culture To Present “Now Showing” Exhibition About African American Movie Posters On View Through Nov. 1, 2020 November 25, 2019 African American Museum Exhibitions
Peter Pesic To Deliver 2019 Dibner Lecture November 25, 2019 Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Public Programs
Warren Winiarski Receives James Smithson Bicentennial Medal Winemaker Recognized for Dedication to Winemaking and Land Preservation Lead Supporter of Smithsonian Food History Programs for a Quarter Century November 25, 2019 American History Museum
Major Retrospective “Chiura Obata: American Modern” Celebrates Influential Japanese American Painter Smithsonian American Art Museum Is Final Stop on an International Tour November 22, 2019 American Art Museum