News Releases

Press room of the Smithsonian

Search Press Releases

Select Museum / Unit

Wallaby Joey Born at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Visit the Joey Behind the Small Mammal House
- March 20, 2019
- National Zoo & SCBI
Album With Previously Unknown Photo of Young Harriet Tubman To Go on Public View for the First Time

To View the Photograph and Visit Museum, Visitors May Walk Up for Entry Without a Pass Monday Through Friday Beginning at 1 p.m.
- March 20, 2019
- African American Museum
- New Acquisitions
- New Acquisitions
Smithsonian Examines Health and Medicine Through Philanthropy Lens

National Museum of American History Accepts Breast Cancer Materials From BCRF and The Estée Lauder Companies, Adds Artifacts to “Giving in America” Exhibit
- March 19, 2019
- American History Museum
- New Acquisitions
Smithsonian Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Budget Request Totals $978 Million
- March 18, 2019
- Administrative News
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates Cherokee Tribes

Three-day Festival Includes Cultural Demonstrations, Performances, Exhibits and More
- March 18, 2019
- American Indian Museum
Smithsonian Announces Changes to 2019 Folklife Festival Event
- March 15, 2019
- Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Chemical Innovation by Relatives of the Ice Cream Bean Explains Tropical Biodiversity
- March 14, 2019
- Tropical Research Institute
- Research News
- Research News
Smithsonian Revises Special Events Policy

Three-year Pilot Will Allow the Rental of Smithsonian Spaces for Private Events
- March 12, 2019
Hirshhorn To Revitalize Sculpture Garden for the 21st Century

New Concept in Development by Architect/Artist Hiroshi Sugimoto Showcases the Modern Collection and Creates Dynamic Space for New Performance Art and Sculpture
- March 11, 2019
- Hirshhorn Museum
National Air and Space Museum’s 2019 Trophy Awarded to Gen. Charlie Bolden and LIGO Scientific Collaboration
- March 8, 2019
Nat “King” Cole Centennial Musical Celebration Punctuates Busy March Calendar

Webby Award-Winning #HiddenHerstory Campaign Celebrates Women’s History Month
- March 8, 2019
- African American Museum
- Public Programs
“Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Examines How the Vietnam War Changed American Art
- March 7, 2019
- American Art Museum
- Exhibitions
- Exhibitions
Second Kiwi Chick Hatches at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute This Year

Chick Received Laser Therapy After Hatching to Help Her Walk
- March 7, 2019
Three Animals Die at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
- March 7, 2019
- National Zoo & SCBI
Smithsonian Announces ExxonMobil Sponsorship of Traveling Exhibition on “Green Book” History
- March 7, 2019
- Traveling Exhibition Service
- Exhibitions
National Museum of African American History and Culture To Open Online Reservation System for Group Visits
- March 6, 2019
- African American Museum
As Sea Level Rises, Wetlands Crank Up Their Carbon Storage
- March 6, 2019
- Environmental Research Center
- Research News
Kinky Boots Steps Into the Smithsonian National Collection

National Museum of American History Accepts Costume Artifacts
- March 6, 2019
- American History Museum
- New Acquisitions
- New Acquisitions
National Air and Space Museum Featured in Newest Google Arts & Culture Interactive Online Exhibit
- March 6, 2019
- Air and Space Museum
- Exhibitions
- Exhibitions
Smithsonian Visitors With Vision Loss Benefit From Innovative Technology
- March 5, 2019
Veiled World of Qing Empresses Revealed in Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Exhibition “Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, 1644–1912”
- March 5, 2019
- Asian Art Museum
Smithsonian Books Releases Color: A Visual History from Newton to Modern Color Matching Guides

Illustrated History of Color Models Available Now
- March 5, 2019
- Smithsonian Books
“Vietnam, Past Is Prologue” by Internationally Acclaimed Artist Tiffany Chung Opens March 15 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Exhibition Includes New Work Commissioned by the Museum
- March 4, 2019
- Smithsonian American Women's History Museum
- American Art Museum
- Exhibitions
At Native Cinema Showcase in New York, Theme of “Narrative Sovereignty” Returns the Voice to Native Storytellers

Women Filmmakers, Indigenous Languages Highlighted in this Three-Day Festival
- March 4, 2019
- American Indian Museum Heye Center

Back to top