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  • Man in a black button-down holds a piece of cake on a plate and stands for a portrait picture.

    Smithsonian Associates Hosts an Evening With Paul Hollywood, "New York Times" Best-Selling Author and Star of "The Great British Baking Show"

    • September 22, 2025
    • Smithsonian Associates
    • Public Programs
  • Two side-by-side black and white images of abstracted shapes.

    Hirshhorn Announces “Carlotta Corpron: Light Is a Plastic Medium” Surveying the Career of Abstract American Photographer

    Exhibition To Showcase Six Major Bodies of Work and Recent Gift From Herbert Lust, Feb. 27, 2026–Jan. 31, 2027
    • September 18, 2025
    • Hirshhorn Museum
    • Exhibitions
  • Necklace by Melissa Schmidt

    Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show Opens Sept. 26

    New Location in the Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall
    • September 17, 2025
    • Public Programs
  • A graphic with black background, white dots and stars and yellow text.

    Anacostia Community Museum Celebrates 58th Anniversary With “A Night at the Museum”

    After-Hours Program for Visitors 21+ Returns With an Extended Time
    • September 11, 2025
    • Anacostia Community Museum
    • Public Programs
  • Prairie Dog Unsung Hero of the Grasslands

    Smallest Herbivores Create the Biggest Impact for Grassland Forage

    Prairie Dogs and Grasshoppers Do More Than Their Larger Herbivore Counterparts To Keep Soil and Plant Nutrients Cycling
    • September 10, 2025
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Research News
  • A woman in a long dress sits on a stool reading a book to a group of children.

    Smithsonian Museums in Washington Commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month 2025

    • September 10, 2025
    • Public Programs
  • Spliced image of a white technical stereo on the left and a man in a studio with large speakers on the right.

    "Art of Noise" Exhibition Tracing History of Music and Design to Open at Cooper Hewitt

    Featuring Over 300 Works and Immersive Audio Installations by Teenage Engineering and Devon Turnbull
    • September 10, 2025
    • Cooper Hewitt
    • Exhibitions
  • Exterior of building with large lookout tower and glass, reflective sidining.

    National Air and Space Museum Expands Its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

    • September 9, 2025
    • Air and Space Museum
    • Administrative News
    • Administrative News
  • A wood table, low to the ground, has various foods on display.

    National Museum of Asian Art Announces Its 2025 Chuseok Family Festival

    Festival to Feature Interactive Activities, K-pop Dance and Live Korean Wrestling Demonstrations
    • September 4, 2025
    • Asian Art Museum
    • Public Programs
  • Graphic with black background, large and colorful stylized block numbers and letters

    Alex Katz, Adam D. Weinberg and Bank of America Announced as Distinguished Honorees for Archives of American Art Annual Gala

    Gala Honors Visionary Leaders Who Have Shaped the Story of American Art
    • September 2, 2025
    • Archives of American Art
    • Administrative News
  • Graphic with black background, picture of an animal and large white, blocky text

    Two Ticketed Halloween Celebrations at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

    For Families: Boo at the Zoo Oct. 17, 18 and 19 | For Adults 21+: Night of the Living Zoo Oct. 24 and 25
    • August 28, 2025
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Public Programs
  • Black background with white graphic lines and white letters in the center

    Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Explores Prevalence of American Indian Images, Words and Stories in American History and Contemporary Life

    “Americans” Begins Simultaneous Tours in Kansas, Kentucky and Colorado
    • August 21, 2025
    • Traveling Exhibition Service
    • Exhibitions
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  • Large wooden boat sits in well-lit conservation space.

    National Museum of American History Opens New Exhibition of the Revolutionary War-Era Gunboat “Philadelphia”

    Visitors Can Follow the Ongoing Conservation Work on an American Treasure
    • August 21, 2025
    • American History Museum
    • Exhibitions
  • Tropical rainforest with palm trees and an overcast sky.

    Study Reveals Carbon Markets Undervalue Shade-Grown Coffee Farms

    Existing Shade Trees on Coffee Farms Store More Carbon Than Tree-Planting Projects Can Sequester
    • August 19, 2025
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Research News
  • Picture of a girl in a white dress with large ballgown standing in front of a red car.

    Lowrider Exhibitions Set To Cruise Into the Smithsonian

    National Tour Launches Sept. 13 and National Museum of American History Exhibition Opens Sept. 26
    • August 19, 2025
    • American History Museum
    • Traveling Exhibition Service
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  • assorted stone tools

    To Craft Early Tools, Ancient Human Relatives Transported Stones Over Long Distances 600,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

    Stone Tools Unearthed in Kenya Reveal That Hominins Regularly Moved Raw Materials Several Miles
    • August 15, 2025
    • Natural History Museum
    • Research News
  • A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis).

    River Otters Unfazed by Feces and Parasites While Eating…and That’s Good for Ecosystems

    New Study Offers First Look at Diet and Ecology of River Otters in Chesapeake Bay
    • August 14, 2025
    • Environmental Research Center
    • Research News
  • Close-up of a painting showcasing a bookcase with various items on it and Asian calligraphy.

    National Museum of Asian Art Presents “Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared”

    First U.S. Exhibition of Masterpieces From the Lee Kun-Hee Collection
    • August 14, 2025
    • Asian Art Museum
    • Public Programs
  • Frog that has succumbed to chytrid disease.

    Scientists Use Climate Data To Map, Predict Amphibian Chytrid Disease

    New Modeling Method Could Hold Key To Restoring Panamanian Frog Populations
    • August 14, 2025
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Research News
  • A fighter plane with narrow nose and wide wings in a light gray color flies above the clouds.

    F-15C Eagle Joins National Air and Space Museum Collection

    First F-15 Fighter Jet to be Displayed at the Udvar-Hazy Center
    • August 13, 2025
    • Air and Space Museum
    • Exhibitions
  • A small one-person plane in light gray sits on the floor of a museum gallery.

    National Air and Space Museum Displays Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft

    Wisk Gen 3 Full-Scale Prototype on Display at the Udvar-Hazy Center
    • August 7, 2025
    • Air and Space Museum
    • Exhibitions
  • Black and white image of a man standing with his arms crossed in front of a painted surfboard

    Archives of American Art Receives $2 Million From the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation To Support Its Digital Transformation

    • August 5, 2025
    • Archives of American Art
  • Multimedia piece of an abstract figure looking through a window with rails.

    Archives of American Art Presents “Breaking Down Walls: Art as a Portal for the Incarcerated”

    Exhibition Will Be on View Sept. 5–Jan. 18, 2026
    • August 4, 2025
    • Archives of American Art
    • Exhibitions
  • north view of the Smithsonian Castle

    Smithsonian Statement on Impeachment Exhibit

    • August 2, 2025
    • Administrative News
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