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Smithsonian Announces Its 2023 Artist Research Fellows
- August 21, 2023
- Education News
Smithsonian Continues Collecting Artifacts From Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

Congressional Medal for the Jan. 6 Defenders, Photographs, Law Enforcement Gear and Personal Effects Added to National Museum of American History’s Collections
- August 21, 2023
- American History Museum
- New Acquisitions
Smithsonian’s Carousel To Be Removed From National Mall for Renovations

It Will Return to the Same Location in Time for the Nation’s 250th Anniversary Celebration in 2026
- August 21, 2023
- Smithsonian Enterprises Retail
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Celebrates Its Centennial With an Exhibition at Kyoto’s Oldest Zen Temple

Project Is a Partnership With Canon Inc. and Kyoto Culture Association
- August 17, 2023
- Asian Art Museum
- Exhibitions
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Announces Fall Lectures
- August 17, 2023
- Air and Space Museum
- Public Programs
National Museum of African American History and Culture Recognizes the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington
- August 16, 2023
- African American Museum
- Exhibitions
Cooper Hewitt Announces 2023 National Design Award Winners
- August 15, 2023
- Cooper Hewitt
- Public Programs
More Than 800 Human-Harvested Shellfish Species Tend To Be More Resistant to Extinction

Researchers Caution That Harvests Must Be Sustainably Managed To Preserve Populations for Future Generations
- August 15, 2023
- Natural History Museum
- Research News
National Museum of African Art Releases “Heroes” Publication

Donation to African Libraries and Universities; First Collection Book To Debut Museum’s Fully Integrated Approach
- August 11, 2023
- African Art Museum
- Exhibitions
National Museum of Asian Art Presents “Park Chan-kyong: Gathering”

Exhibition Is First Solo Presentation of the Korean Artist’s Work in a Major US Institution and Inaugurates the Museum’s New Modern and Contemporary Galleries
- August 7, 2023
- Asian Art Museum
- Exhibitions
Recipients of the Archives of American Art Medal and the Lawrence A. Fleischman Award Announced
- August 7, 2023
- Archives of American Art
- Public Programs
Analysis Reveals Ancestry, Possible Descendants of Enslaved and Free African Americans

Scientists Analyzed DNA From an African American Burial Ground Located at a Historic Maryland Ironworks
- August 3, 2023
- Natural History Museum
- Research News
Smithsonian American Art Museum Reexamines Narratives of the American West in Major Exhibition Bringing Together Works by 48 Contemporary Artists

Only Venue on the National Tour Located East of the Rocky Mountains
- July 28, 2023
- American Art Museum
- Exhibitions
Smithsonian Magazine Announces “There’s More to That,” a New Podcast in Partnership With PRX
- July 27, 2023
- Smithsonian Magazine
- Public Programs
Smithsonian Associates Presents “Anderson Cooper on the Astors: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune” in Person
- July 20, 2023
- Smithsonian Associates
- Public Programs
Cooper Hewitt to Present “An Atlas of Es Devlin” in Fall 2023

Celebrated Artist and Designer Es Devlin To Install 30-Year Archive in First Monographic Museum Exhibition July 14
- July 14, 2023
- Cooper Hewitt
- Exhibitions
Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Launches “AeroEspacial” Podcast Limited Series
- July 13, 2023
- Air and Space Museum
- Public Programs
National Museum of the American Indian Presents the Best in Indigenous Film in the Native Cinema Showcase in Santa Fe
- July 12, 2023
- American Indian Museum
- Public Programs
National Museum of the American Latino Announces Internships in Underrepresented Communities

Young Ambassadors Program Adds Internships in Texas, Tennessee and Massachusetts
- July 6, 2023
- American Latino Museum
- Public Programs
National Postal Museum Announces Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award Recipients

John McClure Hotchner, Donald J. Sundman and Scott R. Trepel Will Receive Award Nov. 4
- July 6, 2023
- Postal Museum
Bezos Earth Fund Grants $12 Million to Smithsonian To Support Major Forest Carbon Project
- July 6, 2023
- Tropical Research Institute
- Research News
“Reconstructing Weatherbreak” Shows Architecture’s Role in Extreme Weather

National Museum of American History Collaborates With The Catholic University of America on Hands-On Construction of Geodesic Dome Inside the Museum
- July 3, 2023
- American History Museum
- Exhibitions
National Museum of the American Indian Repatriates Ancestral Remains to Four Indigenous Communities and Confederations in Ecuador
- June 29, 2023
- American Indian Museum
Anacostia Community Museum Announces Summer Hours

Extended Weekend Hours Begin July 8
- June 28, 2023
- Anacostia Community Museum

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