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    National Museum of Asian Art and the Royal Commission for AlUla in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Announce New Collaboration for Cultural Exchange

    • May 14, 2025
    • Asian Art Museum
    • Administrative News
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    National Air and Space Museum Announces Five New Galleries Will Open July 28

    Remaining Galleries and Renovation Completion Scheduled for July 1, 2026
    • May 14, 2025
    • Air and Space Museum
    • Exhibitions
  • A tan and black spotted leopard lounges across a bare tree limb in a desert setting.

    Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute To Welcome Critically Endangered Arabian Leopards in a Major Conservation Cooperative Agreement With Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla

    • May 13, 2025
    • National Zoo & SCBI
  • Overhead image of a crowd milling around small planes on a outdoors tarmac.

    “Innovations in Flight” at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Will Commemorate 80th Anniversary of World War II End

    • May 12, 2025
    • Air and Space Museum
    • Public Programs
  • Three side by side photos of different men smiling for the camera.

    National Postal Museum Announces Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award Recipients

    Gordon Eubanks Jr., Christopher King and Patrick Maselis Will Receive Award Nov. 8
    • May 8, 2025
    • Postal Museum
  • A man in jeans and gray sweatshirt leans casually against wall, next to two glass designer chairs.

    Cooper Hewitt Acquires Major Collection of Work by Groundbreaking Designer Tobias Wong

    • May 8, 2025
    • Cooper Hewitt
    • New Acquisitions
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    William “Monty” Graham Named Director of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

    • May 8, 2025
    • Environmental Research Center
    • Administrative News
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    Smithsonian Presents Ava DuVernay With Great Americans Medal

    Signature Honor of the National Museum of American History Recognizes Extraordinary Achievement and Philanthropy in May 8 Ceremony
    • May 7, 2025
    • American History Museum
  • Black and white image of a small plane with military painting flies over clouds and open fields.

    National Air and Space Museum To Host Annual Amelia Earhart Lecture May 21

    Cmdr. Porter Halyburton Will Present “Reflections on Captivity”
    • May 7, 2025
    • Air and Space Museum
    • Public Programs
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    Smithsonian Holds Education Summit To Prepare Educators for the Nation’s 250th Anniversary

    Free Three-Day Summit Features Over 40 Sessions in Art, Culture, History and Science
    • May 1, 2025
    • Public Programs
    • Education News
  • A bat with large black wings extended skims surface of water catching small frog in its mouth.

    Palatable Versus Poisonous: Eavesdropping Bats Must Learn To Identify Which Prey Is Safe To Eat

    Data Collected on Juvenile and Adult Fringe-Lipped Bats Reveal the First Clues Into the Development of Eavesdropping Behavior in Predators
    • April 30, 2025
    • Tropical Research Institute
    • Research News
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    Smithsonian Response to Reports About Artifacts On View

    • April 28, 2025
  • A group of visitors sit at tables making crafts in a gallery hall.

    Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2025 at the Smithsonian

    • April 24, 2025
    • Public Programs
  • Man wearing glasses and a short sleeve shirt crouches down a field of tall green grass.

    Hotter Temps Trigger Wetlands To Emit More Methane as Microbes Struggle To Keep Up

    Scientists Dial Up Heat and Carbon Dioxide in Futuristic Experiment
    • April 23, 2025
    • Environmental Research Center
    • Research News
  • An older man kneels next to a telescope and young girl looking at the sun.

    Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Launches Nationwide Astronomy Program for Rural Schools

    Smithsonian Aims To Provide a Telescope and Astronomy Lessons to Every Rural School in America
    • April 23, 2025
    • Astrophysical Observatory
    • Public Programs
  • Graphic with a blue background, yellow text and stylized front of a temple with three columns.

    Smithsonian Associates Announces 2025 Dates for “Smithsonian Sleepovers”

    Six Overnight Adventures Await Children at the Natural Museum of Natural History
    • April 23, 2025
    • Smithsonian Associates
    • Public Programs
  • A group of awards with silver hand sculpture and wood base sit on a podium.

    National Portrait Gallery Announces Jamie Dimon, Temple Grandin, Joy Harjo and Steven Spielberg To Receive Museum’s 2025 Portrait of a Nation Award

    Honorees’ Portraits To Be On View Beginning Nov. 14
    • April 23, 2025
  • Vintage photo of women kneeling in a field holding flowers.

    Photography Exhibition From the National Museum of the American Indian’s Archives Center Reveals Community Stories

    • April 21, 2025
    • American Indian Museum
    • Exhibitions
  • Exterior of light, natural stone building with undulating sides and curved windows.

    Treaty With the Pawnee, 1857 Is On View at the National Museum of the American Indian

    • April 18, 2025
    • American Indian Museum
    • Exhibitions
  • Woman wearing a red dress with a flowing shoulder cover.

    Smithsonian To Present Great Americans Medal to Ava DuVernay

    • April 16, 2025
    • American History Museum
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    Anacostia Community Museum Announces Spring and Summer Programs

    • April 7, 2025
    • Anacostia Community Museum
    • Public Programs
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    Bezos Earth Fund Gives $2 Million Grant To Launch Groundbreaking Amphibian Conservation Project Across Latin America

    • April 2, 2025
    • Tropical Research Institute
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Research News
  • A brown and black bird with a long, thin beak flies in a clear blue sky.

    Discovery of Hidden Groups Within Migratory Shorebird Could Aid Conservation

    Tracking Data Revealed Three Groups of Long-Billed Curlew, Each With Unique Migration Patterns and Conservation Needs
    • April 2, 2025
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Research News
  • Man with dark skin and grayish t-shirt stands with hands clasped.

    Hirshhorn Announces Landmark Exhibition “Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen” in Honor of Museum’s 50th Anniversary

    Artist’s First Solo Exhibition in Washington, D.C., On View April 4, 2025–Jan. 3, 2027
    • March 31, 2025
    • Hirshhorn Museum
    • Exhibitions
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