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  • National Museum of African American History and Culture Announces New Exhibition Exploring the Legacy and Impact of Mary McLeod Bethune

    “Forces for Change” Opens Friday, July 19
    • July 19, 2024
    • African American Museum
    • Exhibitions
  • Celestial Imagery from the Chanda X-ray Observatory to Appear in Six Metro Stations

    • July 18, 2024
    • Astrophysical Observatory
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  • National Portrait Gallery and the Archives of American Art Present “Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return”

    On View Oct. 18–July 6, 2025
    • July 11, 2024
    • Archives of American Art
    • Portrait Gallery
    • Exhibitions
  • National Museum of the American Latino

    National Museum of the American Latino Kicks Off Annual Community-Conscious Leadership Practicum

    • July 10, 2024
    • American Latino Museum
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  • National Portrait Gallery Names Diana Movius Its Next Choreographer-in-Residence

    • July 9, 2024
    • Portrait Gallery
    • Administrative News
  • Restored Oyster Sanctuaries Host More Marine Life

    Sanctuaries in Chesapeake Shelter Higher Oyster Populations and More Marine Life—Including Parasites—Than Nearby Harvest Areas
    • July 9, 2024
    • Environmental Research Center
    • Research News
  • Black and white image of a woman in a dark dress and white headwrap.

    National Portrait Gallery Acquires Earliest Known Photograph of a US First Lady

    c. 1846 Daguerreotype of Dolley Madison Joins First Known Photograph of US President
    • July 1, 2024
    • Portrait Gallery
    • New Acquisitions
  • Media Alert: Smithsonian Folklife Festival Continues June 29 to July 1 on National Mall

    • June 28, 2024
    • Folklife and Cultural Heritage
    • American Indian Museum
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  • Smithsonian’s “Forensic Science on Trial” Exhibition Explores What Happens When Science Enters the Courtroom

    Crimes and Science Across 150 Years of History On View June 28
    • June 27, 2024
    • American History Museum
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  • Smithsonian American Art Museum Hosts 11th Annual SAAM Arcade 2024

    Popular Free Public Event Highlights Innovative Video Games That Explore Travel and Adventure
    • June 27, 2024
    • American Art Museum
    • Public Programs
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    After 20 Years, Ancestor Rock, Kānepō, To Return Home to Hawaiʻi

    Kānepō Has Been at the National Museum of the American Indian Since 2004
    • June 21, 2024
    • American Indian Museum
  • National Museum of Asian Art Presents “An Epic of Kings: The Great Mongol Shahnama”

    Reuniting More Than 20 Folios From a Dispersed Masterpiece of a Medieval Persian Manuscript—Nearly 700 Years Old
    • June 17, 2024
    • Asian Art Museum
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  • National Museum of African American History and Culture Acquires Largest Collection of Charleston Slave Badges

    New Collection Available To View Online at the Searchable Museum
    • June 17, 2024
    • African American Museum
    • New Acquisitions
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    Rising Carbon Dioxide May Be Diluting Plant Nutrients, Threatening Herbivores

    Nutrient Dilution Could Be an Underappreciated Driver of Biodiversity Loss
    • June 13, 2024
    • National Zoo & SCBI
    • Research News
  • Smithsonian Welcomes the Start of Summer With “Solstice Saturday”

    • June 13, 2024
    • Public Programs
  • National Portrait Gallery Announces “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance”

    On view July 12–April 20, 2025
    • June 11, 2024
    • Portrait Gallery
    • Exhibitions
  • Smithsonian Announces Endowment of the Smithsonian Science Education Center Director

    • June 11, 2024
    • Smithsonian Science Education Center
    • Administrative News
  • National Museum of African Art Presents “Bruce Onobrakpeya: The Mask and the Cross”

    Highlights Celebrated Printmaker and His Legacy in Nigeria
    • June 7, 2024
    • African Art Museum
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  • National Postal Museum Will Host Guest Artist Program

    Renowned Stamp Artist Katie Kirk To Participate in Five Free Events
    • June 3, 2024
    • Postal Museum
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  • ‘Life in the Ocean Touches Everyone’: U.S. Rolls Out First National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy

    Strategy Calls for Evidence-Based Protections, Stronger Information Pipeline and Greater Attention to Local and Indigenous Knowledge
    • June 3, 2024
    • Environmental Research Center
  • TEMPO Air Quality Data Now Publicly Available

    Valuable Air Quality Collected by the TEMPO Mission Now Being Released to the Public
    • May 31, 2024
    • Astrophysical Observatory
    • Research News
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture To Display Space Devoted to Black Design

    • May 30, 2024
    • African American Museum
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    Two New Giant Pandas Coming to Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute From China by End of the Year

    New 10-Year Research and Breeding Agreement Signed
    • May 29, 2024
    • National Zoo & SCBI
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  • Festival on the National Mall in front of the Smithsonian Castle

    Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program To Highlight the Living Traditions of Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere

    2024 Program Celebrates the National Museum of the American Indian
    • May 28, 2024
    • Folklife and Cultural Heritage
    • American Indian Museum
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