He’s a symbol of patriotism, protest, and power. But behind the red, white, and blue is a real man—and a disputed American ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced that Jeffrey P. Cunard is endowing the museum’s curatorial ...

For the first time since 2014, keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) have ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

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On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor ...

May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Explore a selection items in the Smithsonian's collections that reflect the Jewish American experience as well as the significant role Jewish Americans and those ...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American cartoonist Crockett Johnson created a series of paintings on mathematical subjects. They’re based on theorems, laws, and mathematical figures, but ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait ...

Circular No. 15, January 24, 1867 (approved January 29, 1867) in regard to selections in satisfaction of railroads and other congressional grants; With forms for verification of lists of selections, ...

Media interested in attending the Jan. 14 open house can RSVP to Rick H. Lee, [email protected]. There will be no formal remarks. Yao-Fen You and the curatorial team are available for interviews upon ...