The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the launch of season six of its PORTRAITS podcast. Hosted by the ...

ALERT: The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History will be CLOSED Tuesday, July 9, due to NATO meetings in Washington, D.C. Admission is ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced a special Asia After Dark program commemorating Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. The event takes place Friday, Nov. 1, 5–9:30 p.m. It ...

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation granted the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) $12 million to support GEO-TREES, a partnership of a dozen research organizations providing a free, ...

Andrew Earle Simpson, composer and professor of music at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Shenshuping Base in Wolong, China, May 16. (Photo credit: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.) Photos and b-roll will ...

Yūzū Nenbutsu Engi (Origins of the Yuzu Nenbutsu Sect) 融通念仏縁起 (detail), Handscroll, Kamakura or period, 14th century, Japan, Ink, color, and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian ...

Since our founding, the Smithsonian has relied on the talents and dedication of people outside of the institution. James Smithson was a "gentleman-chemist," and our first Secretary, acclaimed ...

Smithsonian Ambassadors are stationed outdoors on the National Mall. With a mobile cart next to the statue of Joseph Henry as their home base, they alternate between roving the Mall and serving at the ...