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Thirteen “Because of Her Story” interns spent the summer uncovering stories of remarkable American women and learning museum practice. Pictured: Stella Hendricks, intern, National Portrait Gallery. (Michael Barnes)

American Women's History Initiative

“Because of Her Story” Interns Look to Historical Role Models

Visitors leave hand-written notes after viewing the exhibition,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

"Art Does Have an Impact": Visitors Respond

Siobhan Starrs joined the “David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time” team in 2009. She spent a decade working on the exhibit, which opened on June 8. (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

How Siobhan Starrs’ Harrowing Hike Shaped the New Fossil Hall

Melissa encounters a buffalo (or is it a bison?) on the Q Street Bridge in Washington, DC.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Reframing American Art

SAAM Arcade 2018. Photo by Libby Weiler.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

SAAM Arcade 2019: Representation Matters

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s megalodon model is a 52-foot-long female based on a set of teeth discovered in the Bone Valley Formation in Florida. (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

Megalodon May Be Extinct, but There’s a Life-size One at the Smithsonian

SMITHSONIAN at 8's A Garden Party: From Africa to Asia will take place Friday, Aug. 16 in the Enid A. Haupt Garden. Guests will enjoy music, cocktails, curator talks and late-night access to galleries featuring art from the African and Asian continents.

Smithsonian Associates

A Garden Party and 21 Other Things to Do in August at the Smithsonian

Joseph Cornell,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Joseph Cornell: Reaching for the Moon

The Smithsonian’s new fossil hall includes myriad stories and details – big and small – about Earth’s 4.6-billion-year history. (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

Five Things You Shouldn’t Miss in the New Fossil Hall

Testing out Virtual Reality at SAAM Arcade 2018. Photo by Libby Weiler.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

SAAM Arcade 2019: Art, Video Games, and Empathy

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American Women's History Initiative

Women of Apollo

Visitors enter the Smithsonian’s new fossil hall for the first on June 8 when it reopened after being closed for a five-year renovation. (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

How Exhibit Writers Tackled Earth’s 4.6 Billion Year History in ‘Deep Time’

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Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Pitch Perfect: On David Levinthal, Roberto Clemente, and Baseball

Miniature dinosaurs are staged in a scene from 150 million years ago while guests peruse another display showing the same species at full-size. (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

The Experts Behind the New Fossil Hall Wrap Their Minds Around ‘Deep Time’

Smithsonian paleontologist, Hans Sues, answers your questions in the National Museum of Natural History’s Deep Time YouTube series, “The Doctor Is In.” (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

The Dr. Is In: Who Would Win in a Duel - T. rex or Stegosaurus - and Other Questions From Our Readers

Firooz Zahedi, Ellen DeGeneres, 1997. Gift of Time magazine, National Portrait Gallery (NPG.99.TC23.1) ©Firooz Zahedi

American Women's History Initiative

LGBTQ Women Who Made History

Smithsonian paleontologist, Hans Sues, answers your questions in the National Museum of Natural History’s Deep Time YouTube series, “The Doctor Is In.” (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

The Dr. Is In: Is Dimetrodon a Dinosaur and Other Questions from Our Readers

Smithsonian Associates will offer sunrise hiking tours through Great Falls National Park into Mather Gorge in July and August. (Dennis Govonni)

Smithsonian Associates

Sunrise Hiking and 20 Other Things to Do with Smithsonian Associates in July

Photo by Diana Davies

Smithsonian Year of Music

A Towering Figure in Music: Pete Seeger's Centennial

Notes on an unpublished article on black women artists for Essence (detail), circa 1980. Judith Wilson papers, 1966-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Archives of American Art

The Black Art Historian and the Visual Legacy of Revlon’s “Polished Ambers”

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