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Photograph of Val Laigo next to his mosaic in Dr. Jose Rizal Park, Seattle, Washington (detail), between 1988 and 1989 / unidentified photographer. Val Laigo papers, 1954-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Archives of American Art

Val Laigo and the Mosaic of Filipino America

Tyler Fuqua,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Mom's the Word with artist Tyler Fuqua

Last summer, I brought my son, Toby, with me on a field work trip to Kenya for the first time. It wasn’t easy but I’m glad I did it and would definitely do it again. (Briana Pobiner, Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

How to Balance Motherhood and a STEM Career

Postcard of the Smithsonian Institution Castle sent in 1939 from my mom in Washington, D.C. to my uncles in Casper, Wyoming—nearly 80 years before I started working at the Smithsonian. (Kirk Johnson)

National Museum of Natural History

Museum Director Discovers His Mother’s Childhood Visit to the Smithsonian

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: Are Birds Dinosaurs and Other Questions from Our Readers

Effie Kapsalis is the Senior Digital Program Officer for the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

American Women's History Initiative

A Conversation with Effie Kapsalis

Anthony Benedetto,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Nature is the Boss: Tony Bennett's Central Park

Was the Loch Ness Monster a Plesiosaur? Smithsonian paleontologist, Hans Sues, answers your questions in the National Museum of Natural History’s YouTube series, “The Doctor Is In.” (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

Was the Loch Ness Monster a Plesiosaur and Other Questions from Our Readers, Including Slash (Yes, THE Slash).

Members of the Cherokee Youth National Choir taking part in the installation of the Treaty of New Echota at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi/AP Images for the Smithsonian)

National Museum of the American Indian

The Treaty That Forced the Cherokee People from Their Homelands Goes on View

Smithsonian Sleepover at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar Hazy Center (Smithsonian Associates)

Smithsonian Associates

18 Things to Do at the Smithsonian in May

Smithsonian paleobiologist Scott Wing digs for plant fossils in Wyoming. (Tom Nash)

National Museum of Natural History

Old Fossils, New Meanings: Smithsonian Exhibit Explores the History of Life and What it Means for Our Future

Sonic Blossom /2013–present / Lee Mingwei / Ongoing participatory performance installation with chair, music stand, costume, and spontaneous song / Installation view at “Lee Mingwei: Sonic Blossom,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015 /Photo: Anita Kan.

Smithsonian Year of Music

Lee Mingwei on Music and Sonic Blossom

Promotional image, The Stormy Man, directed by Umetsugu Inoue, Image © 1957 Nikkatsu

Smithsonian Year of Music

Japan, Jazz, and Movies at the Freer|Sackler in April

Pandereta (Plena Drum), Puerto Rico, 20th Century Division of Home and Community Life, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Gift of Teodoro Vidal

Smithsonian Year of Music

Reflections on the Puerto Rican Plena, Post-Hurricane Maria

Harper's Bazaar celebrated the centennial of George Washington's 1789 inauguration with a cover featuring the first president dancing the minuet at his inaugural ball.

Smithsonian Year of Music

Music at the White House: From the 18th to the 21st Centuries

Trumpet owned by Louis Armstrong, 1946, Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Smithsonian Year of Music

Louis Armstrong: The First Great Jazz Soloist

Photograph of the dedication of Friendship Fountain at McGill University, 1931 May 29 / unidentified photographer. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers, 1851-1975, bulk 1888-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Archives of American Art

Looking in Unexpected Places: Miscellany in Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Papers

Ernest Fiene,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Notre Dame

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

National Museum of Natural History

Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? Smithsonian Scientist Weighs In

George Inness,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

"Niagara" by George Inness: Familiar and Strange

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