Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Mid-19th Century Reactions to a Laundry Invention

Benny Andrews sits at a table with a microphone, cups, and a pitcher of water with a yellow, green, and blue abstract painting hanging behind him. He is wearing a black button down shirt and raising his hands while talking.

Archives of American Art

How Artist Benny Andrews and an Archival Assignment Inspired an HBCU Student

This illustrated page from comic book Chickaloonies: First Frost shows the Grandma character seated by a fire telling a story to three children seated in the foreground.

Smithsonian Education

Intergenerational Creativity and Learning through Indigenous Comic Art

Ruth Bader Ginsburg at a Smithsonian event.

National Museum of American History

Join the Smithsonian to Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Quinceañera (fifteen-year-old girl) wearing a long strapless dress and posing by her mother's side.

National Museum of the American Latino

A Dream Quinceañera? Latina Girlhood in Mainstream Media

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Turning a Quarantine Into a Journey With Xavier de Maistre

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Conserving and Digitizing the Hewitt Sisters' Diaries

A black and white photograph of artist Augusta Savage standing next to her sculpture

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Presenting Ten More Visionaries and Rule Breakers in SAAM's Collection

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National Museum of Natural History

Say Hello to the Scientist Using DNA to Track Plankton Diversity

Acanthoctenus manauara female.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

A Young Biologist Shares Her Love for Eight-Legged Creatures

A man points to a video screen in a classroom with students seated in the foreground.

Archives of American Art

How a Survey Course Assignment Connected Students With Contemporary Artists

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National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

50 Panda Facts to Celebrate 50 Years of Giant Pandas at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

Black and white photo of Margaret W. Moodey sitting at a desk with a microscope and gemstones

American Women's History Initiative

Using Data Science to Uncover the Work of Women in Science

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Exploring the Travel Diaries of Gilded Age Girls Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt

Second grade group picture of Fernanda Cruz's yearbook.

National Museum of the American Latino

Fernanda Contreras Cruz: Overcoming School Segregation

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Fannie Farmer Knew Her Pies

Cleveland Volcano with white clouds circling it as seen from the water on a bright, sunny day.

National Museum of Natural History

To Track Magma's Path to Eruption, Scientists Say There's Something in the Water

Watercolor image of mountain scene with a cloudless blue sky, trees and boulders in the foreground, and the artist’s stamp in the bottom left-hand corner.

Archives of American Art

Chiura Obata's American Landscape Art

Five orange, 3D-printed statues of female scientists in a garden in front of the Smithsonian Castle on a sunny day.

National Museum of Natural History

120 3-D-Printed Statues of Women Redefine What Scientists Look Like

Group of teenagers in front of a school building.

National Museum of the American Latino

When Emma Tenayuca Disturbed the Peace: A Girl at the Forefront of Civil Commotion