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From the Smithsonian Museums

Gather your supplies for flower exploration and natural dye lab. All photos by Gloria Kenyon.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Flower Exploration and Natural Dye Lab

Ceramic olla purchased from Soledad Lala (Soboba Luiseño), Riverside, California, for the collections of the Museum of the American Indian, with a sketch by the collector, E. H. Davis. Olla: NMAI 7/1952. Drawing: Expedition Sketch Book, No. 2, November 1917. Edward H. Davis Papers, Huntington Free Library Collection 9166, Cornell University Library (National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian; sketch courtesy of the Cornell University Library)

National Museum of the American Indian

Spotlight on Collections: Reuniting Objects and Expedition Field Notes

The Smithsonian Latino Center offers fun learning opportunities that celebrate Latinidad.

National Museum of the American Latino

Six Fun Learning Activities for April

In the Peruvian Amazon, drones like this one are being used to monitor and prevent future destruction of the rainforest from artisanal gold mining. Photo by Guy Loftus for Conservation X Labs.

Earth Optimism

Innovating Modern Solutions to Conservation Problems

Karen Osborn, invertebrate zoologist and curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, uses photography to help people connect with the hard-to-see marine animals she studies, like this deep-sea jellyfish (Voragonema pedunculata). (Karen Osborn, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Why Science Needs Art

Sabrina Sholts is the curator of biological anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. (Paul Fetters, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Get to Know the Scientist Studying Ancient Pathogens at the Smithsonian

The V-1 (Vergeltungswaffe Eins, or Vengeance Weapon One), was the world's first operational cruise missile. (Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Insitution)

National Air and Space Museum

The Myth of the German “Wonder Weapons”

Good news is out there – if you look for it. For instance, just this month scientists announced that we are on our way to recovering oceans by 2050.

Earth Optimism

Here’s How to Find Optimism in This Moment of Fear and Uncertainty

The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Preparing for Cheetah Cubs

Crimilda in cap and gown, Courtesy of Western Michigan University Special Collections, Crimilda Pontes Graphic Arts Archive.

Your IMPACT | Your Smithsonian

Crimilda Pontes: The Original Designer of the Smithsonian Sunburst

Chief Warrant Office Two Misty Dawn Lakota (Oglala Lakota) takes part in the White House Conference on Supporting Contemporary Native American Veterans. Washington, D.C., November 19, 2019. (White House photo by Andrea Hanks)

National Museum of the American Indian

"I Chose to Serve Because of My Mother. I Wanted to Make Her Proud."—Chief Warrant Officer Two Misty Dawn Lakota

The National Museum of Natural History’s new Chief Scientist, Dr. Rebecca Johnson (James D. Tiller, Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

Meet the Smithsonian’s Newest Chief Scientist

William Henry Holmes's

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Museum from Home: Crafting Edition

Choose your background. A little bit country...with Albert Bierstadt's

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

The Art of the Teleconference

Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery and host of PORTRAITS

National Portrait Gallery

Museum's "PORTRAITS" podcast examines the stories beyond the canvas

Two pandas at China’s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (also called Chengdu Panda Base or CPB).

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Learning More About Panda Health One Drop of Blood at a Time

Genízaro Delvin Garcia standing in remains of the 18th-century Santa Rosa de Lima Church. Abiquiú, New Mexico, 2019. (© 2020 Russel Albert Daniels)

National Museum of the American Indian

“Developing Stories: Native Photographers in the Field” Presents Contemporary Native Experiences from the Inside

Al Worden visits his Apollo 15 spacesuit at the National Air and Space Museum.

National Air and Space Museum

Our Friend Al Who Went to the Moon: Remembering Al Worden

Insect expert Dan Babbitt talks about the Chilean Rose Tarantula on “Smithsonian Science How,” a video series for students. (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

Seven Ways to Learn About Natural History From Home

Dr. Ellen Stofan is John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Photo by Jim Preston, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

Earth Optimism

Finding Optimism For The Earth Among The Stars