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Smithsonian Education

How Museums Can Be Spaces for Reflection and Connection (Even with Their Doors Closed)

Perseverance Rover on Mars ( NASA Illustration)

National Air and Space Museum

Six Ways to Celebrate Perseverance This February

Sasun, a local guide, takes in the view of Mount Ughtasar. (My Armenia Program)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

See Armenia Through the Eyes of a Local Guide

The broad-tailed hummingbird uses its fiery throat feathers, called a gorget, to attract a mate. (Kati Fleming, CC BY-SA 3.0)

National Museum of Natural History

Eight of Nature’s Wildest Mating Rituals

January was a month full of firsts for giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji. The growing bear played with enrichment toys, took his first bites of sweet potato and bamboo, and had his first encounter with snow!

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

January's Best Giant Panda Moments—In Video

(James Renwick Jr., Sketch of the north tower of the Smithsonian Castle, 1846. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Graphic treatment by Deanna Luu)

Your IMPACT | Your Smithsonian

Our Foundation is Our Future

Jim McDowell holds his jug, “Emmett Till.” (Photo By Rimas Zailskas, courtesy of Asheville Made Magazine)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Facing History: Lessons from the Potter’s Wheel

The trunk of Frank's car after three hours of collecting.

National Museum of American History

The Cold Morning of the Day After

National Museum of American History

Director of the National Museum of American History Reflects on the Challenges of Our Historic Times

Julia Kwon’s interactive art projects facilitate solidarity and community

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Making the Most: In the Studio with Julia Kwon

Unearthing a karas (large storage vessel, amphorae) at Trinity Canyon Vineyards. (My Armenia Program )

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

A Wine Expert's Diary from the Roads of Vayots Dzor, Armenia

Amelia Joe-Chandler, Hogan Teapot, 2013. Hammered copper and cast silver. 7.5 x 11 x 9cm. National Museum of the American Indian, 26/9781. Photo courtesy of the artist, Amelia Joe-Chandler.

Office of Academic Appointments and Internships

Steeped in Memory: Amelia Joe-Chandler’s Hogan Teapot at NMAI

Admas. From left, clockwise: Abegasu Shiota, Henock Temesgen, Tewodros Aklilu, and Yousef Tesfaye. (Photo courtesy of Frederiksberg Records)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Sons of Ethiopia: A Snapshot of Admas and D.C. Music in the 1980s

Leconte’s flatsedge (Cyperus lecontei) has distinctive spikelet scales and fruit which are used by scientists to identify it. (Carol Kelloff)

National Museum of Natural History

Get to Know the Scientist Behind the Smithsonian’s 140,000 Grass-Like Sedges

This is a giant spindle magnetofossil, created by a mysterious creature over 50 million years ago. So far, the iron fossils have only been found during two periods of intense global warming. (Kenneth Livi, Courtney Wagner, and Ioan Lascu)

National Museum of Natural History

New Way to Study Magnetic Fossils Could Help Unearth Their Origins

Robert S. Duncanson,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Celebrating Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Duncanson

The Tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, is a unique reptile found in New Zealand. New research suggests the species has two mitochondrial genomes. (Robert Sprackland)

National Museum of Natural History

Intern Helps Find First Vertebrate With Two “Powerhouse” Genomes

The Smithsonian came into being around the same time as the medium of photography (Graphic created by Deanna Luu)

Your IMPACT | Your Smithsonian

175 Years of Photography at the Smithsonian

Celebrate the Mayan New Year with a Mayan astronomy webinar in Spanish and more in February’s lineup of virtual programs from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. (

National Museum of Natural History

Seven Free Natural History Programs Streaming in February

Matthew McConaughey joins Gayle King for a Smithsonian Asssociates Streaming event on February 10 to discuss his new memoir. (Vida Alves McConaughey)

Smithsonian Associates

An Evening with Matthew McConaughey and 26 Other Virtual Smithsonian Events in February

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