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Many contemporaries argued that Black men had more than earned the right to vote through their military service in the Civil War. (NMAH)

National Museum of American History

In 1868, Black Suffrage Was on the Ballot

This fossilized dinosaur head and vertebrae were discovered in 1883 but only recently gained its name, Smitanosaurus agilis. (Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Scientists Give Old Dinosaur a New Name

Maggie Lena Walker (Scurlock Studio Records, NMAH Archives Center).

National Museum of American History

How Maggie Lena Walker Became the First Black Woman to Run a Bank in the Segregated South

At the Smithsonian, educators have used the pedagogy of game-based learning to create innovative programs and activities that open the door to vast content and collections for learners of all ages. (National Museum of Natural History)

Smithsonian Education

Changing the Game with Game-Based Learning

Black Banjo Reclamation Project founders Hannah Mayree and Carlton “Seemore Love” Dorsey, with banjos made by Brooks Masten of Brooks Banjos in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Avé-Ameenah Long)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

A Quest to Return the Banjo to Its African Roots

Scientists described a new species of Bryde’s-like whale using the skeleton of a whale that washed ashore in the Florida Everglades in 2019 and is now part of the Smithsonian’s marine mammals collection. (NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC Permit No. 779-1633-0)

National Museum of Natural History

Scientists Describe New Species of Rare Bryde’s Whale

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

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