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Friedrich Georg Weitsch, Portrait of

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Before There Was Beyoncé, There Was Humboldt

Jenna Pastel, research assistant for the Smithsonian's National Zoo's nutrition laboratory, stands inside a freezer stocked with samples of exotic animal milks. The freezer holds the largest animal milk repository in the world.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Making Sense of Animal Milks

John Baldessari,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

John Baldessari: An Appreciation

Restaurateur Danny Meyer will talk about bringing Manhattan style to D.C. dining at the Smithsonian on February 20. (Daniel Krieger)

Smithsonian Associates

A Conversation with Restaurateur Danny Meyer and 18 Other Smithsonian Associates Events in February

Coiled basket jar, ca. 1900, made by Mary Burkhead (Western Mono). Madera County, California. 16/5503. Through archival research, the museum now knows that a Western Mono woman named Mary Burkhead made this coiled basketry jar, information not listed on the catalog card. The research is part of a multiyear, multi-institutional project to recover information that was separated from, or perhaps never a part of, the museum's catalog records. (National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian. Note: Objects and catalog cards in these photo composites are not to scale.)

National Museum of the American Indian

Spotlight on Collections: Expanding Both What We Know and What's Available Online

This African Bush Elephant is just the first of many photogenic sites for visitors at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. (James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

How to Take the Perfect Selfie at the Smithsonian

Guam rail bird with stocky body, striped chest feathers and stripes on its head walks through grass

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Conserving the Last of Guam’s Avifauna: The Recovery of the Guam Rail

A hand touching the Museum's lunar touchrock. Part of a photo series by Museum photographer Jim Preston.

National Air and Space Museum

Touching a Piece of the Moon

The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute welcomed many new animals in 2019, including this endangered red panda cub. (Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute).

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

2019's Conservation Stories Worth Celebrating

Scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History discovered all sorts of cool things in 2019 including the first North American medicinal leech (Macrobdella mimicus) in more than 40 years. (Anna Phillips, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

10 Popular Scientific Discoveries from 2019

Black-footed ferrets are well-suited for their prairie environment, where their colors help them blend in with grassland soils and plants.

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

What Sound Does a Black-footed Ferret Make? And Other Ferret Facts

A set of Star Wars toys manufactured for the release of The Empire Strikes Back, 1980. This set was donated to the Museum in 1997 from a private donor, Michael O’Harro. Credit: Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum.

National Air and Space Museum

Star Wars: A Merchandising Empire

Backup spacecraft for Telstar, the world's first active communications satellite. Telstar 1 began an era of live international television. After its launch on July 10, 1962, it relayed television images between the United States and France and England.

National Air and Space Museum

That’s no moon. (It's also not the Death Star.)

An R2-D2 action figure issued for The Empire Strikes Back. Credit: National Air and Space Museum.

National Air and Space Museum

How Star Wars Revolutionized Entertainment

Amelia Earhart flew this Lockheed 5B Vega solo across the Atlantic and non-stop across the United States -- both firsts for a woman. Earhart left a greater legacy than her many record flights. She also helped promote aviation and air travel, especially among women, and proved that a woman could handle an airplane as well as a man.

National Air and Space Museum

Transforming the Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery

The aircraft that enjoyed what was perhaps the longest and most successful career in air racing history was Steve Wittman's Chief Oshkosh, known in the post-World War II era as Buster. From 1931 until its retirement in 1954, this midget racer set records and took numerous trophies in class races and free-for-alls

National Air and Space Museum

The Many Lives of Buster the Air Racer

Television host Darley Newman explores falconry traditions in the desert of Qatar. She'll be speaking about Qatar at the Smithsonian on January 30. (Travels with Darley)

Smithsonian Associates

Travels with Darley Newman and 22 Other Smithsonian Associates Events in January

Return-to-Earth specialist Poppy Northcutt during the Apollo program.

National Air and Space Museum

Calculating Trajectories and Breaking Boundaries During Apollo

Artist Rendering The Nation of Speed exhibition will recount humankind’s desire to become the fastest on land, sea, air, and space in the pursuit of commerce, power, and prestige. This new gallery will be a portrait of human ingenuity and will explore how the pursuit of speed has shaped American culture and our national identity.

National Air and Space Museum

Ford v. Ferrari Reminds Us That We Are a Nation of Speed

Poster for the Aeronauts. Courtesy Amazon Studios.

National Air and Space Museum

The Aeronauts Brings the Bravado of Balloon Flight to the Big Screen (Artistic License Included)

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