What's Happening in August: Events, Exhibits and Resources
Here's what's happening this month at the National Museum of American History
Highlights of What the Smithsonian Is Archiving From the Republican Convention
"MAGA BLACK" hats, clear swag bags, the first Trump/Vance signs: Here's a look at what the Smithsonian curators are collecting
How Smithsonian Curators Visit Political Conventions to Explain the Present to the Future
When scholars from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History attend one of these gatherings, as they do each election, they save everything from hats to buttons to umbrellas to soap