Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

How One of the Smithsonian's Newest Museums Is Looking at the Unsung Heroines of American History

Even before it has a home on the Mall, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum is sharing stories of overlooked pioneers

an absentee ballot used during the Civil War

How the Civil War Spawned the Mail-In Ballot

Secretary Bunch and Melissa Chiu

Tracing a Century of History Through Art

Canal

Reflections From a Dutch National Reckoning

a classroom of students take instructions from their teacher

How the Smithsonian Is Educating the Next Generation

an oil painting of a woman in black dress with an orange sky behind her

Who Claims the American West?