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Around the Mall

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What Does it Mean to be “Museum-Worthy?” How a Political History Curator Defines the Term

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The List- Five Must-See Butterfly Spots Around the Mall

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Face to Face With a Garbage Patch at Sea

Andrew Young

At the Portrait Gallery: The Civil Rights Legend Ambassador Andrew Young

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This Thursday Make it a Movie Night at the Film Forward Festival

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The Simpsons Break Into the Smithsonian

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Events for May 9-May 13: Harry Potter, Cultural Dialogue, “Cosmic Collisions”

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Weekend Events: Asian Pacific American Heritage, Garden Fest, Mother’s Day

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It’s Time to Garden at the Smithsonian

Astronaut Alan Shepard in his pressure suit, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned space flight. On May 5, 1961, Shepard piloted the Freedom 7 mission and became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space.

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard Went to Outer Space and Came Home

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first American in space

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The List: Mother’s Day at the Smithsonian

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On This Day in History: Remembering the Freedom Rides

There is much to celebrate in the month of May but today we acknowledge the civil rights movement

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An Old Favorite Returns to the National Zoo

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The Diary of Civil War Nurse Opens at the American History Museum

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At the National Portrait Gallery: Remembering the Death of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth

May 2-6 Events: Written in Bone, Smithsonian Garden Fest and More

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Weekend Events: Andrew Young, Kabul Museum, Poetry

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The List- 9 Poets at the Smithsonian (UPDATED: Make that 10 Poets!)

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Grazia Toderi’s Digital Visions on Display at the Hirshhorn

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Freer Curator Lee Glazer on the Newly-Restored Peacock Room

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