Events August 15 – 18: Born to Be Wild, Negro League Stories, Book Signing and a Jazz Funk Show
This week, Smithsonian brings you an IMAX animal adventure, storytelling about the Negro League era, a visiting author and a free outdoor jazz funk concert
The List: 5 Weirdest Worms at the Smithsonian
Cheryl Bright, manager of the Smithsonian’s National Invertebrate Collection, leads a “show and tell” of her favorite creepy crawlers
The Chilean Miners’ Fénix Capsule: Now on Display at “Against All Odds”
A year after the collapse, the Natural History Museum’s new “Against All Odds” exhibition tells the story and science of the Chilean mine rescue
Events August 8-11: Student Sit-ins, When Volcanoes Erupt and John Wayne in the Philippines
This week: experience the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins, get a lesson on volcano scholarship and attend an evening “Mingle at the Museum”
Surviving Tornado Alley
The Natural History Museum’s Samuel C. Johnson IMAX presents Tornado Alley, a documentary that seeks to discover the heart of a tornado
Is Race a Social Construct? The Natural History Museum Investigates
The Natural History Museum’s newest exhibition “Race: Are We So Different,” opened on June 18. Here’s a look inside
Events Post July 4-8: a tour of Air and Space’s highlights, jury duty for the John Brown trial, a trip to the Ocean Hall, Pirates and the dancing Siletz
The week of July 4, join the Smithsonian Institution in offering you a look at the Air and Space Museum, an exploration of piracy, an Ocean Hall scientist
One Hundred Years Ago Today, A Mars Meteorite Fell in a Blaze
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Nakhla meteorite falling to Earth. See and touch this piece of Mars at the Natural History Museum
June 20-24 Events Post: Interactive Carts, ImaginAsia, Choctaw Days, Forensic Science, and Tarantulas
This week join the Smithsonian Museums in offering you interactive carts, a look into the life of a Chinese opera performer, a Choctaw Indian festival
Dancing Splash Mob Floods the Natural History Museum
Watch the Smithsonian’s first ever flash mob in the Natural History Museum’s Ocean Hall
Events June 6-10: Spacesuits, Quilting, Wild Ocean, Ikebana, Coffee + Art
Events for the week of June 6 include spacesuits, a quilting demonstration, ikebana and more
How Do You Feed A Whale Shark?
Whale sharks gather off of the Yucatán Peninsula every summer for one big feeding frenzy
Weekend Events May 27-30: Lincoln, Spark!Lab, Friendship Dance, Dinosaurs
Weekend Events May 27-30: May 30 is your last chance to see Abraham Lincoln, An Extraordinary Life exhibition at the Museum of American History.
Dance of the Dumbo Octopod Decoded
Zoologist Michael Vecchione, director of the NOAA Lab at the Natural History Museum, sheds some light on the mysterious deep-sea creature
Events for the Week of May 23-27: Grand Canyon, Aviator’s Lecture, Lincoln and More
Events for May 23-May 27 include the annual Lindbergh lecture, film screenings and the close of the Lincoln exhibit at the American History Museum
The List: Five Volcanoes to Watch
On the anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the ATM blog team, has compiled a list of five volcanoes that currently threaten population centers
Don’t You Wish You Could Wear the Hope Diamond?
How did such a huge rock come to be in the possession of such a party girl like Evalyn McLean
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