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Smithsonian and the Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos Present a Symposium To Broaden Discussion on Migration

11.02.2018

American Latino Museum Public Programs Education News

Astronaut Scott Kelly returning from a year in space (Photo: Bill Ingalls/NASA)

Smithsonian Associates Presents November Program Highlights

11.02.2018

Smithsonian Associates Public Programs

National Museum of American History Hosts Fourth Food History Gala

Julia Child Foundation To Present Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken With Julia Child Award Featured Speakers Are Chefs Bobby Flay, Traci Des Jardins and Kajsa Alger and Food Writer Barbara Fairchild

11.01.2018

American History Museum Public Programs

Imagine the Future With the Smithsonian and 2018’s Biggest Thinkers

Experimental Long Conversation Convenes Dec. 7 for a Night of Ideas, Art and Food in America’s First National Museum

10.31.2018

Arts and Industries Public Programs

National Air and Space Museum Commemorates 100th Anniversary of the End of the World War I and Veterans Day 2018

10.29.2018

Air and Space Museum Public Programs

Smithsonian Magazine Announces the 2018 American Ingenuity Awards Winners and the Launch of the Second Annual Smithsonian Ingenuity Festival

The Annual American Ingenuity Awards Honor Individuals Who Are Transforming American Culture

10.26.2018

Smithsonian Magazine Public Programs

Smithsonian Announces 2019 as the Year of Music

Institution-wide Initiative To Feature 365 Days of Music

10.22.2018

Public Programs

2018 Hopi Festival. MNA collection by Ryan Williams Photography.

American Indian Heritage Month Celebrations Feature Festivals, Performances, Screenings and Talks at the National Museum of the American Indian

Free Public Programs in Washington, D.C., and New York City

10.22.2018

American Indian Museum American Indian Museum Heye Center Public Programs Education News

New “Mars Experience” at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center

10.19.2018

Public Programs

Visitors learn about science at Air & Scare.

“Air & Scare” Takes Over the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center

10.12.2018

Public Programs

Cooper Hewitt Announces Lineup of 2018 National Design Week Events

10.12.2018

Cooper Hewitt Public Programs

Pasatono, Mexican music ensemble — Courtesy of Pasatono, Mexico’s premier indigenous music ensemble.

Día de los Muertos Festival at the National Museum of the American Indian

10.11.2018

American Indian Museum Public Programs

National Museum of African American History and Culture Exterior

“Widows” To Open Smithsonian African American Film Festival, “If Beale Street Could Talk” To Close Film Festival

Oscar-Winning Director Barry Jenkins, Emmy-Winning Actress Regina King, Actress Kiki Layne, Actor Stephan James To Join Post-Screening ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Discussion Oct. 27 Films by Oscar-Winning Filmmakers To Preview Before National Release

10.11.2018

African American Museum Public Programs