Pierre Comizzoli to be Senior Program Officer for Science in the Office of the Provost. Continue reading Comizzoli adds Senior Program Officer for Science to his portfolio
For a millennial. 40 years must seem like an eon, while for someone nearing retirement, it seems like the blink of an eye. Staff from the Air and Space Museum reflect on the past four decades: what’s changed, what hasn’t and what’s on the horizon. Continue reading The more things change…
Read all about the opening of the Air and Space Museum in 1976…in 1976 media. Continue reading Step into our Wayback Machine
Earlier this month, dozens of interns and fellows from across the Smithsonian followed clues and scoured 13 museums as they raced to compete in the Summer 2016 scavenger hunt. Continue reading Good practice for hunting down those research grants
Delegates may go to political conventions to support their candidate, partisans may follow them on social media to share the next viral meme, but Political History curators have an agenda all their own when it comes to the conventions. Continue reading Collecting history as it happens at the 2016 political conventions
To commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing on the moon, the Air and Space Museum will display the rarely seen space helmet and gloves worn by Neil Armstrong. Bonus! Cool 3D images of the lunar module. Continue reading To the moon…and back again
The Smithsonian is home to the rare and unusual, the awe-inspiring and beautiful, and collections that can be found nowhere else on Earth. But who knew we’re also the go-to destination for pocket-monster collectors? Continue reading Gotta visit ‘em all!
The air space above Washington, D.C. may be a no-drone zone today, but there was a time when spies in the sky silently drifted down the National Mall and across the Potomac. Continue reading Thaddeus Lowe’s “whale of a view”
Max Kibblewhite spent all night at the Air and Space Museum to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic building and lived to tell about it. Here’s the report. Continue reading All Night at the Museum
As is traditional, the day of the Smithsonian Staff Picnic was blindingly hot and stiflingly humid, but as is also traditional, that didn’t keep everyone from having a great time! Continue reading The 2016 Smithsonian Staff Picnic
You like us, you really like us! (Most of the time, anyway.) Continue reading The Strength of the Smithsonian: Results of the Volunteer Survey
Dr. Skorton takes some time to visit with our volunteers and introduce a new feature on Torch, Volunteer Voices. Continue reading The Value of Our Volunteers
You like us, you really like us! (Most of the time, anyway.) Continue reading The Strength of the Smithsonian: Results from the Smithsonian Volunteer Survey
We took a closer look at some underappreciated women this week (aren’t they all?) and learned that for some species, size really does matter. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was April 8 – April 14, 2018
April 25, 1969. "The American Poster" opens at the American Art Museum. Its focus is not on blogging or Facebook, but poster art from the 1890s through the 1960s. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: April 25, 1969
