Modupe Labode examines the life of the great civil rights leader and explains why we must be willing to make “good trouble” to create a community we all want to live in. Continue reading John Lewis and “Good Trouble”
Newly digitized, Dunham’s papers reflect her work as a scholar and as a scientist and as a woman doing anthropology in her own right Continue reading Help Transcribe Field Notes Penned by S. Ann Dunham, a Pioneering Anthropologist and Barack Obama’s Mother
On the 10th anniversary of our first Smithsonian selfie, a reminder that we’re just as good-looking as ever. Continue reading Our Smithsonian: We are the Smithsonian
In collaboration with USA TODAY, the Smithsonian presents Summer Road Trip, a Smithsonian at-home activity guide. Continue reading Join us on a summer road trip
Volunteers are needed to help Smithsonian Associates move their programming online. Continue reading Volunteer now: Smithsonian Associates Launch Online Training Program
Sabrina Motley, director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, thanks the volunteers who are critical to this and every Festival’s success. Continue reading An Open Letter of Appreciation to Our Festival Volunteers
Anne-Marie Gilliland chats with two Castle docents about how they are continuing to share the Smithsonian’s mission despite the COVID-19 shutdown. Continue reading A date with destiny: Castle docents meet the Smithsonian Learning Lab
Dr Kay Behrensmeyer is a leading light for women in science. Continue reading Dr. Kay Behrensmeyer: Scaling the heights of scientific acheivement
The Hirshhorn Museum is documenting these unprecedented times by having artists, who are hunkered down in quarantine just like everyone else, film short videos of themselves to serve as a living historical archive. Continue reading Artists in Quarantine: A video archive of an unprecedented time
When it comes to reconstructing how ancient creatures lived, palaeontologists like us are as much detectives as we are scientists. Continue reading The Conversation: Prehistoric human footprints reveal a rare snapshot of ancient human group behavior
Vote now for the Autumn 2025 Windows Lock Screen. Voting ends Sunday, September 21st! Continue reading Vote now for the Autumn 2025 Windows Lock Screen
(Ed. note: We should note that it's never wise to stand behind a cow, even a buttery one. Cow pies never win blue ribbons.) Continue reading Behind the Butter Cow: A Look at the Renwick’s new State Fair exhibition
More than $2.5 million in grants has been awarded to fund projects ranging from exposing little kids to nature, the link between movement and emotional wellbeing and building a robotic telescope. Continue reading 2025 Together we Thrive
Melanie Adams will serve as interim director beginning August 26. Continue reading Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum is stepping down
