Caroline Baumann has held many leadership positions at the museum since 2001. Continue reading Acting Director Caroline Baumann steps up to become director of the Cooper-Hewitt
What better way to celebrate the beginning of summer than sampling some local microbrews while listening to some local bands? Throw in a little art appreciation and you’ve got a date! Continue reading Music, art and beer. It doesn’t get better than this.
An unusual collaboration has joined Plato’s “sister sciences” of music and astronomy into a true “music of the spheres.” Continue reading Star Songs: the music of the spheres
Scientists have long been confounded by when turtles first began developing their unique shell. New discoveries indicate it may have occurred much earlier than previously thought. Continue reading How the turtle got its shell (with apologies to Rudyard Kipling)
It’s not always easy to put that art degree to work, but those who master the history of decorative arts with the Smithsonian are in high demand. Continue reading Going for a decorative degree (and we don’t mean that it looks nice hanging on the wall)
Bozie’s arrival brings the National Zoo’s herd of Asian elephants to four. Continue reading Hi, y’all! Bozie arrives at the National Zoo from Baton Rouge
As young students embark on a lifelong quest for learning they can earn digital badges from the Smithsonian to mark their progress along the way. Continue reading On a quest for a digital merit badge
Get out of your awkward chair and become a crowdsourcing warrior who will bridge the gap in funding the world’s first comprehensive exhibition on the ancient discipline of yoga. (See what we did there? Yeah, we’re as ashamed as a downward facing dog.) Continue reading “Yoga: The Art of Transformation” also offers a way to transform how exhibitions are funded
For the first time, the Smithsonian All-Staff Meeting was held off the Mall at the National Museum of the American Indian. Check out some of the highlights, watch the webcast on Prism and meet some of your colleagues in New York. Continue reading Live from New York, the 2013 Spring All-Staff Meeting!
We all hear about the superstars—the colleagues who make scientific breakthroughs or uncover brilliant young artists or unravel historic mysteries—but what about those colleagues who do exceptional work at indispensable jobs that never make the news? Continue reading Going the extra mile every day: 2013 Unsung Hero Awards
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
