Memories may last forever, but unless you act to preserve them, the photos, film and documents that commemorate special events will not. Experts from Smithsonian Institution Archives recently offered advice on protecting your own personal archives. Continue reading You asked, we answer: Taking care of your own archives
After the fall of Saigon in 1975, thousands of Vietnamese fled their homeland. A new documentary tells the little-known story of the USS Kirk’s valiant efforts to rescue “The Lucky Few.” Continue reading Saving “The Lucky Few” after the fall of Saigon
Celebrate American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month in November with dozens of public programs and performances. Continue reading Food, film, music and more at the American Indian Museum
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has contributed a total of $50 million to the Smithsonian. Continue reading Multimillion-dollar endowment will fund new programs
John Kress has combed tropical forests for decades searching for rare plant species. He shared some of his adventures in the jungles of Myanmar with radio host Lynn Rosetto Kasper. Continue reading Botanist spices up ‘A Splendid Table’
Harold Closter, director of Smithsonian Affiliations, shares his impressions of the National Storytelling Festival. Continue reading “The universe is made of stories, not of atoms”
There’s really nothing that needs to be said, other than wet lion cubs after the jump. Awwwww. Continue reading Taking the plunge
How do you recreate the ocean in a box? National Zoo Keeper Mike Henley talks about how he cares for the aquatic invertebrates in the Zoo’s collection and how the National Zoo is also working to preserve them in their native habitats. Continue reading Meet the scientist: Mike Henley, “Coral Whisperer”
UPDATED Dec. 10, 2010. A new exhibition at the Portrait Gallery is the first to examine how questions of gender and sexual identity have shaped modern American portraiture. Continue reading ‘Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture”
Celebrate American Archives Month at the first-ever Smithsonian Archive Fair Friday, Oct. 22. (Unfortunately, representatives from the Jedi Archives shown in the picture will not be attending.) Continue reading First Smithsonian Archives Fair is Friday, Oct. 22
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
