This is a sampling of approximately 2, 330 media clips covering the Smithsonian the week of Jan. 11 – Jan. 15, 2021 Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was Jan. 11 – Jan. 15, 2021
Secretary Bunch invites us to look forward as we commemorate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary. Continue reading Our foundation is our future: The Smithsonian at 175
Conceived in the the 1940s as an antidote to hypermasculine superheroes, by the 1970s, the Amazon warrior princess had been stripped of her superpowers and relegated to running a boutique. Continue reading Sidedoor: How Wonder Woman Got Her Groove Back
In this interview from the American Women’s History Initiative. Anya Monteil shares her insight as a curator at two different musuems. Continue reading Curator Anya Montiel Shares Native American History through Art and Craft
While the building has seen politically motivated mayhem in the past, never before has a mob of insurrectionists tried to overturn a presidential election. Continue reading The History of Violent Attacks on the U.S. Capitol
This is a sampling of approximately 1,700 media clips covering the Smithsonian the week of Jan. 4 – Jan. 8, 2021. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was Jan.4 – Jan. 8, 2021
Statement from Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III on the events of January 6, 2021. Continue reading A Clarion Call for Democracy
Secretary Bunch shares his own special version of the classic Christmas poem along with his very best wishes for a safe, healthy and joyous holiday season. Continue reading ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
This is a sampling of approximately 3,450 media clips covering the Smithsonian this week. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week of Dec. 14 – Dec. 18, 2020
Just in time for Christmas, the sixth season of the award-winning Sidedoor podcast begins with the tale of a misguided attempt to create a lifelike baby doll. Paging Dr. Frankenstein… Continue reading Thomas Edison’s Demon Dolls
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
