Who was Mary E, Harper? Continue reading The Conversation: The hidden story of two African-American women looking out from the pages of a 19th-century book
School has started and it’s time for a Smithsonian field trip! This one may be a little different than you remember. Continue reading Sidedoor: Field Trip!
Almost 70 acclaimed designers will exhibit and sell their work at the 2019 Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show and Sale Oct. 3 to Oct. 5 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Continue reading Don’t hang it over the sofa–Wear Your Art!
UPDATE: CfA scientists and their colleagues on the Event Horizon team have achieved what was thought to be impossible–the first image of a black hole, earning them the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Continue reading The “Oscar of Science” goes to…
Blood-sucking leeches, death stars and pandas (of course, it’s always about pandas)—just another week at the Smithsonian. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was August 24 – August 31, 2019
Heading to the beach for the long Labor Day Weekend? Just turn around. Go home. You’ll thank us later. Continue reading Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water
Yeah, good luck with that. We saw “Stand By Me.” Continue reading Anna Phillips is on a mission to make leeches less scary
Monday, August 26, marks 20 years to the day since we received the “First Light” image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, of an exploded star 11,000 light-years away called Cassiopeia Continue reading Twenty years later, “First Light” continues to glow
The most important thing in the news last week happened 400 years ago. We have news and analysis of the 1619 Project and much more. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was August 11 – August 24
Erin Blasco takes us behind the scenes as Smithsonian curators help the FBI solve a real-life crime mystery. Continue reading They’re not in Kansas any more: The Case of the Stolen Slippers
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
