To mark World AIDS Day, Katherine Ott takes us back almost 40 years when all hell broke loose as people began to sicken and die from a mysterious and frightening disease that became a global pandemic. Continue reading Silence = Death: The beginning of the epidemic
The Smithsonian community has created a block for the AIDS Memorial Quilt that honors our colleagues lost to this disease. It is on display in the Ripley Center through February. Continue reading Creativity and Crisis: The Smithsonian AIDS Memorial Quilt Block
The AIDS Memorial Quilt will unfold at the Folklife Festival this summer and you can help curate what is displayed. Continue reading The AIDS Memorial Quilt will unfold at this year’s Folklife Festival
For decades, scientists with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Conservation Ecology Center and partners have traveled to Myanmar to study Asian elephants, a species threatened by poaching, habitat loss and human-elephant conflict. Continue reading Field in Focus | Saving Elephants in Myanmar (Part 3)
From exposing the secret lives of mammals to protecting native orchid growth, citizen scientists strengthen Smithsonian conservation around the world. Continue reading Citizen scientists: You don’t need a doctorate to help heal the Earth
Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton recently tweeted his gratitude to the Smithsonian's thousands of volunteers. Follow him at https://twitter.com/David Skorton Continue reading We’re all a-twitter!
We learned about efforts to make art more representative of the nation’s citizens and Trump’s efforts to make the nation more representative of … Trump. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week of May 5 – May 11, 2019
May 19, 1883. The relics of George Washington are transferred to the National Museum. Martha is not part of the deal. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: May 19, 1883
