Former President Barack Obama warned about succumbing to fear even as we cowered at news of zombie spiders, algae invasions, disappearing moons and 60 years of volcanic eruptions. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was April 28 – May 4, 2019
April 3, 1987. The Smithsonian acquires Folkways Records, founded in 1948 by Moses Asch. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: April 3, 1987
This week we listened to music, watched films and pondered the importance of image in telling unheard stories. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was Feb. 17 – Feb, 23, 2019
We spent the week with a song in our hearts and soul food in our stomachs. All in all, not such a bad week! Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was Feb. 10 – 16, 2019
James Deutsch rides along with this SI photographer as he captures moments that make the mundane memorable. Continue reading Moments on the Metro: The Photographs of Hugh Talman
January 11, 1994. “Workers at the White House” opens as a traveling exhibition. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: January 11, 1994
Charleen Smith-Riedel shares her father’s letters from WWII and reminds us that we should re-envision and celebrate ourselves and our nation as Americans connected by our diversity, the hallmark of our national strength and a resource worthy of protection. Continue reading Thanksgiving on the Western Front
This week, Philly cops are encouraged to take a field trip and Chinese mitten crabs are strongly discouraged from doing the same. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was July 8 – July 14, 2018
July 13, 1974. The World Eskimo Olympics take place on the Mall. Some events are cancelled when organizers realize too late that it rarely snows in July in Washington, D.C. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: July 13, 1974
“Planet of the Apes” may turn out to be a documentary as we learned that capuchin monkeys have already entered the Stone Age. Keep looking over your shoulder… Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was July 1 – July 7, 2018
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
