July 12, 1953 Dr. Howard K. Thompson’s collection of miniature soldiers goes on display in the Arms Court of the Arts and Industries Building. We really wish we knew more about this. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: July 12, 1953
July 9, 1994. The sesquicentennial exhibition “America’s Smithsonian” travels to Japan. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: July 9, 1994
July 2, 2010. A new exhibit at the American Art Museum links American icons Norman Rockwell, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: July 2, 2010
June 28, 1995. After several years of controversy, the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, goes on display at the Air and Space Museum. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: June 28, 1995
June 26, 1967. A new exhibition at the Museum of History and Technology showcases experimental levitating scuba divers. Or maybe not. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: June 26, 1967
June 14, 1974. The first of three Bicentennial exhibitions opens at the Portrait Gallery, featuring an actual tea chest thrown overboard during the Boston Tea Party. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: June 14, 1974
The “tyrant king” was the apex predator of its time–and ours, according to “Jurassic Park.” Continue reading Adding insult to extinction
June 8, 1984. The first comprehensive exhibition of folk artist Erastus Salisbury Field opens. Inexplicably, this does not create a resurgence in popularity of the name “Erastus.” Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: June 8, 1984
June 6. 1967. A printing press used by Benjamin Franklin is among the objects on display in in the new exhibition “Growth of the United States” at what is now the American History Museum. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: June 6, 1967
Paleobiologist Scott Wing explains the science behind the spectacle. Continue reading Deep Time: Old fossils, new meanings
Watch footage from the Apollo 11 launch at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia Continue reading Apollo 11 Launch Celebration July 16
Secretary Bunch checks in after his first two weeks on the job. Continue reading This place makes an impression on people
Michael Rubin introduces us to Rose Dunn, who brings her experience as an educator to her long career as a Smithsonian volunteer. Continue reading A rose by any other name would still be one of the Smithsonian’s most valued volunteers
No one can keep up with everything, so let us do it for you. We’ll gather the top Smithsonian stories from across the country and around the world each week so you’ll never be at a loss for conversation around the water cooler. During a week in which we prepared to celebrate humankind’s most triumphant… Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week of July 8 – July 14, 2019
July 15,1886. Thomas Smillie becomes the first custodian of the first Section of Photographic History at the United States National Museum as well as its first photographer. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: July 15, 1896
