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Kim Sajet in the National Portrait Gallery’s podcast studio. Photo by Gabrielle Obusek, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. 

 

National Portrait Gallery to Premiere Season Five of Its PORTRAITS Podcast
10.17.2023
Portrait Gallery Public Programs
Holiday lighting at the Zoo

Trees festively decorated with brightly colored lights dazzle visitors at ZooLights at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.  (Photo by Skip Brown, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

 

ZooLights Returns Nov. 24 to Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Open Select Evenings Nov. 24 Through Dec. 30; Paid Tickets Required
10.13.2023
National Zoo & SCBI Public Programs
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Afrofuturism and HBCUs Highlight October Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
10.10.2023
African American Museum Public Programs
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Visitors trick-or-treating at the 2021 "Air & Scare" event at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Image courtesy the National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center Hosts Annual “Air & Scare” Event Oct. 28
10.02.2023
Air and Space Museum Public Programs
Painting of man cutting hair on the sidewalk

Credit: “Anthony Cuts under the Williamsburg Bridge, Morning” by Alison Elizabeth Taylor, first prize winner of the

2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, marquetry hybrid (wood veneers, oil paint, acrylic paint, inkjet prints,

shellac, and sawdust on wood), 2020. Collection of the artist. Copyright Alison Elizabeth Taylor. Courtesy of

Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

 

National Portrait Gallery Announces Jurors and Call for Entries for Next Triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
Selected Artworks Will Be Exhibited in Major Exhibition and Tour
09.27.2023
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions Public Programs
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Caitlin Meehye Beach Awarded the 35th Annual Eldredge Prize for Her Book “Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery”
09.27.2023
American Art Museum Public Programs Education News
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Smithsonian Examines Philanthropy at a Symposium and in an Exhibit
National Museum of American History Hosts “Power of Giving” Symposium on Philanthropy’s Role in Social Justice and Adds New Stories to “Giving in America” Exhibit
09.18.2023
American History Museum Exhibitions Public Programs
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Image courtesy Lil' Libros

National Portrait Gallery Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Día de Los Muertos
09.13.2023
Portrait Gallery Public Programs
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Smithsonian Launches 10th Season of Its Flagship “Sidedoor” Podcast
The 'Gentle Anarchy' of the Muppets
09.13.2023
Public Programs
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Boo at the Zoo Returns Oct. 20, 21 and 22 at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
09.11.2023
National Zoo & SCBI Public Programs
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Smithsonian’s National Zoo Hosts Panda Palooza: A Giant Farewell, Sept. 23 to Oct. 1
Giant Pandas Will Return to China by Early December
09.06.2023
National Zoo & SCBI Public Programs
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National Postal Museum To Host Maynard Sundman Lecture
Cheryl Ganz To Speak on “U.S. Zeppelin Postage Stamps”
08.24.2023
Postal Museum Public Programs
Seddon, Sullivan, Fisher

Anna L. Fisher, Kathryn D. Sullivan and Rhea Seddon taking a break from various training exercises at a three-day water-survival school held near Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Announces Fall Lectures
08.17.2023
Air and Space Museum Public Programs
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Cooper Hewitt Announces 2023 National Design Award Winners
08.15.2023
Cooper Hewitt Public Programs
Composite photo of AAA Award winners

Clockwise, from upper right: Ruth Fine (photo by Frank Stewart); Keith Haring Foundation logo, courtesy Keith Haring Foundation; Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (photo by Grace Roswell)

 

Recipients of the Archives of American Art Medal and the Lawrence A. Fleischman Award Announced
08.07.2023
Archives of American Art Public Programs
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Smithsonian Magazine Announces “There’s More to That,” a New Podcast in Partnership With PRX
07.27.2023
Smithsonian Magazine Public Programs
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Photo by John Nowak

Smithsonian Associates Presents “Anderson Cooper on the Astors: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune” in Person
07.20.2023
Smithsonian Associates Public Programs
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Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Launches “AeroEspacial” Podcast Limited Series
07.13.2023
Air and Space Museum Public Programs
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Still image from Hey Viktor (Credit Lightning Mill Inc.) 

National Museum of the American Indian Presents the Best in Indigenous Film in the Native Cinema Showcase in Santa Fe
07.12.2023
American Indian Museum Public Programs
Group photo of YAP participants

The 2023 cohort of the Young Ambassadors Program pose with Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino Director Jorge Zamanillo (far left.) Smithsonian Institution photo.

National Museum of the American Latino Announces Internships in Underrepresented Communities
Young Ambassadors Program Adds Internships in Texas, Tennessee and Massachusetts
07.06.2023
American Latino Museum Public Programs
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Bobi Cespedes in performance

Afro-Cuban American musician Bobi Céspedes performed at the Folklife Festival in 2016 and returns for an evening concert Friday, July 7. Photo by Joe Furgal, Smithsonian Institution

Evening Concerts at the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
06.23.2023
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs

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