Visitors can celebrate elephants, culture and conservation during EleFest, a three-day festival at the Smithsonian’s National ...

The Anacostia Community Museum will host its largest-ever Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, Friday, June 19, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The free, full-day event, “Power in the Past, Stren ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will host a press preview of the new exhibition “From These Lands: Sharing Our Natural and Cultural Heritage” Tuesday, J ...

In the pendant surrounding the Hope Diamond are 16 white diamonds, both pear-shapes and cushion cuts. A bail is soldered to the pendant where Mrs. McLean would often attach other diamonds including ...

A common item with uncommon potential for redesign and reinvention. Explore chair designs from across the globe within the Smithsonian's collections.

Phyllis Diller (July 17, 1917–August 20, 2012) is widely considered to be the first woman stand-up comic to perform as a solo act. To celebrate her 100th birthday in 2017, the Smithsonian worked with ...

While the museum has hosted Juneteenth events since 1989, this year’s expanded program introduces a signature “Juneteenth ...

There is no public parking facility for Smithsonian museums on the National Mall. A limited number of city-operated metered parking spaces are available, including several accessible parking spaces.

The United States has been shaped by aspirational ideals, often shared but sometimes in conflict and contested since its founding. Much of who we are as a nation continues to be informed by the ...

For nearly 250 years, Americans have been inspired by the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence. American Aspirations brings together for the first time more than 30 of Smithsonian’s ...

Methods of Disease Transmission. There are many insects that are the primary or intermediate hosts or carriers of human diseases. Pathogens that are capable of being transmitted by insects include ...

Explore a selection of dinosaur fossils and related artifacts in the National Museum of Natural History's collections. Learn the story of O.C. Marsh and how his unquenchable thirst for fossils ...