Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie ...

The Office of General Counsel (OGC) protects the legal interests of the Smithsonian Institution. OGC attorneys provide legal advice and counsel to the Board of Regents, Secretary, and other ...

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Calling all Boys & Girls Clubs of America! The Smithsonian Institution, Amazon Prime, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), and the National Football League (NFL) have partnered together to donate ...

Cellphones put the power of the world at our fingertips and it's all made possible by rocks formed millions of years ago, deep underground.

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 ...

Don Eddy once described himself as “an obsessive-compulsive precisionist.” The execution of his hyperrealistic paintings requires tremendous discipline and scrupulous attention to detail. His process ...

This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance July 12, 2024 – April 20, 2025 Portrait Gallery ...

Memory is a repository for history—one that can be unlocked by the voice. But living memory can be lost forever if it is not recorded. That is why historians across the Smithsonian are racing to ...

In 1974, the U.S. Senate dress code forbade women from wearing pants. Emily Card, then a legislative fellow, was too busy drumming up support for the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to comply. “By the ...

Mark your calendars for the education conference of the summer! The 2025 Smithsonian National Education Summit takes place July 15th–17th, 2025 — offered both virtually for a global audience and ...

Gretchen Welch and David Welch celebrated a milestone for the National Museum of Asian Art at the Centennial Celebration Dinner on May 11, 2023. PHOTO Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for National Museum of ...