The Smithsonian Institution was established by an act of Congress in 1846 as an independent federal trust instrumentality, a ...

Research resources: Online Catalog, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Smithsonian Digital Repository, and more... The ...

The Smithsonian is one of the world’s foremost research centers in science, the arts, and the humanities. In addition to ...

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As the keeper of memory for the nation, it is our privilege and responsibility to tell accurate and complete histories. As has been recently reported, in July, a placard was removed from the National ...

Pamphlet “Common Sense,” 1776. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. “We have it in our power to begin the world over again,” Thomas Paine proclaimed in the pamphlet “Common Sense,” his ...

Recent reports about the Smithsonian removing the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter and a stool from the National Museum of American History and National Museum of African American ...

John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940–July 17, 2020) was a giant in the civil rights movement whose wisdom, courage, and moral clarity earned him the nickname “the conscience of the Congress” during ...

The Chinese Lunar New Year begins January 29, 2025, and starts the Spring Festival season that ends fifteen days later on the evening of the Lantern Festival. The Chinese zodiac rotates through a ...

"I’m not superstitious, but I’m a little stitious.” As the New Year approaches, this iconic line from The Office feels more relatable than ever. From gulping grapes in Spain to donning yellow ...

Sojourner Truth was a women's rights advocate known best for her famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?" But Truth never actually said these words. In fact, much of the Truth we know…is fiction. Depictions ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art announces the appointment of seven new members to the museum’s national board. Based in the United States and Africa, these new members are global ...