To commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Smithsonian Science Education Center today released a new free eBook, ...

From the 1880s to the 1910s, Americans took to the wheel, sparking a nationwide bicycle craze. In the era before automobiles, bicycles were a means of affordable personal mobility. This nationwide ...

Explore Jim Henson's puppets and Muppets in the Smithsonian's collections along with related collection items. Learn their backstories, their missions, and the inspiration for each of them. Listen to ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

“¡Puro Ritmo! The Musical Journey of Salsa” Will Premiere in the Museum’s Temporary Exhibition Space at the National Museum of American History ...

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Portraiture festival and performance of “Forever Is a Feeling” by Moveius Contemporary Ballet Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery—Kogod Courtyard Eighth and G streets N.W. Saturday, March 14 ...

The year that Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while attempting to fly around the world was a tumultuous one. The Hindenburg airship went down in flames in New Jersey. Pablo ...

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Click to open image viewer. A white poster with black lettering used by Arthur J. Schmidt during the 1968 Memphis March. The poster reads "HONOR KING: END RACISM." A small Allied Printing Trades union ...

This introductory text is borrowed from the 1957 Smithsonian Publication Automobiles and Motorcycles in the U.S. National Museum written by curator Smith Hempstone Oliver. At present a large number of ...

Bogs, meadows, marshes & swamps : a guide to 25 wetland sites of Washington State / by Marie Churney and Susan Williams ...