Click to open image viewer. This modified strip quilt with nine blocks was pieced by Avis Collins Robinson in the style of Gee's Bend, Alabama, quilts. It was quilted by Mensie Lee Pettway and Andrea ...

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is home to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. The Rinzler Archives house two major collections. One collection is the Moses and Frances ...

Katelynd Anderson, interim director, Anacostia Community Museum Jennifer Sieck, “We Make History” exhibition curator ...

A new analysis of GPS tracking data from 37 animal species, paired with cellphone location data from across the United States ...

The Airphibian was a technical success as a flying car, but despite being a media favorite during public demonstrations ...

The Smithsonian will host a press preview of “American Aspirations,” an exhibition that brings together more than 30 iconic objects from across Smithsonian museums, many rarel ...

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honored the winners of the 2026 National Design Awards alongside a distinguished ...

Music and spirituality are intricately related, with spirituality often being the inspiration for the creation of music, and music so often creating the desired atmosphere for a spiritual occasion.

Six black-footed ferret kits were born at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) research ...

Learn about Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) and how environmental disasters of his day inspired the creation of Earth Day in 1970. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host its annual “Innovations in Flight” outdoor display at the museum’s ...

As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, the Smithsonian will reopen two of its most iconic and historic buildings, ...