He’s a symbol of patriotism, protest, and power. But behind the red, white, and blue is a real man—and a disputed American ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced that Jeffrey P. Cunard is endowing the museum’s curatorial ...

For the first time since 2014, keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) have ...

Leading up to the 1920s, African American music came to the attention of the white music industry and white music audiences. In 1912 W. C. Handy became the "Father of the Blues" with his composition, ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to 1974. In January, the television sitcom Happy Days premiered on the ABC network. On March 1, a grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted ...

The Smithsonian offers fun and challenging experiences for K–12 kids interested in science, nature, technology, art, design, history, culture, or all of the above. These programs build confidence and ...

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American cartoonist Crockett Johnson created a series of paintings on mathematical subjects. They’re based on theorems, laws, and mathematical figures, but ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1978, Time magazine donated approximately eight hundred works of original cover art to the National Portrait ...

Chronicles the progression of the show from the early years with Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie to the present broadcast family with Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Al Roker, and Natalie Morales.