Morning Mist, Thomas Hunster, 1915. Oil on canvas. Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Thomas Watson Hunster (1851-1929) was an accomplished artist and innovative art educator in ...

A traveling version of the thought-provoking Smithsonian exhibition “Americans” will begin a six-year national tour in August. Based on the major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the ...

Thomas McKenney, United States superintendent of Indian trade in Georgetown, then port of entry for the District of Columbia, conceived the idea of developing a government collection of portraits of ...

The story of America unfolds through powerful exhibitions that illuminate the nation's past, present, and future.

Smithsonian scientists strive to understand the natural world from plants to planets. We work to save endangered species and conserve biodiversity, explore the Earth’s geological past and present, and ...

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Where have we come from? Where are we heading? : Forty years of African art studies ...

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 ...

Object Details Author Nejelski, Leo Notes At head of the title: Where to find and how to take good pictures. Includes index. Date 1939 Type Handbooks, manuals, etc Physical description 111 p. ; ill. ; ...

Object Details Author Liu, Cary Y (Cary Yee-Wei) 1955- Ching, Dora C. Y Smith, Judith G. 1941- Princeton University Art Museum Notes "Papers prepared for an international symposium organized by the ...

Explore collection items related to the 1970s. The Smithsonian's collections represent our nation's shared history, art from across the globe, and the immense diversity of the natural and cultural ...

A new global analysis reveals a critical oversight in sustainable coffee and carbon-capture initiatives. These programs ...