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Unidentified Maker*​​, Crazy Star*; ca. 1920​​, Arthur, Illinois​​, cotton and wool; 74 x 63 1⁄2 in. (detail), Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown, Promised gift to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
New Exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Examines Traditional and Innovative Designs by Amish Women QuiltersPresentation Features Recent Gift From Collectors Faith and Stephen Brown  03.27.2024American Art MuseumExhibitionsNew Acquisitions
Do Ho Suh (b. 1962, South Korea) “Public Figures” (detail), 1998–2023, Jesmonite, aluminum, polyester resin. Credit: Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul and London.
National Museum of Asian Art Announces “Do Ho Suh: Public Figures”First New Sculpture To Be Displayed Outside the Museum in Three Decades, Ushering in Museum’s Second Century  03.14.2024Asian Art MuseumNew Acquisitions
Embossed gold jar (detail), Ōnuma Chihiro (b. 1950), Japan, Shōwa era, 1988, hammered copper with amalgam gilding (kinkeshi), National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Bequest of Shirley Z. Johnson, S2022.8.37a–c Copyright Ōnuma Chihiro.
National Museum of Asian Art Announces Its Newly Acquired Shirley Z. Johnson Collection of Contemporary Japanese MetalworkObjects From This Unprecedented Gift Will Be on View in the Upcoming Exhibition “Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork”  02.26.2024ExhibitionsNew Acquisitions“Ingenuity Mars Helicopter” Prototype Joins the National Air and Space Museum Collection  12.15.2023Air and Space MuseumNew Acquisitions
Credit: Oprah Winfrey by Shawn Michael Warren, oil on linen, 2023. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Acquired through the generosity of Tommie L. Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia; Taylor and Wemimo Abbey; Anonymous; Deon Jones and Cameron J. Ross; Lisa Opoku and Loki Muthu; Mack Wilbourn; Charles Young and Andrea Wishom Young.
National Portrait Gallery Reveals a Newly Commissioned Portrait of Oprah Winfrey by Chicago-Based Artist Shawn Michael WarrenOn View Beginning Dec. 13  12.13.2023Portrait GalleryNew Acquisitions
Installation view, Isaac Julien: “Lessons of the Hour,” SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Sept. 24–Dec. 15, 2019. Copyright Isaac Julien, courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro. Image courtesy of SCAD.
Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery Acquire Visionary Film Installation “Lessons of the Hour” by Isaac JulienFirst Joint Acquisition Between the Two Smithsonian Museums Debuts in Washington, D.C., Friday, Dec. 8  11.02.2023American Art MuseumPortrait GalleryNew Acquisitions
Ocean Manuscript poem by Phillis Wheatley, 1773. Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. 
National Museum of African American History and Culture Acquires Major Collection of Work Attributed to Poet Phillis Wheatley PetersNew Objects Are Available Online in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary  of the Publication of Wheatley Peters’ Poems, Including the Only Copy of the Poet’s Long-Lost “Ocean” Poem in Her Handwriting  10.10.2023African American MuseumNew Acquisitions
Betye Saar by Michele Mattei, inkjet print, 2012 (printed 2018). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

Copyright 2003 Michele Mattei.
National Portrait Gallery Premieres More Than 20 Newly Acquired Portraits and Two New Commissions in “Recent Acquisitions”On View Nov. 3–Oct. 27, 2024  10.06.2023Portrait GalleryNew AcquisitionsNational Museum of American History Acquires Objects and Archives From America’s First MicrobreweryHistoric Anchor Brewing Co. Donates Collection to the Museum  09.29.2023American History MuseumNew AcquisitionsSmithsonian Adds Collections From Byron Lewis, Groundbreaking Advertising Entrepreneur and ExecutiveDonation Highlights Advertising Pioneer and Civil Rights Activist  09.28.2023American History MuseumNew Acquisitions
Animal care staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, welcomed a litter of five cheetah cubs to second-time mother Echo Sept. 12.  Image courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Litter of Five Cheetah Cubs Are Born at Front Royal Campus, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteViewers Can Watch Lots of Spots on Cheetah Cub Cam  09.21.2023National ZooNew Acquisitions
Congressional Gold Medal. Photo by Jaclyn Nash.
Smithsonian Continues Collecting Artifacts From Jan. 6 Capitol AttackCongressional Medal for the Jan. 6 Defenders, Photographs, Law Enforcement Gear and Personal Effects Added to National Museum of American History’s Collections  08.21.2023American History MuseumNew Acquisitions
Left: Newborn gorilla cradled by mother Calaya, a 20-year-old female western lowland gorilla. She gave birth to her second offspring May 27 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. (Photo by Valerie Schultz, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

Right: Calaya, a 20-year-old female western lowland gorilla, gave birth to her second offspring May 27 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.(Photo by Skip Brown, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)
Western Lowland Gorilla Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute  05.30.2023Conservation Biology InstituteNational ZooExhibitionsNew AcquisitionsAdministrative News
Writing box (*suzuribako*) in the form of a plum blossom, Japan, Edo period, late 18th century, Lacquer, gold, silver, tin alloy, wood,

Diameter: 24.8cm (9 3⁄4 in), RLS2023.4.29, Gift of the Avant Family, Credit: NationalMuseum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Asian Art Announces Major Gift of Japanese Lacquer Objects From the Avant Family, Leaders in the Arts, Philanthropy and PoliticsFrom the Prized Collection of Jacqueline Avant, the Late Wife of Music Industry Legend Clarence Avant, This Gift Is Her Legacy to the Nation  05.16.2023Asian Art MuseumNew Acquisitions
Photo by Jaclyn Nash
Nuro’s Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Drives Into the Smithsonian’s Collections This Earth DaySelf-Driving Prototype Powered by Sustainable Energy  04.17.2023American History MuseumNew AcquisitionsSmithsonian Adds Collections From Lillian Vernon, Kitchen Table EntrepreneurWomen’s History Month Donation Highlights Her Business Acumen and Achievement  03.20.2023American History MuseumNew Acquisitions
Photo by Jaclyn Nash
Smithsonian Adds First Lady Jill Biden’s Inaugural Ensembles to Its Historic First Ladies CollectionAddition to First Ladies Collection Continues a 100-Year Tradition  01.25.2023American History MuseumExhibitionsNew AcquisitionsNational Museum of American History Adds Key Blues ArchiveLegendary McCormick Archive Is Foundational To Understanding American Music  11.17.2022New Acquisitions
Cpl. Joseph O. “Jose” Quintero with his flag. Credit: Smithsonian Institution
WWII POW Flag Added to National Museum of American History CollectionsFlag Reflects Pacific-Front Survival and Resilience Story of Cpl. Jose Quintero  11.10.2022American History MuseumNew Acquisitions
Delbert and Dottie McKinney in a South Texas railway station as part of their labor organizing work. Circa 1940s. 
Texas Family Donates Rare 1932 Ford Model B Car Purchased by Pullman Porter Patriarch to the National Museum of American History  10.13.2022American History MuseumNew AcquisitionsLandmark Acquisitions Reflect the Hirshhorn’s Expansive Curatorial Mission and ProgrammingAdditions by 60 Artists Deepen International Holdings in the Permanent Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art  08.24.2022Hirshhorn MuseumNew Acquisitions
Singer James Brown is captured off stage around Memphis, Tenn. (Ted Williams/Johnson Publishing Company Archive). Courtesy Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Smithsonian Institution.
Ford, Mellon and MacArthur Foundations Transfer Sole Ownership of Historic Ebony and Jet Photo Archive to Getty and NMAAHCGetty Trust Commits $30 Million to Digitize  the Johnson Publishing Company Archive Which Features More Than 4 Million Prints and Negatives That Chronicle 20th Century Black Life  07.28.2022African American MuseumNew Acquisitions
Chris Haslam gives a skateboarding demonstration at Innoskate 2013 in front of the National Museum of American History. Image courtesy Innoskate.
Smithsonian To Collect Skateboard Decks and Iconic Skate FilmProfessional Skateboarders and Filmmakers Jason Lee and Chris “Dune” Pastras Donate Personal Objects to the National Collections During Ceremony at Innoskate Festival  07.07.2022American History MuseumNew AcquisitionsCast From First Tommy John Surgery To Be Donated to SmithsonianCast Was Worn in 1974 After the First Elbow Surgery To Save a Pitcher’s Career  06.01.2022American History MuseumNew AcquisitionsPages- 1
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