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*“Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble” by Deesha Dyer*
April Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture  04.05.2024African American MuseumPublic ProgramsNational Museum of the American Indian Presents “Youth In Action: Indigenous Ecosystems” for Earth Day 2024  04.04.2024American Indian MuseumPublic Programs
Visitors at the Anacostia Community Museum’s 2023 Honor the Earth Celebration plant the museum’s garden to start the spring season. Credit: Matilong Duma.
Smithsonian Celebrates Earth Month With Free Festivals and Programs  04.01.2024Public Programs
The museum’s May 2023 centennial celebrations. Credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution.
National Museum of Asian Art Announces 2024 Arts and Culture Festival Dedicated to Well-Being in the Asian American CommunityPart of a Five-Year Series of May Programming Sponsored by Bank of America That Celebrates Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month  03.28.2024Asian Art MuseumPublic ProgramsSmithsonian Craft Show Opens May 1The Country’s Best Contemporary Craft for Purchase at Juried Event  03.27.2024ExhibitionsPublic Programs
*Left to right:* Krystal Klingenberg, Allison Russell and Taj Mahal.
Smithsonian and Americana Music Foundation Release “Roots to Pop” SeriesSeries Spotlights Taj Mahal With Allison Russell, Flaco Jiménez With Max Baca, Rhiannon Giddens, The Blind Boys of Alabama with Ruthie Foster  03.20.2024American History MuseumPublic ProgramsSmithsonian Folklife Festival Program To Highlight the Living Traditions of Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere2024 Program Celebrates the National Museum of the American Indian  03.14.2024Center for Folklife and Cultural HeritageAmerican Indian MuseumPublic ProgramsSmithsonian Associates Presents “Justice Stephen Breyer on Reading the Constitution”  03.07.2024Smithsonian AssociatesPublic ProgramsNational Air and Space Museum Prepares Activities and Educational Resources for April’s Solar Eclipse  03.07.2024Air and Space MuseumPublic ProgramsEducation NewsSmithsonian American Art Museum Presents In-Person and Virtual Programs as Part of the 2024 National Cherry Blossom Festival  02.29.2024American Art MuseumPublic Programs
Opal Lee by Sedrick Huckaby, oil on canvas, 2023. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Sasha and Edward P. Bass. Copyright 2023 Sedrick Huckaby.
National Portrait Gallery Celebrates Women’s History Month With a Festival, Programs and Exhibitions  02.28.2024Portrait GalleryPublic Programs
Arcadia, California. Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly center from San Pedro, California. Evacuees lived at this center located at the former Santa Anita racetrack before being moved inland to relocation centers, April 5, 1942.

National Archives and Records Administration.
Smithsonian Hosts Annual Day of Remembrance Program“Memory and the Nation” Program Will Feature a Panel Discussion  02.13.2024Asian Pacific American CenterAmerican History MuseumPublic Programs
The public is invited to help name two cotton-top tamarin sisters at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. *Image*: Chelia Chong, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
Public Can Help Name Cotton-Top Tamarins at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute  02.05.2024National ZooPublic Programs
Still from *Frybread Face and Me*. Photo courtesy of AARAY Releasing.
Smithsonian Presents the Mother Tongue Film Festival, “Finding Balance”Smithsonian Presents the Mother Tongue Film Festival, “Finding Balance”  01.31.2024Center for Folklife and Cultural HeritagePublic Programs
"Sewing a fine seam—finishing touches are applied to one section of the new spacesuit for NASA's Apollo lunar missions on this long-arm sewing machine, built specially for manufacturing the spacesuits." Hazel Fellows, seated, machine-sewing pieces of an Apollo A7L spacesuit on the production line at International Latex Corporation (ILC), Federica (Dover), Delaware; released Aug. 9, 1968. Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Celebrates Women’s History Month 2024 With Inaugural Digital Exhibition and New Initiatives  01.30.2024American Women's History MuseumExhibitionsPublic ProgramsNational Museum of African American History and Culture Presents “gOD-Talk: Reimagining Faith in the 21st Century” Film TourInternational Screening Tour Explores Religion and  Spirituality in Young African Americans  01.17.2024African American MuseumPublic Programs
“But I’m Still Fly” by Fahamu Pecou. Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, copyright Fahamu Pecou.
National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates Black History Month“African Americans and the Arts” Is the Theme for the  Museum’s Online and In-person Offerings  01.12.2024African American MuseumPublic ProgramsSmithsonian Summer Camp Offers Kids Opportunities To Engage With the Smithsonian’s Museums  01.11.2024Smithsonian AssociatesPublic Programs
A crowd watching a lion dancer perform outside the museum during the 2023 Lunar New Year Festival.Credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution.

 
National Museum of Asian Art Announces Its 2024 Lunar New Year Family Festival  01.11.2024Asian Art MuseumPublic ProgramsSmithsonian Gardens To Present 28th Annual Orchid ExhibitionInstallation Includes Commissioned Works by Artist  Phaan Howng and Explores Conservation Efforts  01.10.2024Smithsonian GardensExhibitionsPublic Programs
Pinback button memorial depicting Martin Luther King Jr. ca. 1968. Credit: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Peggy Boyd Petrey.
National Museum of African American History and Culture Kicks Off January 2024 with Dynamic Programming  12.19.2023African American MuseumPublic ProgramsSmithsonian Associates Presents In-Person and Livestreamed “Revolutionary Road Trip” Panel Discussion With PBS Television Host Darley Newman  12.04.2023Smithsonian AssociatesPublic Programs
*Pinback button celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa.Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture*
Kwanzaa and Holiday Specials Highlight December Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture  11.27.2023African American MuseumExhibitionsPublic ProgramsNative Art Market Brings Indigenous Artisans to Washington and New York for Curated Shopping Experience  11.17.2023American Indian MuseumPublic ProgramsPages- 1
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