The Smithsonian received a momentous $40 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. that will support the Institution’s celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary—or semiquincentennial. The ...

Event Highlights. Events will take place throughout 2025 and 2026 and include the following: The Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival returns to the National Mall from July 2–7, 2025, with the theme ...

Special thanks to our Launch Collaborators, including artists, innovators, educators, technologists, and students, who developed these inspiring examples of what is possible with Smithsonian Open ...

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There are no showtimes for this date. Travel with scientist Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez as he journeys to the largest machine ever built, the greatest scientific instrument ever created, the ...

Object Details Location Currently not on view 1941 - 1945 ID Number 1977.0020.025 catalog number 1977.0020.025 accession number 1977.0020 catalog number ...

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present “Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne,” an exhibition featuring Payne’s intricately detailed photography of America’s ...

In the 1990s, Sonny Hayes was Formula 1's most promising driver until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later the owner of a struggling F1 team convinces Sonny to return ...

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Features amazing scenes of places never seen before, gathered by key space missions, culminating with groundbreaking discoveries in 2015. It features a spectacular flight though the great cliffs on ...

There are no showtimes for this date. We take the audience on a rich and fascinating journey through our celestial neighborhood, as we look for one of organic life's key ingredients - liquid water.