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Anthea M. Hartig, Director of the National Museum of American History, Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Anthea M. Hartig, the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, has been elected ...
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National Museum of Asian Art Opens After Hours To Celebrate 2026 Diwali

Diwali Festival Programming Includes Arts and Crafts, Indian Classical Sarod Music, Dance Performances and a Dance Party With ...
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National Museum of African Art Announces Over $2 Million Gift and Bequeathed Collection of 19th- and 20th-Century African Artworks

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art has announced a donation from former Michigan senator Jack Faxon (1936–2020) ...
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National Museum of American History Acquires Costumes From the Broadway Musical “Hadestown”

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History received a donation of costumes today from the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical Hadestown in a ceremony following its matinee ...
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Museum Specimens Reveal Pathogen Behind Decades-Old Mystery of Disappearing Frogs

Chytridiomycosis, commonly known as chytrid, is caused by the microscopic fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
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National Air and Space Museum to Open Final Two Galleries Completing Multi-Year Renovation

National Air and Space Museum will host a press preview of two newly renovated galleries — “At Home in Space” and “Modern Military Aviation.” Christopher Browne, John and Adrienne Mars Director, ...
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Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Brings “Stories from the Field: Filipino Migrant Workers in Hawai‘i” to Honolulu

The exhibition centers on the lives of two sakadas, Eusebio Maglinte and Epimaco Fariola Mansueto, whose experiences ...