Julissa Marenco is the Assistant Secretary for Communications and External Affairs for the Smithsonian Institution. Marenco oversees the Institution’s Office of Public Affairs, Government Relations, ...

Adrienne Arsht celebrates the announcement of the Adrienne Arsht Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative at the Smithsonian on Oct. 25, 2022. PHOTO Joyce N. Boghosian Philanthropist and ...

Women have always been leaders in the field of public health. Today, they comprise 76% of all healthcare workers in the United States. They serve as caretakers, doctors, administrators, researchers, ...

Artists based in Washington, DC find inspiration in the cosmos and in their community. Painter Alma Thomas, for example, channeled awe for the Apollo lunar missions as well as the aesthetics of ...

Roughly 2 million species live in the world’s ocean. But scientists have only described a mere 10% of them. With extinctions ...

Musical instruments, original sheet music, and portraits of musicians preserved in the Smithsonian remind us that American music flourishes within a wide variety of traditions drawn from our ...

Join us during Ocean Month in June—and throughout the year—to marvel at the beauty and diversity of our natural world. Earth is over 70 percent ocean and much is still undiscovered about saltwater ...

Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions ...

There are no showtimes for this date. Planetarium tickets are not available online or shown here. This Summer, the world's favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action ...

Discover how NASA’s shuttle program has led to its exciting new era of space exploration. Learn about the important role of the International Space Station. Uncover what NASA and the space community ...

The Smithsonian National Board is a geographically and culturally diverse body of volunteer leaders that brings invaluable counsel to the Smithsonian and its many museums and research centers.

Increasing the capacity to store and display 3,000 works of American art Digitizing millions of letters, photos, and other documents that chronicle the lives of America’s greatest artists Constructing ...