To mark the 2024 presidential election, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present “Picturing the Presidents: ...

Fiber has long inspired women artists, although their ingenuity with threads and cloth was often dismissed as domestic work ...

Maria Nicanor is the director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. An architecture and design curator and historian, she is passionate about public access to culture and rethinking ...

Sheet music covers from the era with songs meant to inspire action, entertain, or comfort.

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

The Smithsonian is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from harassment and workplace violence. An environment where people feel welcome, respected, safe, and valued is necessary ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Program for a boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman ...

All prospective contractors for goods or services to the Smithsonian Institution must complete System for Award Management (SAM) registration. If assistance is needed with the registration process, ...

For his first term on the Republican ticket, William McKinley ran on a largely pro-gold platform but reserved some possibility for bimetallism. McKinley won his first term in the greatest electoral ...

Calling all citizen scientists, do-gooders, plant lovers, activists, advocates, dreamers, and creators! Join us in March 2022, when the Smithsonian shakes up Women’s History Month with a new Women’s ...

James Monroe fue secretario de Estado antes de convertirse en presidente. Un espíritu de nacionalismo vigoroso conocido como la llamada "Dinastía de Virginia" de presidentes. Al igual que James ...

Andrew Jackson fue nominado para la presidencia en 1824, pero perdió ante John Quincy Adams cuando la elección se definió por el voto del presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Henry Clay. Cuando ...