The Regional Collaboratives are supported by the Smithsonian’s “ Our Shared Future: 250 ,” a Smithsonian-wide initiative ...

Since 2009, no one has seen a Panamanian golden frog in the wild. These bright yellow frogs disappeared completely when an ...

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum announced today the winners of the 2026 National Design Awards. Launched in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council, the National ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is collaborating for the 13th consecutive year with the National Cherry Blossom Festival ...

The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched One Minute Wonders, a new series of short-form videos designed to make postal history engaging and accessible for all audiences. Each one-minute ...

The Smithsonian commemorates Women’s History Month in March with a series of family-friendly events, film screenings and activities presented by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and ...

The history of the stone which was eventually named the Hope Diamond began when the French merchant traveler, Jean Baptiste Tavernier, purchased a 112 3/16-carat diamond. This diamond, which was most ...

In the pendant surrounding the Hope Diamond are 16 white diamonds, both pear-shapes and cushion cuts. A bail is soldered to the pendant where Mrs. McLean would often attach other diamonds including ...

The National Numismatic Collection is comprised of approximately 1.6 million objects and is thought to be the largest collection of money and transactional objects in the world. Its diverse holdings ...

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