Miki Hayakawa, One Afternoon, ca. 1935, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in., New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, Gift of Preston McCrossen in memory of his wife, the artist, 1954, 520.23P Note to editors: ...

Asian elephant Kamala often raised her trunk to greet keepers in anticipation of receiving food. Credit: Robbie Clark, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Photos are ...

Credit: Cassandra Giraldo and Katrina Lillian Sorrentino.

A newly released independent study conducted over a five-year period offers evidence of the impact of the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom high-quality curriculum paired with professional ...

These three specimens of M. sestertia in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History (dorsal, top, and ventral views shown here) were collected in 1936.

Image: Hirshhorn Lead Education Specialist Tiffany McGettigan with Storytime participants in front of Annette Lemieux’s “Nomad” (1988) in the museum. Photo: Kate Warren. Courtesy of the Hirshhorn ...

They carried torches and marched at night. Their goal: defend free speech in America. What started as a small group of young men demonstrating during the 1860 election, snowballed into a mass movement ...