Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023 Celebrates the Cultures of the Ozarks
Visitors to the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will experience the cultural landscape of the Ozarks region of the U.S. with the program “The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region.” The festival will be presented from June 29 to July…
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
The National Postal Museum’s new virtual exhibition, “Stamps Across the Pacific: A Visual History of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Migrations” is now available for viewing on the museum’s website. The exhibition showcases the diversity and cultural significance…
Smithsonian Exhibition Amplifying Role of Girls in History Is Hitting the Road
“Girlhood (It’s complicated)” is leaving the National Mall in Washington, DC, and will travel to four museums during a nearly two-year national tour: Minnetrista Museum & Gardens, Muncie, Indiana—June 3–Sept. 17 Cincinnati Museum Center, a Smithsonian Affiliate—Oct. 12–Jan. 14, 2024…
Astronomers Find Potentially Volcano-Covered Earth-Size World
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, a world beyond the solar system, that may be carpeted with volcanoes and could potentially support life. Called LP 791-18 d, the planet could undergo volcanic outbursts as often as Jupiter’s moon Io, the…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces 2023–2024 Fellowship Appointments and Residencies
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has announced the appointment of 26 fellows for the 2023–2024 academic year. The museum’s program hosts fellows appointed by the Smithsonian’s Office of Academic Appointments and Internships and also grants its own awards for scholars…
