Hirshhorn Art School, a first-of-its-kind art education experience, opens inside the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum Oct. 30, part of its 50th-anniversary celebration. Combining elements of a ...

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.

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the launch of season six of its PORTRAITS podcast. Hosted by the ...

From the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches, to sunny stretches of shoreline; in the warm waters of the Caribbean to the frigid seas on the Artic, you will find creatures like no other: ...

The National Museum of Asian Art’s building lit up with lights as a crowd stands in front in the Freer Plaza. Credit: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Photo by Sonya Pencheva.

Laser scanning from the air, LiDAR, is one of the tools that GEO-TREES researchers will use to create a global standard for measuring forest carbon. Credit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ...

There are no showtimes for this date. Experience one of ballet’s most famous love stories with the Filmed For IMAX® stage production of Swan Lake. Featuring Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s memorable score ...

Yūzū Nenbutsu Engi (Origins of the Yuzu Nenbutsu Sect) 融通念仏縁起 (detail), Handscroll, Kamakura or period, 14th century, Japan, Ink, color, and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian ...

Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Shenshuping Base in Wolong, China, May 16. (Photo credit: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.) Photos and b-roll will ...

There are no showtimes for this date. From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death ...