WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents its latest exhibition “Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture.” The panel exhibition, which also features several objects, opens Thursday…
NEA Announces New Report on How Americans Use Electronic Media to Participate in the Arts
WASHINGTON, DC.- When compared with non-media participants, Americans who participate in the arts through technology and electronic media – using the Internet, television, radio, computers, and handheld devices – are nearly three times more l…
Smithsonian Magazine/Pew Research Poll about the Future Finds Widespread Optimism Despite Worries
WASHINGTON, DC.- In a new national opinion survey about the next 40 years conducted by Smithsonian magazine and The Pew Research Center, most Americans said technology and science will provide solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges: 53…
National Museum of American History Showcases Two New Exhibits
WASHINGTON,
DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum
of American History is featuring more than a century of toy history in a
history
highlights case, “Toys from the Attic.” Showcasing toys from 1825 to
1939, the
case explores the …
IMLS Launches National Campaign to Promote 21st Century Skills and Community Engagement
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced a national campaign aimed at engaging museums, libraries, and civic leaders in meeting the 21st century learning needs of their communities. The national campaign, Makin…
National Museum of American History Showcases Two New Exhibits
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is featuring more than a century of toy history in a history highlights case, “Toys from the Attic.” Showcasing toys from 1825 to 1939, the case explores the changing…
New Exhibition Takes Visitors into Madeleine Albright’s Jewelry Box
WASHINGTON, DC.- A traveling exhibition of jewelry from the personal collection of Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, will open at the Smithsonian Castle June 18. “Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection” features mor…
The National Gallery of Art displays The Famed Collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff
WASHINGTON, DC.- Ten themes—Scrape, Concentricity,
Line, Gesture, Art on Art, Drip, Stripe to Zip, Figure or Ground, Monochrome,
and Picture the Frame—reveal surprising juxtapositions among the 126 paintings,
sculptures, drawings, and prints…
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Unveils "Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn"
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian
Institution
Libraries opens its new exhibition “Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop
and Turn”
in the National Museum of American History opening June 14. The
exhibition
features the art of paper engi…
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Unveils "Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn"
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Institution Libraries opens its new exhibition “Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn” in the National Museum of American History June 14. The exhibition features the art of paper engineering in the prod…