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The Smithsonian offers many resources and programs to support educators, caregivers, and students in the classroom, at home, and at our museums, research centers, and zoo. These offerings encompass an ...
Much Here is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial From the California coast to the Kansas heartland to the streets of New York City, photographs provide an expansive and evocative ...
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The National Postal Museum's website offers a variety of online activities for kids of all ages, including how to make your own time capsule!
Visitors Can Follow the Ongoing Conservation Work on an American Treasure ...
Music and spirituality are intricately related, with spirituality often being the inspiration for the creation of music, and music so often creating the desired atmosphere for a spiritual occasion.
Join us on Saturday, June 21, 2025, as we mark the first Saturday of summer—Solstice Saturday—by staying open late and hosting programs and performances throughout the day and night.
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Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to 1974. In January, the television sitcom Happy Days premiered on the ABC network. On March 1, a grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted ...
Discover women writers who have made a mark on American history and culture. Learn about Phillis Wheatly, who in 1773 was the first African American to have a book published. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ...
From the 1880s to the 1910s, Americans took to the wheel, sparking a nationwide bicycle craze. In the era before automobiles, bicycles were a means of affordable personal mobility. This nationwide ...