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Recovering Voices The Smithsonian’s annual Mother Tongue Film Festival is celebrating its eleventh year with four days of programming from Thursday, February 19, to Sunday, February 22, at venues on ...

The annual festival will open the week of the United Nations’ International Mother Language Day (Feb. 21) and will take place in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the ...

The National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, DC, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution, announced last month ...

WASHINGTON — Smithsonian Museums and the National Zoo will stay open until at least Dec. 26 should the government shut down, according to the U.S. government-run institution. This timeline does not ...

(The Hill) – Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo officially shut down to the public on Sunday due to the government shutdown, which is on day 13. The Smithsonian announced on X Friday that ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., will soon be home to pandas once again. Two 3-year-old panda bears, Qing Bao and Bao Li, have left the research base in Dujiangyan, China, and are ...

Smithsonian Books can help you plan your best D.C. getaway Smithsonian Books With beautiful weather and cherry blossom season, you can't beat springtime in the nation's capital. If you're heading to D ...

(CNN) — The White House is conducting a comprehensive internal review of exhibits and materials at the Smithsonian Institution – the organization that runs the nation’s major public museums – in an ...

An endangered Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian Zoo received its name.