Since its founding, the Smithsonian has been at the forefront of technological innovation to advance scientific discovery. Our scientists use cutting-edge technologies to track wildlife, monitor ...

The National Air and Space Museum will host its annual “Sally’s Night” on June 21, 2025, from 6 to 11 p.m., celebrating Sally ...

Explore the National Arboretum after hours, party in the street at Sundress Fest, celebrate Argentine culture and enjoy the ...

The end of middle school marks a transition, for kids as well as parents. As eighth graders "graduate," they flock to ...

Choose wisely when deciding where to stay in Washington DC as the nation's capital can get rather busy and expensive at times ...

Engen Observation Tower provides a 360-degree bird's eye view of Washington Dulles International Airport ... The tower is named in honor of late director of the National Air and Space Museum Vice ...

Ed Smylie, who became a quiet hero of the space age in 1970 when he and his fellow NASA engineers jury-rigged an air filter ...

The National Air and Space Museum gets closer to fully completing the most extensive renovation since its founding.

Our new exhibition Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth? will take you on an interstellar adventure like no other. Rocketing you from Earth’s most extreme environments out into space in the search for ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American History Museum ... systems and still hold space for grace, for ...

Last week, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History recognized ... illuminate the fault lines in our systems and still hold space for grace, for grit, for growth, for greatness." ...