Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum; photo by Norwood Photography.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture recently acquired what is thought to be the largest ...

Polygraph (cardio-pneumo-psychograph); 1921. Gift of City of Berkeley Police Department. Photo by Jaclyn Nash, National Museum of American History.

A first generation college student reaches for the stars at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Through collaborative research combining Western science with Indigenous knowledge, we delve into this animal’s genome to ...

The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

Detail of “Folio from a ‘Shahnama’ (‘Book of Kings’) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); verso: Ardashir captures Ardavan; verso: text: Kavus Journey to Barbaristan” / Credit: National Museum of Asian Art, ...

View a sample of the Latino and Latin American music resources in the Smithsonian's collections.

To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument. Even people who know much about American music often confuse the hammered dulcimer with the three- or four-stringed ...

Portraits and other images of military and civilian leaders and personalities of the period. See the exhibition Gen. John J. Pershing and World War I, 1917-1918 on view at the Smithsonian's National ...