For more than 150 years ... wide—were an early lichen or fungus, like a “giant mushroom” Colin Schultz; Updated by Carlyn Kranking This year, the Institution’s museums are bringing ...

Digital versions make the real thing more valuable, not less, and we’re in the early stages of translating ... in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, where I have worked for the ...

the Smithsonian Institution. If the initiative bears out, it would be a remarkable turnaround for a museum that was on the cusp of closure four years ago. In early March 2020, right as COVID-19 ...

Each year, the Smithsonian Institution—the ... in a statement. It joins the museum’s vast collection of other early portraits, including an 1843 daguerreotype of the sixth president, John ...

With a collection of more than 147 million items, this robust Smithsonian museum on the National Mall attracts millions of visitors each year. Some of the museum's highlights include replicas of ...