The Smithsonian's collections represent our nation's shared history, art from across the globe, and the immense diversity of the natural and cultural world.

The space sciences collection includes objects ranging from engineering models, components, and prototypes to mockups and models representing the full range of scientific activities performed on space ...

Across the Americas there are many different Native cultures, each with unique musical traditions. The National Museum of the American Indian and other branches of the Smithsonian include music and ...

How have clocks and watches intertwined with our sense of time? When did they come to play central roles in our lives? To answer these questions, On Time from the National Museum of American History ...

The Airbus IMAX® Theater at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center features the largest IMAX screen in Northern Virginia, towering six stories high.Getting Here FAQ Group SalesShowtimes are published on the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the ...

Love letters bring out the voyeur in most of us. These deeply personal communications have the power to make us blush or, at the very least, to let us observe a tender moment in the complex lives of ...

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.