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We're celebrating the innovation and ingenuity that has taken place in American culture for more than 150 years at our Ingenuity Festival Thursday, November 30. Join us as we explore the great feats of aviation and aerospace with presentations and hands-on discoveries. Hear from 2017 Smithsonian Ingenuity Award winner Natalie Batalha from NASA's Kepler mission, […]

We're celebrating the innovation and ingenuity that has taken place in American culture for more than 150 years at our Ingenuity Festival Thursday, November 30. Join us as we explore the great feats of aviation and aerospace with presentations and hands-on discoveries. Hear from 2017 Smithsonian Ingenuity Award winner Natalie Batalha from NASA's Kepler mission, […]

Join America’s leading planet-hunter Natalie Batahla, leader of the Kepler mission, for out-of-this-world cocktails and conversation about her latest discoveries in space. This is a 21+ event. Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased here: s.si.edu/starrynights Image: This artist's concept shows a hypothetical planet covered in water around the binary star system of Kepler-35A and […]

Join America’s leading planet-hunter Natalie Batahla, leader of the Kepler mission, for out-of-this-world cocktails and conversation about her latest discoveries in space. This is a 21+ event. Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased here: s.si.edu/starrynights Image: This artist's concept shows a hypothetical planet covered in water around the binary star system of Kepler-35A and […]

In 1933, Wiley Post became the first person to fly around the world solo, completing the feat in only seven days in the Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae. Join us on Facebook Live as curator Bob van der Linden discusses Post's record-breaking flights.

In 1931, Amelia Earhart set records and barnstormed across the country in a type of aircraft Americans had not seen before. In this week's Ask an Expert on Facebook Live, find out what connection Earhart had to this unusual aircraft, what it meant for her career, and how it figured into the creation of the […]

In 1931, Amelia Earhart set records and barnstormed across the country in a type of aircraft Americans had not seen before. In this week's Ask an Expert on Facebook Live, find out what connection Earhart had to this unusual aircraft, what it meant for her career, and how it figured into the creation of the […]

In 1931, Amelia Earhart set records and barnstormed across the country in a type of aircraft Americans had not seen before. In this week's Ask an Expert on Facebook Live, find out what connection Earhart had to this unusual aircraft, what it meant for her career, and how it figured into the creation of the […]

What goes into running America’s favorite museum? To show you, we’re opening the doors to work areas only accessible to the public once a year at our annual Open House: […]

What goes into running America’s favorite museum? To show you, we’re opening the doors to work areas only accessible to the public once a year at our annual Open House: […]