Smithsonian Resources

  • General Smithsonian Starting Page: ‍https://www.si.edu/

    National Museum of African American History and Culture: https://www.searchablemuseum.com/

    National Portrait Gallery: https://npg.si.edu/portraits

    National Museum of American History: https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore

    National Museum of the American Indian: https://americanindian.si.edu/explore/collections/search

    National Museum of Natural History: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research

    National Air and Space Museum: https://airandspace.si.edu/explore

    American Art Museum: https://americanart.si.edu/

    Really have no idea where to start? Why not choose an artist who shares your birthday!

    https://americanart.si.edu/art/artists/all/birthdays

  • 1. Presente! A Latino History of the United States @ National Museum of American History (Archived Exhibit)

    • Explore this exhibit if you like U.S. history from a Latino perspective, civil rights, cultural contributions, migration stories, activism, and identity.

    2. Deep Time @ National Museum of Natural History

    • Explore this exhibit if you like Earth’s history, fossils, evolution, geology, the scale of time, and how life has changed over millions of years.

    3. Lights Out @ National Museum of Natural History

    • Explore this exhibit if you like nocturnal animals, nighttime ecosystems, sensory experiences, and learning about nature after dark.

    4. Cellphone: Unseen Connections @ National Museum of Natural History

    • Explore this exhibit if you like technology, communication networks, science of connectivity, environmental impacts of devices, and the invisible systems around us.

    5. Destination Moon @ National Air and Space Museum

    • Explore this exhibit if you like space exploration, Apollo missions, spacecraft, astronomy, and the history of humans traveling to the Moon.

    6. One World Connected @ National Air and Space Museum

    • Explore this exhibit if you like global communication, satellites, the internet, how technology connects people worldwide, and the science of networks.

    7. The Peacock Room @ The National Museum of Asian Art

    • Explore this exhibit if you like decorative arts, design, luxury objects, Asian and Western art connections, and visually stunning interiors.

    8. Girlhood: It’s Complicated @ National Museum of American History (Archived Exhibit)

    • Explore this exhibit if you like growing up, gender and identity, social history of girls, pop culture, toys, school, and teen life in the U.S.

    9. National Postal Museum Entry @ National Postal Museum

    • Explore this exhibit if you like mail history, stamps, communication across time, U.S. postal service stories, and cultural artifacts of everyday life.

    10. Nation to Nation @ National Museum for American Indian

    • Explore this exhibit if you like Native American history, U.S. treaties, tribal sovereignty, cultural interactions, and the historical relationships.

    11. Our Lives @ National Museum for the American Indian

    • Explore this exhibit if you like contemporary Native American communities, personal stories, modern culture, traditions today, and community life.

  • Instructors can use the following link to access the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, an excellent tool to build your own educational collection to share with students:

    https://learninglab.si.edu/

    Additionally, Native Knowledge 360 provides amazing education resources to incorporate Indigenous voices into any classroom.

    https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360