3D Fashion with the National Museum of American History #Shorts Smithsonian 2024-05-06 | Fabric is a delicate material to preserve, so one of the ways we make these objects accessible is through 3D scanning! Our Smithsonian 3D Digitization team creates interactive renderings, allowing all to observe every detail of garments throughout history from your own device. The following outfits are from the collection of our National Museum of American History.Explore more 3D objects, https://s.si.edu/4bqhC0h🚗: Auto Racing Suit worn by Janet Guthrie in the Indianapolis 500, 1978👗: Feedsack Dress, 1959⚽: Medal Ceremony jersey from 2019 Women's World Cup Final worn by Kelley O'Hara. Do you notice the orange spots? That’s from a locker room silly string celebration!👒: Escaramuza Charra Dress, 2009🎾: Tennis Outfit, Worn by Althea Gibson, 1957#Shorts
3D Mussels #Shorts Smithsonian 2024-04-24 | They may look like a snot-filled rock, but freshwater mussels are gems. Each mussel filters gallons of water per day, improving our water quality. These watershed wonders are some of the most endangered animals in the world, making them an urgent conservation priority but difficult to study. Our Smithsonian 3D Digitization and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History are building a digital library of 3D models from our world class collection of freshwater mussels, improving access to extremely rare species and precious specimens. https://s.si.edu/3w4iSHk#OurSustainablePlanet #EarthMonth Video description: Mussels in the museum’s collection are photographed with a mobile phone, removed from drawers, and rotated in 3D, highlighting their pearly interiors. #Shorts
Cosmic Journey AR Effects #Shorts Smithsonian 2024-04-18 | Jump into the cosmos and share a supernova selfie with new augmented reality (AR) experiences! The new effects feature cosmic objects imaged by the Chandra X-ray Observatory while orbiting in space to help us understand the hottest parts of the Universe.Here’s how to try out the effects yourself: 1️⃣ On Instagram, visit the Smithsonian’s profile. Tap the ✨ icon and explore all five effects. 2️⃣ Not an Instagram user? Visit si.edu/cosmicjourney to explore the cosmos in 3D with [tag smithsonian3d].The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Chandra X-ray Center controls science operations from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and flight operations from Burlington, Massachusetts.#CosmicJourney #Chandra25 #Shorts
#SmithsonianEclipse2024 #Shorts Smithsonian 2024-04-09 | See you in the shadows! All Smithsonian eyes were on the eclipse today, from DC's National Mall to central Texas. Educators helped visitors understand the celestial ballet while a Smithsonian scientist took the skies to study the Sun's corona from a jet. Smithsonian locations you can sunspot:Outside our Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York CitySmithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, MarylandSmithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, VirginiaSmithsonian Journeys on a journey in Texas Hill Country You too can enjoy the #SmithsonianEclipse experience at: s.si.edu/WonderAndAweGuide Video Description: Montage of people wearing eclipse glasses outside in different environments. #Shorts #shorts
Leapin Lemurs! Featuring Southside Johnny Smithsonian 2024-02-29 | Leapin’ lemurs! On this leap day, watch Southside Johnny, our 10-year-old ring-tailed lemur, take a big jump towards a target during a training session with assistant curator of primates Emily Bricker at our Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Leaps like these allow the team to assess lemurs’ health and maintain bonds with their keepers. When lemurs do the behavior asked of them, keepers say “good job” to reinforce the correct behavior and provide a treat. In this case, yummy raisins! Video Description: Real speed and slow-motion version of the same clip featuring a lemur jumping across a rope. The last frame features a lemur surrounded by animated sparkles and animated yellow crown.
“An Atlas of Es Devlin at Cooper Hewitt #shorts Smithsonian 2024-01-18 | Artist and designer Es Devlin is globally renowned for her large-scale, illuminated installations. Her first single-subject museum exhibition, “An Atlas of Es Devlin,” is currently on view at our Cooper Hewitt. The show features over 300 sketches, paintings, and drawings from her 30-year archive, and dozens of 3D replicas of her most recognizable concert stages and theater sets. “An Atlas of Es Devlin” will be on view through August 11, 2024. #shorts
Rainbow at Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian #Shorts Smithsonian 2024-01-10 | If you visit our National Museum of the American Indian in DC at *just* the right time, you can catch a rainbow!How does this happen? When the sun hits eight large prisms inside the large rectangular window on the south wall of the Potomac Atrium, it creates a solar spectrum projection, resulting in a rainbow visible within the museum. Lead design consultant JohnPaul Jones (Cherokee/Choctaw) was inspired by co-designer Donna House (Diné/Oneida) showing him the rainbows created by crystal prisms in sunlight during the design process.Video Description: View of rainbow colors reflected onto rounded white walls.#Shorts
Double Rainbow at Punta Culebra Nature Center #Shorts Smithsonian 2024-01-09 | “Why are there so many songs about rainbows?”Probably because they are beautiful! This double rainbow was seen at our Punta Culebra Nature Center in Panama City, Panama.Have you seen a double rainbow?#shorts
3D Digital Collections: National Museum of African American History and Culture Smithsonian 2023-12-19 | We are excited to share the first 3D digital scans of objects from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in a multi-year collaboration with the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office and our leadership sponsor, Verizon, for the Our Shared Future, Reckoning with Our Racial Past initiative. These objects were selected because they tell meaningful stories to help us learn more about the complicated history and legacy of race and racism while also humanizing the stories that have helped build a more equitable shared future.https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race/
3D Digital Collections: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Smithsonian 2023-12-18 | We are excited to share the first 3D digital scans of objects from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in a multi-year collaboration with the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office and our leadership sponsor, Verizon, for the our Shared Future Reckoning With our Racial Past initiative.These objects were selected because they tell meaningful stories to help us learn more about the complicated history and legacy of race and racism while also humanizing the stories that have helped build a more equitable, shared future.https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race/
Simone Leigh at the Hirshhorn #shorts Smithsonian 2023-11-25 | Artist Simone Leigh explores the experiences of Black feminist thought through her work in sculpture, video and installation. Starting today, you can see her full-floor exhibition at our Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. It features work Leigh created as the U.S. Representative at the 2022 Venice Biennale as well as three new sculptures. #shorts
National Museum of the American Indian #shorts Smithsonian 2023-11-24 | Celebrate Native American Heritage Day at one of our Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian locations! While they may share many similarities, such as entry rotundas and amazing exhibits, they are also very different. Our New York location opened in 1994 and is based in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, built in the early 1900s. Our D.C. location opened on the National Mall 10 years later. Fun fact: it has almost no sharp corners. Video Description: Opening text "Did you know there are two locations for our National Museum of the American Indian?" A clip of the New York Subway introduces a series of clips from inside the New York location, including the entry way, art, and exhibit titles. A clip of the DC Metro introduces the DC location, including the entry way, totem pole, and a pan of the Americans exhibit. End text, "Which museum do you want to explore?"#SmithsonianNMAI #shorts
Race and Our Shared Future: 3D Junkanoo Headdress #shorts Smithsonian 2023-11-22 | Now that's a statement piece. A celebration of liberation and freedom, the Bahamian Junkanoo has roots in West African cultures. Junkanoo time means music, dance, vivid costume, and theater in the days leading up to the new year. Our Junkanoo headdress was worn in 1994 when this celebration was brought to our Smithsonian Folklife Festival and you can now see its full splendor thanks to Smithsonian 3D Digitization. It is made of carboard and crepe paper and decorated with paint, tinsel, and shining jewels. This is one of 25 Smithsonian objects now available to explore in 3D, revealing stories to help us learn more about the complicated history and legacy of race and racism. Explore more at the link in our bio. Thanks to Verizon for support of this #RaceAndOurSharedFuture project. #shorts
Holy Smokes! How the Smithsonian saves objects from disaster #shorts Smithsonian 2023-11-22 | Fire in a museum is a museum professional’s nightmare. Staff members from across the Smithsonian participated in our “Holy Smokes!” workshop led by the Preparedness and Response In Collections Emergencies team (PRICE). In this workshop, participants learned how to recover and document objects impacted by fire. In an earlier workshop, they learned how to recover and document objects impacted by water such as floods or leaks. Those trained in these workshops are now able to support each other at the Smithsonian, saving objects from disaster. #shorts
3D Digital Collections: Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian 2023-11-13 | We are excited to share the first 3D digital scans of objects from the National Air and Space Museum, in a multi-year collaboration with the Smithsonian's Digitization Program office, and our leadership sponsor, Verizon, for the Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past initiative.These objects were selected because they tell meaningful stories, to help us learn more about the complicated history and legacy of race and racism, while also humanizing the stories that have helped build a more equitable, shared future.https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race/
3D Digital Collections: Smithsonians National Museum of African Art Smithsonian 2023-11-13 | We are excited to share the first 3D digital scans of objects from the National Museum of African Artin a multi-year collaboration with the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office and our leadership sponsor, Verizon, for the Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past initiative. These objects were selected because they tell meaningful stories to help us learn more about the complicated history and legacy of race and racism while also humanizing the stories that have helped build a more equitable shared future.https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race/
3D Digital Collections: Smithsonians National Museum of American History Smithsonian 2023-11-13 | We are excited to share the first 3D digital scans of objects from the National Museum of American History in a multi-year collaboration with the Smithsonian's Digitization Program office and our leadership sponsor, Verizon, for the Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past Initiative.These objects were selected because they tell meaningful stories to help us learn more about the complicated history and legacy of race and racism, while also humanizing the stories that have helped build a more equitable shared future.https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race/
3D Digital Collections: Project Overview Smithsonian 2023-11-13 | We are excited to share the first 3D digital scans of objects from the Smithsonian collection, in a multi-year collaboration with the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office and our leadership sponsor, Verizon, for the Our Shared Future, Reckoning with our Racial Past initiative. These objects were selected because they tell meaningful stories to help us learn more about the complicated history and legacy of race and racism, while also humanizing the stories that have helped build a more equitable shared future.https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race/
3D Digital Collections: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian 2023-11-13 | We are excited to share the first 3D digital scans of objects from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in a multi-year collaboration with the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office and our leadership sponsor, Verizon, for the Our Shared Future, Reckoning with Our Racial Past initiative. These objects were selected because they tell meaningful stories to help us learn more about the complicated history and legacy of race and racism while also humanizing the stories that have helped build a more equitable shared future.https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race/
Architecture at the Smithsonian #shorts Smithsonian 2023-10-12 | You don’t have to go indoors to appreciate great art! Enjoy the weather and take a walk by one of our beautiful buildings in both Washington, D.C. and New York City. Here are nine views awaiting you. Featuring Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, Cooper Hewitt, National Museum of Asian Art, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Air and Space Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Museum of African Art, and National Museum of the American Indian. #shorts
Ginny Montes Guided the Next Generation of Women Activists Smithsonian 2023-09-22 | As Secretary of the National Organization for Women (NOW), Ginny Montes inspired women to run for elected office around the country through leadership programs.
Billie Jean Kings Dress #shorts Smithsonian 2023-09-21 | “I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn’t win that match. It would ruin the women’s [tennis] tour and affect all women’s self-esteem. To beat a 55-year-old guy was no thrill for me. The thrill was exposing a lot of new people to tennis.” - Billie Jean King Fifty years ago, Billie Jean King wore this outfit when she played Bobby Riggs in what would be known as a "Battle of the Sexes” in Houston, Texas. This match aired on prime-time TV, where tens of millions of viewers tuned in to watch as King beat Riggs in straight sets. King’s victory is considered to be a major milestone in tennis. This dress is in the collection of our National Museum of American History, you can now explore it in 3D thanks to our Smithsonian 3D Digitization. Video Description: 3D rendering of white tennis dress with front buttons. The top of the dress has a blue and white swirled-vine design and a light blue Peter Pan collar with a small tennis-player patch on the left collar. #GameChagningWomen #shorts
Otter vs. Raccoon #short Smithsonian 2023-09-08 | “Stop! Thief!” Watch as this cheeky raccoon brazenly steals food straight from an otter. Did you know that otters are apex predators vital to the health of the Chesapeake food chain?This video is from our Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, where researchers have been studying the Chesapeake Bay environment for 60 years. #short🎥: Karen McDonald/SERC
Race, Policy, and Ethics - English with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Whether as laws, principles, or cultural practices, policies guide collective action and influence social norms. Anti-racist policies enact purposeful and ethical actions to promote racial equity and justice for all people. Anti-racist policies enact purposeful and ethical actions that promote racial equity and justice for all people. This pillar addresses how formal and informal policies create or worsen racial inequality.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race, Policy, and Ethics - Spanish with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Raza, política y éticaWhether as laws, principles, or cultural practices, policies guide collective action and influence social norms. Anti-racist policies enact purposeful and ethical actions to promote racial equity and justice for all people. Anti-racist policies enact purposeful and ethical actions that promote racial equity and justice for all people. This pillar addresses how formal and informal policies create or worsen racial inequality.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race, Policy, and Ethics - Spanish Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Raza, política y éticaWhether as laws, principles, or cultural practices, policies guide collective action and influence social norms. Anti-racist policies enact purposeful and ethical actions to promote racial equity and justice for all people. Anti-racist policies enact purposeful and ethical actions that promote racial equity and justice for all people. This pillar addresses how formal and informal policies create or worsen racial inequality.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race, Policy, and Ethics - English Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Whether as laws, principles, or cultural practices, policies guide collective action and influence social norms. Anti-racist policies enact purposeful and ethical actions to promote racial equity and justice for all people. Anti-racist policies enact purposeful and ethical actions that promote racial equity and justice for all people. This pillar addresses how formal and informal policies create or worsen racial inequality.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race Beyond the U.S. - Spanish with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Racial terminologies may change in different national contexts, but racism exists globally. This pillar acknowledges the global realities of racism and seeks to learn from international efforts toward truth and reconciliation. The concurrent and intertwined pandemics of COVID-19 and racism demand that we, as an international community, learn how to move forward together.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race Beyond the U.S. - English with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Racial terminologies may change in different national contexts, but racism exists globally. This pillar acknowledges the global realities of racism and seeks to learn from international efforts toward truth and reconciliation. The concurrent and intertwined pandemics of COVID-19 and racism demand that we, as an international community, learn how to move forward together.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race Beyond the U.S. - Spanish Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Racial terminologies may change in different national contexts, but racism exists globally. This pillar acknowledges the global realities of racism and seeks to learn from international efforts toward truth and reconciliation. The concurrent and intertwined pandemics of COVID-19 and racism demand that we, as an international community, learn how to move forward together.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race Beyond the U.S. - English Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Racial terminologies may change in different national contexts, but racism exists globally. This pillar acknowledges the global realities of racism and seeks to learn from international efforts toward truth and reconciliation. The concurrent and intertwined pandemics of COVID-19 and racism demand that we, as an international community, learn how to move forward together.Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race, Arts, and Aesthetics - Spanish with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Race is more than individual identification. Our understandings of race and belonging are also publicly constructed and reinforced. Popular culture and shared public spaces can expose the tensions between what we see and who is represented. This pillar explores how public representations of race affect our understandings of history, ourselves, and each other.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race, Arts, and Aesthetics - English with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Race is more than individual identification. Our understandings of race and belonging are also publicly constructed and reinforced. Popular culture and shared public spaces can expose the tensions between what we see and who is represented. This pillar explores how public representations of race affect our understandings of history, ourselves, and each other.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race, Arts, and Aesthetics - English Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Race is more than individual identification. Our understandings of race and belonging are also publicly constructed and reinforced. Popular culture and shared public spaces can expose the tensions between what we see and who is represented. This pillar explores how public representations of race affect our understandings of history, ourselves, and each other.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Wellness - Spanish with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Racism is a public health threat that has traumatic effects on the physical, emotional, and mental health of individuals, families, and communities. Race and Wellness addresses the impact of racism on the wellbeing of individuals and communities. An equitable future is one where people of all races can not only live but live well.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Wellness - English with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Racism is a public health threat that has traumatic effects on the physical, emotional, and mental health of individuals, families, and communities. Race and Wellness addresses the impact of racism on the wellbeing of individuals and communities. An equitable future is one where people of all races can not only live but live well.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Wellness - Spanish Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Racism is a public health threat that has traumatic effects on the physical, emotional, and mental health of individuals, families, and communities. Race and Wellness addresses the impact of racism on the wellbeing of individuals and communities. An equitable future is one where people of all races can not only live but live well.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Place - English with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Historical and contemporary injustices have disproportionately exposed communities of color to deep-seated hazards like environmental toxicity, displacement, and violence. This pillar considers how race and racism have shaped access to safe, healthy public spaces and private living spaces.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Place - Spanish with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Historical and contemporary injustices have disproportionately exposed communities of color to deep-seated hazards like environmental toxicity, displacement, and violence. This pillar considers how race and racism have shaped access to safe, healthy public spaces and private living spaces.
Race and Place - Spanish Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Historical and contemporary injustices have disproportionately exposed communities of color to deep-seated hazards like environmental toxicity, displacement, and violence. This pillar considers how race and racism have shaped access to safe, healthy public spaces and private living spaces.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Place - English Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Historical and contemporary injustices have disproportionately exposed communities of color to deep-seated hazards like environmental toxicity, displacement, and violence. This pillar considers how race and racism have shaped access to safe, healthy public spaces and private living spaces.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Wealth - Spanish with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | The racial wealth gap has knowable historical foundations. Rooted in almost 400 years of slavery, dispossession and ongoing prejudice, the reality of economic inequality is rooted in our everyday lives, from inheritances to housing to debates about reparations. This pillar addresses the origins, persistence, and growth of racial economic disparity.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Wealth - English with Audio Description Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | The racial wealth gap has knowable historical foundations. Rooted in almost 400 years of slavery, dispossession and ongoing prejudice, the reality of economic inequality is rooted in our everyday lives, from inheritances to housing to debates about reparations. This pillar addresses the origins, persistence, and growth of racial economic disparity.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Wealth - Spanish Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | The racial wealth gap has knowable historical foundations. Rooted in almost 400 years of slavery, dispossession and ongoing prejudice, the reality of economic inequality is rooted in our everyday lives, from inheritances to housing to debates about reparations. This pillar addresses the origins, persistence, and growth of racial economic disparity.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race and Wealth - English Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | The racial wealth gap has knowable historical foundations. Rooted in almost 400 years of slavery, dispossession and ongoing prejudice, the reality of economic inequality is rooted in our everyday lives, from inheritances to housing to debates about reparations. This pillar addresses the origins, persistence, and growth of racial economic disparity.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Guided Tour - Utopia Project: Inspiration for Creative Activism Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | The Utopia Project: Inspiration for Creative Activism seeks to deconstruct the reasons why social change happens. Why does one tactic work and another fails? This interactive gallery provided a space to learn the art of activism and to unlock the creativity in each of us to transform our world.
Guided Tour - ¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | As the National Museum of the American Latino's premiere exhibition, ¡Presente! introduces visitors to key concepts, moments and biographies illuminating U.S. Latinos’ historical and cultural legacies. The exhibition also tells the stories of Latinas and Latinos who have shaped the United States. Indigenous freedom fighter Toypurina, Mexican American union leader César Chávez, Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente, Guatemalan labor organizer Luisa Moreno, Colombian American drag queen José Sarria and Cuban American singer Celia Cruz are some of the historical and contemporary figures featured in the exhibition. National Museum of the American Latino’s founding director Jorge Zamanillo and journalist Lulu García-Navarro introduce the inaugural exhibition and important key themes.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Guided Tour: Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. looks at the ways in which visual art has long provided its own protest, commentary, escape, and perspective for African Americans. Reckoning is a testament to how artists and photographers have used their voice to pay tribute to those we have lost, lifting up names such as Eric Garner, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor at demonstrations and in communities online. The show journeys from defiance to resilience to grief and mourning, hope and change.Visit the Exhibit: https://nmaahc.si.edu/reckoningOur Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Guided Tour: Americans - Indians Are Everywhere Smithsonian 2023-08-29 | Americans highlights the ways in which American Indians have been part of the nation’s identity since before the country began. Pervasive, powerful, at times demeaning, the exhibition's images, names, and stories reveal the deep connection between Americans and American Indians as well as how Indians have been embedded in unexpected ways in the history, pop culture, and identity of the United States.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
Race, Arts, and Aesthetics - Spanish Smithsonian 2023-07-14 | Race is more than individual identification. Our understandings of race and belonging are also publicly constructed and reinforced. Popular culture and shared public spaces can expose the tensions between what we see and who is represented. This pillar explores how public representations of race affect our understandings of history, ourselves, and each other.Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past explores the history and legacy of race and racism in the United States and beyond. Learn more at https://oursharedfuture.si.edu/race
