/tags/smithsonian Smithsonian en-US WLRN Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:39:26 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-02-27/sundial-how-miamis-black-diaspora-inspired-this-smithsonian-museum-curator Joanne Hyppolite made a career out of helping tell the important ways in which Black people influenced all aspects of American culture as a curator at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. She joins host Carlos Frías to talk about why she calls Miami home. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:39:26 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-02-27/sundial-how-miamis-black-diaspora-inspired-this-smithsonian-museum-curator Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /news/2022-03-04/ukrainian-heritage-is-in-peril-the-smithsonian-hopes-to-rescue-what-it-can The Smithsonian Institution says it is in touch with contacts inside Ukraine who specialize in rescuing and preserving cultural heritage sites in times of crisis. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:45:00 GMT /news/2022-03-04/ukrainian-heritage-is-in-peril-the-smithsonian-hopes-to-rescue-what-it-can Andrew Limbong /news/npr-breaking-news/2022-02-22/a-picture-of-u-s-democracy-in-action-black-people-at-work-rest-and-play A mantra for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is to explore American History through an African American lens. Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:15:00 GMT /news/npr-breaking-news/2022-02-22/a-picture-of-u-s-democracy-in-action-black-people-at-work-rest-and-play Walter Ray Watson /2022-01-20/cynthia-chavez-lamar-becomes-the-first-native-woman-to-lead-a-smithsonian-museum She will oversee the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., as well as the George Gustav Heye Center in Lower Manhattan and the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Md. Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:44:58 GMT /2022-01-20/cynthia-chavez-lamar-becomes-the-first-native-woman-to-lead-a-smithsonian-museum Joe Hernandez