Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

What Smithsonian Curators Will Be Doing at the Democratic National Convention

Three political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History are heading to the 2024 Democratic National Convention soon to collect stuff – or as the professionals call it, ephemera: everything from balloons to tickets to articles of clothing

2024 Republican National Convention signs

Highlights of What the Smithsonian Is Archiving From the Republican Convention

stage at the 2024 Republican National Convention

How Smithsonian Curators Visit Political Conventions to Explain the Present to the Future

AC1404-0000077.jpg

Spanish-language Television Turns 70 in Puerto Rico