Today we remember Nichelle Nichols. She starred as Lieutenant Uhura on "Star Trek" wearing this uniform now in our @NMAAHC, making history for African American women in TV and film. Nichols also volunteered to recruit women and people of color for NASA. #BecauseOfHerStory
The Smithsonian's treasures belong to you. Now you can download, remix, reuse and share them with #SmithsonianOpenAccess, for free, for any purpose. Explore at si.edu/OpenAccess.
As the keeper of memory for the nation, it is our privilege and responsibility to tell accurate and complete histories. As has been recently reported, in July, a placard was removed from @amhistorymuseum’s exhibit “The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden.” The intent of the
In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on this portable desk, now in
@amhistorymuseum.
While his words outlined the ideals of a new nation—“life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”—he enslaved more than 600 people in his lifetime.
We remember Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. This 1996 portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler is in our @smithsoniannpg's collection.
You know an animal is special when your social media manager has to check to make sure it's real.
Meet the pink fairy armadillo. At about 6 inches long, it's the world's smallest armadillo. The shell’s color comes from blood vessels close to the surface. s.si.edu/2RU3U2z
Captain Kathryn Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew, was the first woman captain in the Star Trek franchise. Mulgrew gave this prop communicator badge, now in our @airandspace, to astronaut Sally Ride, a longtime Star Trek fan. Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983.
Elie Wiesel devoted his life to ensuring the Holocaust and its victims are never forgotten. A survivor of the concentration camps where his family was murdered, he wrote the memoir "Night." @smithsoniannpg's Miriam Baker sculpture: s.si.edu/2Ykg7gp#HolocaustRemembranceDay
This is the first image ever of a black hole. The breakthrough discovery by the @ehtelescope is an image of Messier 87’s (M87’s) supermassive black hole in the center of the Virgo galaxy cluster, 55 million light-years away. #EHTBlackhole#RealBlackHole
