Enjoy a staycation this summer

The Air and Space Museum is offering free concerts, family days and more at the Udvar-Hazy Center.

http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/free-summer-events-smithsonian-s-national-air-an...

Artifacts from sunken slave ship come to the surface

Long lost to history, a slave ship wrecked off the coast of Africa is revealing its secrets to the African American History and Culture Museum.

http://newsdesk.si.edu/kits/national-museum-african-american-history-and-culture...

PERÚ Pachamama

Celebrate the culture of Peru at the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival: June 24–28 and July 1–5

Smithsonian Celebrates Culture of Peru at the 49th Annual Folklife Festival

The Great Inka Road: Engineering and Empire

Built without the use of metal or the wheel, the Great Inka Road remains one of humanity's greatest engineering triumphs. Find out how it was done beginning June 26 at the American Indian Museum.

Inka Road Remains a Monumental Achievement in Engineering After 500 Years of Continuous Use

"Shirin Neshat: Facing History"

A major exhibition of the work of the Iranian-born, New York-based Shirin Neshat at the Hirshhorn is the first to put the artist and filmmaker's work in context of the history of modern Iran.

http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/hirshhorn-presents-shirin-neshat-facing-history

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