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Museum Update Due to the federal government shutdown, the National Museum of African Art is closed; all daytime and evening events at the museum are also canceled.

Heard of six-word stories? Novelist Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in six words and called it one of his best works. U.S.-based online storytelling magazine Smith Magazine then founded a project to collect the public's six-word stories. As part of our current Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor exhibition, we're challenging you to see if earth can be described in just six words. Can you describe the earth that surrounds in you in just #6words? Check out what visitors around the Smithsonian had to say:





Johnnetta Betsch Cole, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art was in conversation with Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, New York Times bestselling poet and critically acclaimed actress Jill Scott as part of Cole's Director's Discussion Series.

Watch the event online.




In support of the exhibition Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa the museum is offering a multitude of different programs for the public to enjoy. Come and participate in a workshop or perhaps listen to a story.

Download the full program here.