Past Programs By Year (List View)
- 2025
- Youth and the Future of Culture
- 2024
- Indigenous Voices of the Americas: Celebrating the National Museum of the American Indian
- 2023
- Creative Encounters: Living Religions in the U.S.
- The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region
- Soul of Tengri: Kazakh Traditions and Rituals
- 2022
- Earth Optimism × Folklife: Inspiring Conservation Communities
- United Arab Emirates: Living Landscape | Living Memory
- 2021
- Beyond the Mall: Making Matters
- 2020
- Beyond the Mall
- Story Circle Series
- 2019
- Social Power of Music
- D.C. Music Preservation
- 2018
- Armenia: Creating Home
- Catalonia: Tradition and Creativity from the Mediterranean
- Crafts of African Fashion
- On the Move: Migration & Creativity
- Sisterfire
- October 2017
- IlluminAsia: A Festival of Asian Art, Food, and Cultures
- 2017
- 50th Anniversary
- Circus Arts
- On the Move: Migration Across Generations
- September 2016
- Freedom Sounds: A Community Celebration
- 2016
- Basque: Innovation by Culture
- On the Move: Migration and Immigration Today
- Sounds of California
- Special Events
- 2015
- Peru: Pachamama
- Special Events
- 2014
- China: Tradition and the Art of Living
- Kenya: Mambo Poa
- Special Events
- 2013
- Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival
- One World, Many Voices: Endangered Languages and Cultural Heritage
- Special Events
- The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
- 2012
- Campus and Community: Public and Land-grant Universities and the USDA at 150
- Citified: Arts and Creativity East of the Anacostia River
- Creativity and Crisis: Unfolding the AIDS Memorial Quilt
- Special Events
- 2011
- Colombia: The Nature of Culture
- Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Promoting World Peace and Friendship
- Rhythm and Blues: Tell It Like It Is
- Special Events
- 2010
- Asian Pacific Americans: Local Lives, Global Ties
- México
- Smithsonian Inside Out
- Special Events
- 2009
- Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture
- Las Américas: Un mundo musical/The Americas: A Musical World
- Special Events
- Wales Smithsonian Cymru
- 2008
- Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon
- NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond
- Special Events
- Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food, and Wine
- 2007
- Mekong River: Connecting Cultures
- Northern Ireland at the Smithsonian
- Roots of Virginia Culture: The Past is Present
- Special Events
- 2006
- Alberta at the Smithsonian
- Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions
- Nuestra Música: Latino Chicago
- Special Events
- 2005
- Food Culture USA
- Forest Service, Culture, and Community
- Nuestra Música: Music in Latino Culture
- Oman: Desert, Oasis, and Sea
- Special Events
- 2004
- Haiti: Freedom and Creativity from the Mountains to the Sea
- Nuestra Música: Music in Latino Culture
- Special Events
- Water Ways: Mid-Atlantic Maritime Communities
- 2003
- Appalachia: Heritage and Harmony
- Mali: From Timbuktu to Washington
- Scotland at the Smithsonian
- Special Events
- 2002
- The Silk Road: Connecting Cultures, Creating Trust
- 2001
- Bermuda Connections
- Masters of the Building Arts
- New York City at the Smithsonian
- Special Events
- 2000
- El Río
- Special Events
- Tibetan Culture Beyond the Land of Snows
- Washington, D.C.: It’s Our Home
- 1999
- Celebrating New Hampshire's Stories
- Gateways to Romania
- South Africa: Crafting the Economic Renaissance of the Rainbow Nation
- Special Events
- 1998
- Pahiyas: A Philippine Harvest
- Special Events
- The Baltic Nations: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
- The Rio Grande/Río Bravo Basin
- Wisconsin
- 1997
- African Immigrant Folklife
- Sacred Sounds: Belief & Society
- Special Events
- The Mississippi Delta
- 1996
- Iowa - Community Style
- Special Events
- The American South
- Working at the Smithsonian
- 1995
- Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women
- Russian Roots, American Branches: Music in Two Worlds
- Special Events
- The Cape Verdean Connection
- The Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation
- 1994
- Culture and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Masters of Traditional Arts: The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows
- Thailand: Household, Temple Fair & Court
- The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
- 1993
- American Social Dance
- Kids' Stuff
- Metro Music
- U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
- 1992
- Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Culture in the Americas
- New Mexico
- The Changing Soundscape in Indian Country
- Workers at the White House
- 1991
- Family Farming in the Heartland
- Forest, Field and Sea: Folklife in Indonesia
- Land in Native American Cultures
- Roots of Rhythm and Blues: The Robert Johnson Era
- 1990
- Musics of Struggle
- Senegal
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- 1989
- American Indian Program
- Hawai'i
- Les Fêtes Chez Nous: France and North America
- The Caribbean: Cultural Encounters in the New World
- 1988
- American Folklore Society Centennial
- Festival Music Stage
- Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts
- Migration to Metropolitan Washington: Making a New Place Home
- Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union
- 1987
- Cultural Conservation and Languages: America's Many Voices
- Metropolitan Washington
- Michigan
- 1986
- 20th Anniversary Music Stage
- American Trial Lawyers
- Cultural Conservation: Traditional Crafts in a Post-Industrial Age
- Japan: Rice in Japanese Folk Culture
- Tennessee
- 1985
- Cultural Conservation
- Louisiana
- Mela! An Indian Fair
- Special Events
- 1984
- Alaska
- Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia
- The Grand Generation
- 1983
- Aviation Program
- Festival Sampler
- French/French-American Program
- National Heritage Fellowships Program
- New Jersey
- 1982
- Children's Program
- Korea
- National Heritage Fellowships Program
- Oklahoma
- 1981
- A Celebration of the American Tent Show
- Adobe Architecture
- Arts Endowment Folk Arts Program
- Children's Program
- Folklore of the Deaf
- Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States
- Northeastern Music and Dance
- Ojibwa Culture
- South Slavic Americans
- 1980
- American Talkers
- Caribbean Americans
- Community Activities and Food Preservation
- Finnish Americans
- Folk Housing and Energy Efficiency
- Southeast Asian Americans
- 1979
- Caribbean Carnival
- Children's Area
- Folklife in the Museum - Folk Medicine
- Folklore in Your Community
- Medicine Show
- Native American Architecture
- 1978
- Chesapeake Bay Traditions
- Children's Folklife
- Coal Miners & Oil Workers
- D.C. Folklore
- Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations
- Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery
- Mexican & Mexican American Traditions
- Other Programs
- San Juan Pueblo Culture
- 1977
- African Diaspora Street Culture
- America's Appetite (for Energy)
- Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations
- Folklife in the Museum: Hall of Musical Instruments
- Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery
- Native American Musical Styles
- Other Programs
- Virginia Folk Culture
- 1976
- African Diaspora
- Children's Program
- Family Folklore
- Festival Stage
- Native Americans
- Old Ways in the New World
- Regional America
- Working Americans
- 1975
- African Diaspora
- Children's Program
- Family Folklore
- Festival Stage
- Native Americans
- Old Ways in the New World
- Regional America
- Working Americans
- 1974
- African Diaspora
- Children's Program
- Family Folklore
- Festival Stage
- Native Americans
- Old Ways in the New World
- Regional America
- Working Americans
- 1973
- Native Americans
- Old Ways in the New World
- Regional America
- Working Americans
- 1972
- Maryland
- Southwest Indians
- Union Workers
- 1971
- Northwest Coast Indians
- Ohio
- Performances
- 1970
- Arkansas
- Crafts
- Performances
- Southern Plains Indians
- 1969
- Crafts
- Pennsylvania
- Performances
- Toby Show
- 1968
- Crafts
- Performances
- Texas
- 1967
- Crafts
- Performances
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