You're invited! Join us to hear talks from some of the Smithsonian's brightest minds.

Where is the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center located? Find out how the answer is nowhere and everywhere at the same time as Adriel shares what his team is doing to create museum moments in the unlikeliest of places.

Adriel Luis is redefining what a museum is. Is it a building with a collection? Or is it virtual? A curator for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, Adriel is experimenting with curated exhibitions online and pop-up galleries of art. His mission is to chronicle the full American story in new ways.

What is the difference between a selfie and a self-portrait? Dorothy invites you to consider this question and more as she takes you behind the scenes of the triennial Outwin Boochever competition in which artists challenge the very notion of what defines a portrait.

Dorothy Moss is Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery. She searches for the right pieces to reflect the American cultural identity, and helps visitors find a personal connection to the works. Fascinated with how emerging artists are expanding portraiture through the use of new media, Dorothy encourages everyone to ask "What is a portrait?"

When you hear 'volcano,' what image comes to mind? Liz Cottrell wants you to know why it should be more than liquid hot magma and how the Smithsonian is tracking and sharing volcano activity around the globe.

A geologist with the National Museum of Natural History, Liz approaches our Earth's evolution by comparing laboratory experiments that simulate the deep Earth to rocks from Smithsonian's collections. Currently, her research focuses on how carbon and oxygen, the building blocks of life, cycle through the deep Earth.

Where can DC natives connect with their hometown teams? Get a peek into the Sports Gallery with Damion to learn about the game changers whose actions changed their sport, transcended their game and transformed society.

Damion Thomas knows there is more to sports history than scores and championships. As a curator at the Smithsonian's newest museum – the National Museum of African American History and Culture – Damion works to share the way sports can be used as a language that crosses generationsl and cultural boundaries and how it can bring people together in new and meaningful ways.