Curators' Corner
PHOTOS: Wynton Marsalis, Honoring Duke Ellington
The artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates the jazz legend who won affection at home and abroad
Bangs, Bobs and Bouffants: The Roots of the First Lady’s Tresses
Michelle Obama's modern look has a long history
What Django Unchained Got Wrong: A Review From National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch
The museum director and former film studies professor examines Quentin Tarantino's take on slavery
PHOTOS: A Piece of History, Celebrating Mardi Gras in D.C.
Historical photographs of Mardi Gras celebrations also tell the story of D.C.'s African American roots
February 12, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
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Check out scenes from the new comic "Darwin: A Graphic Biography" by Eugene Byrne and Simon Gurr
February 12, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Airing February 11, the Smithsonian Channel documentary tells the story of the lunch counter sit-in that helped to change the country
February 11, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Congratulations to the record label for the success of Woody at 100 and Quetzal's Imaginaries album
February 11, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Carlotta Walls LaNier recently donated the dress she wore on what would've been her first day at the desegregated high school
February 08, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
The panel talk on the controversial practice spilled over in the Twittersphere as people talked about the history of racist mascots and what can be done
February 07, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A New Welcome Center Offers A Sneak Peek at the New Museum
February 06, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
Are teams like the Indians, the Braves and the Redskins reflecting racial stereotypes?
February 06, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Some 5,000 items filled Paul Singer's apartment, now 63 go on display
February 05, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A homesteading settlement founded out of reach of Jim Crow is now a ghost town, but postal records live on to tell its story
February 04, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Sometimes treated as curiosities at the time, black men and women fighting for the Union and organizing for change altered the course of history
February 01, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A traveling exhibit ditches the trucks and goes digital to teach environmentally-friendly ways of living
January 30, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
Take a tour of San Francisco and Baltimore with historical photographs from the collections
January 29, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
On this day in 1956, Elvis appeared on the CBS program, The Stage Show, to skeptical critics and enthused audiences
January 28, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Smithsonian museums in the Washington, D.C. area as well as the National Zoo will open at noon Monday, due to inclement weather
January 28, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Preview some of the top-notch shows—on anatomy, bioluminescence, water tanks and more—slated for the next year
December 28, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
Known for being particularly eye-catching, the orchids of Latin America are part of religious, cultural and even culinary life in the region
January 25, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
"A Day at the Museum" examines documents that tell the stories of artists' trips to museums over the past two centuries
January 25, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
From Iraq to Libya, Corine Wegener works to preserve priceless objects of human history
January 24, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
The artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates the jazz legend who won affection at home and abroad
February 07, 2013
| By Joann Stevens
You asked? We answered
February 2013
| By Smithsonian magazine
What would otherwise be a local-interest story became a snapshot of history integral to the American experience
February 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough looks at how our scientists are studying our changing climate
February 2013
| By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
February 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz
The Flyknit racer is currently in the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
February 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
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Editors' Picks: Events this Week
Events February 12-14: Women in Sustainability, China’s Investment in Africa and an Emancipation Proclamation Theater Performance
New Exhibitions
The Uncertain Promise of Freedom’s Light: Black Soldiers in The Civil War
The Two-Bedroom Apartment in Jersey That Had Its Own Chinese Art Collection
PHOTOS: Orchids of Latin America
Very Seinfeld: A Museum Exhibit about Visiting Museum Exhibits
PHOTOS: The Wit and Genius of the Father of Video Art Nam June Paik
Taking the Bite Out of DC’s Partisan Dialog: A New Installation Seeks Common Ground
How Change Happens: The 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1963 March on Washington
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