Curators' Corner
What’s Working When It Comes to the Ocean?
On World Oceans Day, scientist Nancy Knowlton reflects on the health of our seas
Poetry Matters: A Lifelong Conversation in Letters and Verse
For Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, a friendship between two poets left a beautiful written record
Bringing the Dazzle Back to the Blockbuster Exhibit
Casting aside today’s fondness for the understated, a curator ponders the importance of “the wow factor”
Gil Goldstein and Bobby McFerrin’s New Project at the Kennedy Center
Gil Goldstein lends an experienced hand to Bobby McFerrin's new concert series and recording project that honors familiar spirituals with a fresh new spirit
The Beautifully Strange Photography of Roger Ballen
A retrospective exhibit includes 55 works and the artist's video collaboration with South Africa's hip-hop-rave duo Die Antwoord
June 19, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Hitting the road this month, curator Amy Henderson follows her show "Elvis at 21" to Texas
June 19, 2013
| By Amy Henderson
A Smithsonian builder takes on the challenge of crafting a kayak following a 4,000-year-old tradition
June 18, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
The region's cool forests and plentiful rivers make it home to more salamander species than any other part of the world
June 18, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
The new exhibition celebrated 60 years of genetic research and makes it accessible to large audiences
June 14, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
A compact exhibit highlights the work of seven contemporary Native American artists at New York's Gustav Heye Center
June 13, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
See a digital preview of "Yoga: The Art of Transformation" opening at the Sackler Gallery this fall
Celebrated in Hawaii and in D.C., June 11 honors the unification of the Hawaiian islands
June 11, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
From her salon in Maryland, Camille Reed sees more black women embracing natural hair
June 07, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Meant to call attention to ongoing genocide and atrocity, the artistic protest will include a bone-laying ceremony, workshops and advocacy on Capitol Hill
June 07, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A 2008 donation to the National Museum of American History of the glamorous star's enormous scrapbooks are filled with mementos of her career
June 06, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
The inflatable structure, which would have served as a temporary space for lectures and events, will not go forward due to cost concerns
June 05, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
The outsider architect-artist has finally wooed the establishment, winning the Copper-Hewitt's Lifetime Achievement Award, but he's still mixing things up
June 05, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
You never know what you will find amidst the 50,000 recordings in the Smithsonian’s folk music collection
Dwight Blocker Bowers discusses the show's iconic donation to the American History Museum and its place in television
June 03, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A vision-impaired scientist, her coworker, and a composer team up to transform light bursts from stars into rhythms and melodies
May 31, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
The staff tries its hand at Segway-ing...and never wants to stop
May 31, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke, authors of "Your Ticket to the Universe," point out a few wonders of the cosmos
May 28, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
A 92-year-old WWII vet who recently donated his wartime letters to the National Postal Museum reflects on a friendship that lasted a lifetime
May 24, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
The split vote by the trustees of the contemporary art museum leads to the resignation of Richard Koshalek
May 23, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
Historian John Reddick looks at the people behind the neighborhood's recent reemergence as a thriving destination in the public eye
May 22, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
She arrives at the National Zoo today from Baton Rouge
May 22, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
Take a look back at an interview with Sir Edmund Hillary 60 years after he became the first man to summit Mount Everest
May 22, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
What's new at the Smithsonian in June
June 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
On World Oceans Day, scientist Nancy Knowlton reflects on the health of our seas
June 07, 2013
| By Guest Blogger
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