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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
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This week at the Smithsonian: take a virtual tour beneath the earth's surface, see the Air Force Strings perform and honor the genius of Thelonius Monk.
July 16, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
In between aiding wounded soldiers on the battlefield, Sammy Ray collected 171 birds for the Smithsonian. His commitment to science is now on view at the Natural History Museum
July 13, 2012
| By Kat J. McAlpine
Ironworkers paused to recreate a historic photograph while working on the Arts and Industries building. The renovation is expected to be complete March 2013.
July 13, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Events July 13-15: After Hours at the Museum of African Art, Cranes and Clouds, “Don Juan” Screening
This weekend, hit up the Museum of African Art after hours, create Korean art and view a screening of "Don Juan."
July 12, 2012
| By K. Annabelle Smith
Historian David C. Ward recounts the short but unprecedented Civil War attack on Washington, D.C. at the Battle of Fort Stevens on July 11, 1864.
July 11, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Smithsonian and Google Maps launched an easy to use application Tuesday providing step by step directions inside 17 museums and the National Zoo.
July 11, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Get ready for the Air and Space Museum's Mars Day July 13 with geologist Dr. John Grant discussing new findings, The Martian Chronicles and why he loves Mars Day.
July 11, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
On this date in 1962, Telstar was launched, ushering in a new era of communications technology
July 10, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Guest blogger and Portrait Gallery historian Amy Henderson reflects on the Gallery's Olympian collection.
July 09, 2012
| By Amy Henderson
This week at the Smithsonian, debate the merits of contemporary art, craft your own stationery, and learn more about the Battle of Shiloh.
July 09, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Today at the Folklife Festival: laugh therapy, hunting for chocolate and African Heritage Dancers & Drummers.
July 08, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Today at the Folklife Festival: Grant Wood's murals, historical cabins and cooking with honey.
July 07, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
“Six Degrees of Peggy Bacon” shows how one relatively unknown but well-connected artist was linked to many of art and society’s most influential people.
July 06, 2012
| By Kat J. McAlpine
Today at the Folklife Festival: John Philip Sousa's legacy, line dancing and stained glass crafts.
July 06, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
This weekend, become a constellation, make your own Silk Road mirror and enjoy the Classical stylings of pianist James D'León
July 05, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Images of tea-sipping orangutans and baby chimps in strollers are part of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' growing digital collection of zoo materials
July 05, 2012
| By Guest Blogger
Today at the Folklife Festival: feeding the world, funk music and NPR's Talk of the Nation.
July 05, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Each morning of the Festival, Around the Mall will publish a list of events to help you navigate the National Mall and get the most out of your visit. This year’s event features three programs: Campus and Community: Public and Land-grant Universities and the USDA at 150, Creativity and Crisis: Unfolding The AIDS Memorial Quilt, [...]
July 04, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Kick off the Fourth of July celebration this week with flag folding, a concert and a tour of the Heirloom Garden.
July 02, 2012
| By K. Annabelle Smith
It would take more than 33 days to view the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt—if you spent only one minute per panel. The piece of community art, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, remains the largest in the world. The quilt was displayed for the first time on the National Mall in Washington, [...]
July 02, 2012
| By K. Annabelle Smith
Today at the Folklife Festival: tea dance, African heritage dancers and drummers, and Hungarian roma music
July 01, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
Today at the Folklife Festival: Mississippi Hills cultural tourism, traditional Indiana cooking, and a tattoo workshop with Coco Bayron.
June 30, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
Think you know all of the cool sights on the Mall? We bet you'll find these insider tips from the Institution helpful this tourist season.
June 29, 2012
| By K. Annabelle Smith
“One Life: Amelia Earhart” takes visitors on a clockwise journey around the one-room exhibit, a thoughtful, deliberate selection of photographs, artwork and memorabilia documents an extraordinary life.
June 29, 2012
| By Kat J. McAlpine
Today at the Folklife Festival: cooking with goat meat, seeing HIV/AIDS through photography, and an evening concert by Quetzal and La Sardina de Naiguatá
June 29, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
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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
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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
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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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