Curators' Corner
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
What the Great Gatsby Got Right about the Jazz Age
Curator Amy Henderson explores how the 1920s came alive in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel
Poetry Matters: In Baseball, No Poet Has Yet to Do the Game Justice
Smithsonian historian David Ward umpires the field of poetry, honoring the boys of spring, and calls a strike
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Apollo 11 souvenirs, Walt Whitman’s politics, and dinosaur DNA were among the subjects you wanted to know more about
May 2013
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Jennie C. Jones has the answer. Her first solo museum show opens at the Hirshhorn in May
May 2013
| By Jamie Katz
Smithsonian researchers used optical technology to play back the unplayable records
May 2013
| By Charlotte Gray
Four artists left their mark for the Smithsonian's first ever land art installation as part of a new exhibit about African artists and the earth
April 22, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Between smartphone apps and local exhibitions, the Institution is looking for great new ways to connect to our biggest fans
May 2013
| By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
The founder of Ashoka, a network of global social entrepreneurs, is taking on education to change the world
April 19, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
From Georges Braque to a suit of easter baskets, mixed media remains a potent form of visual expression
April 18, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Geographer Andrew Johnston discusses some of the applications and risks of the satellite-based technology, as well as its future
April 17, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Gallery closings, fewer exhibitions and reduced educational offerings are some of the impacts he listed before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
April 17, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
The actor talks about getting vetted by the baseball legend's grandchildren, meeting with his wife and why baseball was actually his worst sport
April 16, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
The Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum gives high school students an inside look at collections, labs and the people who run them
April 15, 2013
| By Marina Koren
He rose to an elite status and created his own style along the way
April 15, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A new exhibit at the Air and Space Museum reveals how we use time and space to get around every day, from maritime exploration to Google maps
April 11, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Slack Key guitar music sounds new notes for history of cowboys and the West in ceremony honoring the Hawaiian composer
May 07, 2013
| By Joann Stevens
An 1838 journey pushed back the borders of the unknown
April 2013
| By Michael Ruane
From sea to space and back again, the new Air and Space exhibit shows you how we get where we're going
April 10, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Revisiting a few pieces of baseball's past
April 09, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
In the wake of the Boston bombing, Amy Henderson explores parallels between Edison's revolution of electricity and today’s mediascape that helped solve the crime
April 23, 2013
| By Amy Henderson
Two donations from living legends to the American History Museum represent the genre's global reach
April 09, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Author Garrett Peck talks about uncovering the stone's history for his new book, The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry
April 09, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
The brush to block revolution saw a flowering of Japanese popular culture that still intrigues and enchants
April 05, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Three decades in and photojournalist Brian Skerry is still getting acquainted with the ocean's many characters
April 04, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Though assumed to be great for soil, earthworms actually may be killing off orchids by ingesting their seeds
April 03, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
From celebrating championships to begging teams to stay, baseball music has a lot more than Take Me Out to the Ball Game
April 03, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
The 1985 film that famously revealed the lives of astronauts in zero gravity returns to the big screen
April 02, 2013
| By Marina Koren
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