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
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This week, discuss the varying views on public murals, take a 3-D journey of the world's coral reefs, and perform a People's Dance with Thirza Defoe.
March 12, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
Around the Smithsonian, routine work can often reap scientific discovery
March 09, 2012
| By Nick Pyenson
This weekend, experience the action of John Carter in IMAX, learn how to make your own mud cloth, and find out why the horse is such an important symbol in Native American culture.
March 08, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
For the 25th anniversary of the Sackler Gallery, elaborately crafted Iranian metalwork from Arthur Sackler's original gift are now on display.
March 06, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
A new study indicates the small monkeys may help us understand what leads us to put on weight
March 06, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, take a virtual tour of the Amazon River, learn how to preserve your favorite works of art at home, and enjoy the eclectic jazz of the Lovejoygroup.
March 05, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
The National Portrait Gallery showcases Harry Warnecke's early color photographs of famous faces from the 1930s and '40s.
March 02, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
This weekend, enjoy the Calefax Quintet's unconventional take on Debussy, celebrate Women's History Month and the Girl Scouts centennial, and welcome the Persian New Year.
March 01, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
In honor of Leap Day 2012, learn a bit about how frogs leap
February 29, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
The aptly-titled new exhibition at the Hirshhorn, "Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color and Space," features installations by five Latin American artists that focus on the interaction of light and space.
February 28, 2012
| By Jeff Campagna
This week, learn about slavery at Monticello, meet artist Ginny Ruffner, and join experts for a day of discussion on sustainability.
February 27, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
An entirely new type of planet is made up mostly of water
February 25, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
"Artuare" and "Conversations in the Contemporary" blur the definitions of commercial and fine art.
February 24, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
President Barack Obama presided over the start of a new museum devoted to African American history and culture
February 22, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
March 2012 | By Aviva Shen
In the latest edition of Ask Smithsonian, we sent your burning questions to the Institution's curators
March 2012
| By Smithsonian magazine
The wildly popular novels and movies depict werewolves as members of the Quileute Indians of Washington State – a new exhibit tells their real story
March 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
The motivation behind Quetzal’s music is stirring dreams – and helping build communities
March 2012
| By Aviva Shen
For decades, video games have enthralled and inspired, and now they are the subject of a new exhibit that views them as serious works of art
March 2012
| By Abigail Tucker
Readers Respond to the January Issue
March 2012
| By Smithsonian magazine
March 2012 | By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
March 2012 | By Smithsonian magazine
Edwin Land's camera, the SX-70, perfected the art of instant gratification
March 2012
| By Owen Edwards
A groundbreaking early email program, written by a high school student in 1979, helps tell the story of this crucial technology's history
February 22, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, see teen spoken word poets compete in the Youth Slam Team Semi-finals, enjoy ancient music from Japan, and hear the artists behind "Suprasensorial" discuss their work.
February 21, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
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