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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February 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg
February 2012 | By G. Wayne Clough
An American diplomat’s memento takes center stage after 125 years
February 2012
| By Owen Edwards
A chemist from the Textile Museum is perfecting a new technique for understanding the past
February 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
The designer of the National Museum of African American History and Culture talks about his vision for the new building
February 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Readers Respond to the December Issue
February 2012
| By Smithsonian magazine
At the Portrait Gallery, Historian Amy Henderson Awaits the Presentation of a New Portrait of Chef Alice Waters
January 18, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Watch a documentary about the couple who broke through interracial marriage laws, learn the story behind Dale Chihuly's blanket cylinders and beat the blues with the Andrea Wood Quintet.
January 17, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
In honor of MLK day, the president of the Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation speaks about seeing the project to fruition
January 13, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
This weekend, celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr, honor his work with a reading of his most powerful speeches, and enjoy a pow-wow dance and drum performance by St. Labre Indian School students.
January 13, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
Now, with 'Ask Smithsonian,' the magazine gives you the chance to ask your own questions—and have them answered by the Smithsonian's remarkable group of experts and researchers
January 12, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
A renowned theoretical physicist comes to speak at the Natural History Museum
January 11, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Turkish video artist Ali Kazma captures the actions of a man who seems to be the most efficient stamper of paper ever at the Hirshhorn's Black Box Theater.
January 10, 2012
| By Jeff Campagna
This week, experience Mission: Impossible in IMAX, rediscover the iconic work of Andy Warhol, and learn about the most innovative work happening on the Web
January 09, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated his telegraph for the first time. But how did he get the idea in the first place?
January 06, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
This weekend, watch an Iranian film, attend a stamp collecting workshop or listen to eclectic Baroque chamber music
January 05, 2012
| By Aviva Shen
A father-and-son duo of master Tsimshian carvers create a totem pole for the American Indian Museum
January 05, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Take advantage of this rare chance to see the Quadrantid meteor shower
January 03, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, participate in hands-on science activity, watch a totem pole being made and see live tarantula feedings
January 03, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
This New Year's weekend, meet a children's book author and archivist, come to aviation story time, and catch ZooLights before it's over
December 30, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
A new exhibition at the Natural History Museum gives visitors a dazzling view of our evolving universe
December 29, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, take part in the Portrait Gallery's special winter break and celebrate Kwanzaa
December 27, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This holiday season, check out some of the most memorable diplomatic gifts given to U.S. presidents
December 23, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, see young people's creative works, learn about Gertrude Stein, and have a merry Christmas
December 22, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
The lead scientist in the new planet discovery explains the significance of the find
December 21, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
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