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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A new study unravels the relationships among a group of spectacular songbirds that diversified as the Hawaiian Islands emerged from the Pacific
November 30, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
A collection of ancient Egyptian mummies—and new techniques for looking inside them—reveal new information about ancient Egpyt's spiritual beliefs
November 29, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
In his photographs, now on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Jeffrey Milstein bares the bellies of airplanes
November 29, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
A Holocaust survivor's story is told through a visually stunning new exhibition of fabric art at the S. Dillon Ripley Center
November 28, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, take a guided tour of the Postal Museum, celebrate an opera composer, attend a poetry performance and mingle at the Natural History Museum at night
November 28, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Blume will receive a John P. McGovern Award from Smithsonian Associates Monday evening at the Ripley Center
November 25, 2011
| By Jeff Campagna
In honor of Thanksgiving Day, we present a wide array of feasts found in the Smithsonian's art collections
November 23, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, come of the opening of the Zoo's holiday light show, make your own art and get a guided tour of the Smithsonian Castle
November 23, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Curator Larry Bird weighs in on the significance of Plymouth Rock—and the two pieces the National Museum of American History has in its collection
November 22, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
Heyman, the tenth Secretary of the Institution, passed away on November 19
November 22, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
A new exhibition of contemporary art explores the concept of multiples in a variety of ways
November 21, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, get a guided tour of a fascinating exhibit, experiment in an interactive forensics lab, hear from a noted author and celebrate Thanksgiving
November 21, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
On this day in 1883, the railroads adopted a plan for standardized time zones. It all started when one man missed his train
November 18, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
December 2011 | By Joseph Stromberg
The curator of the White House talks about the history of the President's mansion and how to protect the collections from tipsy visitors
December 2011
| By Megan Gambino
The 19th-century artist Robert Walter Weir took inspiration from Washington Irving to create a prototype of Santa Claus
December 2011
| By Owen Edwards
With the help of Smithsonian model makers, the tribal nation is obtaining busts of ancestors who lived at a pivotal moment in their history
December 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
December 2011 | By G. Wayne Clough
Readers Respond to the October Issue
December 2011
| By Smithsonian magazine
This weekend, learn about commercial space travel, celebrate Chile's Native heritage, and examine the meaning of color with an expert
November 17, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
A new discovery sheds light on a three-million-year-old shark bite
November 16, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
When the Post Office debuted the ZIP Code, they introduced a friendly cartoon to be its lead salesman
November 15, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Volker Sattel's haunting film "Under Control" takes the viewer behind the scenes for a stylized look at day-to-day operations at nuclear power plants.
November 15, 2011
| By Jeff Campagna
This week, learn about an archaeological dig, see a Tlingit legend performed, hear a panel discussion of contemporary artists, and test your knowledge of geography
November 14, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Marc Pachter, of the National Museum of American History, will be interviewing the queen of domesticity this Thursday night. But we had a few words with her first
November 14, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
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