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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October 2011 | By Joseph Stromberg
The early 20th-century photograph of Empress Dowager Cixi captures political spin, Qing dynasty-style
October 2011
| By Owen Edwards
"Whether it was TV or magazines, the world got changed one image at a time," says Maurice Berger, curator of a new exhibit at American History
October 2011
| By Arcynta Ali Childs
The head of the Smithsonian Institution details the efforts American History Museum conservators took to repair the artifact
October 2011
| By G. Wayne Clough
October 2011 | By Smithsonian magazine
This week, hear about the queen of ancient Egypt, see some of the world's largest tortoises, talk to curators about the environment, and more
September 19, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
At 15,000 performances and counting, American music legend B.B. King turns 86 today
September 16, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
A landmark new exhibition takes visitors on a tour through the world of African art
September 16, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This weekend, dig into a heated topic within the Native community, participate in a Latino music festival and learn a new art
September 15, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Caretakers at the Zoo are celebrating the birth of two extremely rare birds
September 14, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Calling all students, finding it hard to concentrate on your studies, we recommend five cool places to hit the books
September 14, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
Artist CYJO discusses The KYOPO Project, a portrait ensemble of more than 200 individuals born in Korea, but living abroad
September 13, 2011
| By Jamie Simon
Recent advances in CT scanning technology have helped Natural History researchers generate 3D images of dozens of artifacts—and answer a question about an ancient Egyptian mummy
September 13, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Inspired by bioluminescent undersea creatures, an installation artist creates an unearthly world
September 12, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
See American history come alive, listen to lectures by distinguished speakers, and enjoy the sounds of one of the country's top jazz bands
September 12, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
A recently opened show, on view in the S. Dillon Ripley Center, honors the work of young artists with disabilities
September 09, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
Friday, September 9 Remembering 9/11 View the documentary, 9/11: Stories in Fragments, featuring interviews with victims, witnesses and ordinary people from New York, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The Smithsonian Channel production also focuses on the Smithsonian Institution’s collection of September 11th objects and the stories each artifact reflects, as told by museum curators and [...]
September 08, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Visitors from across the country have made a pilgrimage to the Smithsonian to see an exhibit about the fateful day 10 years ago
September 08, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
As teachers and students head back into the classroom, we present a list of the Smithsonian Institution's most interesting school-related objects
September 07, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Thanks to efforts by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, the first new bird species discovered in the United States in decades has been described
September 07, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
On this day in 1847, Henry David Thoreau ended his celebrated time in solitude and took up the great task of writing about it
September 06, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, learn how to photograph exotic animals, get a telescopic look at the sky, and see American Art through a new perspective
September 06, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
97 years ago today, a once-ubiquitous bird species tragically went extinct
September 01, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
We've combed through the Smithsonian Institution's collections to find the best vacation artifacts, from before the automobile to the interstate era
August 31, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Delta blues musician "Honeyboy" Edwards is dead at 96; Hear some of his music from the Smithsonian Folkways archives
August 30, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
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