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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September 2011 | By G. Wayne Clough
September 2011 | By Smithsonian magazine
At the Zoo's Virginia reserve for endangered species, a cluster of new births is evidence of the center's success in the study of reproductive sciences
August 17, 2011
| By Jamie Simon
During his storied career, he set dozens of records, altered the fortunes of a number of teams and developed a new style of play that would lead baseball into a golden era
August 16, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week, Smithsonian brings you an IMAX animal adventure, storytelling about the Negro League era, a visiting author and a free outdoor jazz funk concert
August 15, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Konrad Ng, director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, shares his insights on "Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter," open now at Portrait Gallery.
August 12, 2011
| By Jamie Simon
Phyllis Diller's "Gag File"—a file cabinet full of her jokes—goes on display at the National Museum of American History today
August 12, 2011
| By Smithsonian Staff
This weekend, bring your child for story time at the Air and Space Museum, play in a scavenger hunt , and catch a sculpture exhibit that's about to close
August 11, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Flooding islands, melting glaciers and dried-up streams: experience the impacts of climate change through the "Conversations with the Earth" exhibition
August 11, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Cheryl Bright, manager of the Smithsonian's National Invertebrate Collection, leads a "show and tell" of her favorite creepy crawlers
August 10, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
A year after the collapse, the Natural History Museum's new "Against All Odds" exhibition tells the story and science of the Chilean mine rescue, with one of the Fénix capsules used on display
August 09, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
Who said this famous line? "Remember, Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires." Did you know that Smokey Bear actually lived at the Smithsonian?
August 09, 2011
| By Beth Py-Lieberman
On this day in 1974, President Nixon resigned from his office. Find out how it all started with a file cabinet
August 08, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
This week: experience the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins, get a lesson on volcano scholarship and attend an evening "Mingle at the Museum" event on the topic of race
August 08, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
After a month-long trip from California to Washington, D.C., a biplane once used to train Tuskegee Airmen arrives at the Smithsonian
August 05, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
Forty-nine years ago today, America's biggest movie star was found dead at the age of 36. Why did she take her own life?
August 05, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
A Chinese film screening, fold the Star-Spangled Banner and other upcoming events for the weekend
August 04, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg
With the release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, we should be prepared in case apes attempt to take over our world
August 03, 2011
| By Brian Wolly
Despite a climate thick with racial tension, 75 years ago today, the track star made history at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
August 03, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
Summer and the city is hot. Refresh and cool down at these exhibits, closing this month.
August 02, 2011
| By Jamie Simon
Wild Bill dead of a gunshot wound to the head, see one of his guns at a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
August 02, 2011
| By Jeff Campagna
Celebrate MTV's 30th anniversary by looking back at the history of the iconic "Moon Man" statuette, and learn its surprising connection to the Smithsonian
August 01, 2011
| By Julie Mianecki
This week visit the Smithsonian for ExplorAsia, a craft session at Anacostia, a chance to learn about Russian cosmonaut Gherman Titov and more
August 01, 2011
| By Brittany Dant
A new exhibit at the Sackler: "Reinventing the Wheel," celebrates an era when Japanese potters abandoned the wheel to pursue new expressive forms of the art
July 29, 2011
| By Brittany Dant
This weekend join the Smithsonian Institution for a chance to learn about how everyday choices can affect ocean resources, Reptile Discovery Day at the National Zoo and a paper mosaic workshop.
July 28, 2011
| By Brittany Dant
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