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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An 1838 journey pushed back the borders of the unknown
April 2013
| By Michael Ruane
From sea to space and back again, the new Air and Space exhibit shows you how we get where we're going
April 10, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Revisiting a few pieces of baseball's past
April 09, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
In the wake of the Boston bombing, Amy Henderson explores parallels between Edison's revolution of electricity and today’s mediascape that helped solve the crime
April 23, 2013
| By Amy Henderson
Two donations from living legends to the American History Museum represent the genre's global reach
April 09, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Author Garrett Peck talks about uncovering the stone's history for his new book, The Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry
April 09, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
The brush to block revolution saw a flowering of Japanese popular culture that still intrigues and enchants
April 05, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Three decades in and photojournalist Brian Skerry is still getting acquainted with the ocean's many characters
April 04, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Though assumed to be great for soil, earthworms actually may be killing off orchids by ingesting their seeds
April 03, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
From celebrating championships to begging teams to stay, baseball music has a lot more than Take Me Out to the Ball Game
April 03, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
The 1985 film that famously revealed the lives of astronauts in zero gravity returns to the big screen
April 02, 2013
| By Marina Koren
The American History Museum covers all things grease for its April Fool's Day conference open to the public
April 01, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
The award-winning program brings to light recently rediscovered footage and offers a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest tragedies
March 29, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
Animal forms, human figures and abstract designs all provide valuable information about the diverse cultures of the region
March 29, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Under a new editor, the latest issue features a day in a dog's life, audio postcards from around the world and more
March 28, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Two custom tours come fully loaded with insider information, digital postcards and step-by-step directions
March 27, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Families preserving the old ways in the young keep Hawaiian culture blooming in DC area
March 27, 2013
| By Joann Stevens
Two curators from the African Art Museum recommend recent African authors who have joined Achebe in shaping the world's understanding of the African experience
March 26, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
From rice to glitter, video and paint, these works reflect the best of contemporary portraiture
Winners of the triennial National Portrait Gallery competition used everything from rice to glitter to thread to capture themselves and the people around them
March 22, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
No Fools Need Apply to the Smithsonian's Curatorial Conference On Stuff, A Sometimes Annual Scholarly Gathering on a Subject Rarely Considered
April 05, 2013
| By Amy Henderson
Scientists retrieved pieces of rocket engines that may have launched the first man to the moon. Will any of them end up at the Air and Space Museum?
March 22, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
A new series brings high-end style to vintage wear
March 22, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
Smithsonian historian David Ward umpires the field of poetry, honoring the boys of spring, and calls a strike
April 03, 2013
| By David C. Ward
Musicians in a fair trade coffee cooperative hope to change the world through song and coffee
March 21, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
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