Curators' Corner
PHOTOS: Wynton Marsalis, Honoring Duke Ellington
The artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates the jazz legend who won affection at home and abroad
Bangs, Bobs and Bouffants: The Roots of the First Lady’s Tresses
Michelle Obama's modern look has a long history
What Django Unchained Got Wrong: A Review From National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch
The museum director and former film studies professor examines Quentin Tarantino's take on slavery
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October 2012
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From Tibet to the Arabian Peninsula, the gallery has been exploring the beauty of the world for a quarter of a decade
October 2012
| By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Guest Blogger Joann Stevens from the American History Museum looks ahead to Saturday's grooving festivities, marking a month of programming for Hispanic Heritage Month
September 14, 2012
| By Guest Blogger
Family Fall Day gives visitors the chance to see research on the bay up close
September 14, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
From Franklin to Seinfeld, Monroe to Obama, America's fashionable past lives at the American History Museum
September 12, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
The baby boom continues with the birth of a male dama gazella on September 4
September 11, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
It was Diana Vreeland, whose skill, imagination and discipline, defined the job of a modern fashion editor
September 11, 2012
| By Amy Henderson
A handful of Whistler's etchings, many never-before exhibited and on view at the Freer, offer a view of the artist's Chelsea neighborhood
September 10, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
The Smithsonian mourns the loss of one of its visionary leaders
September 09, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
Marking what would have been the avant-garde composer's 100th birthday, a full slate of events offers chances to listen to and discuss his work
September 06, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
We catch up once again with the curatorial dynamic duo of Larry Bird and Harry Rubenstein
September 06, 2012
| By Brian Wolly
After receiving suggestions for the new dinosaur hall in a Sunday comic, Matthew Carrano of the Natural History Museum responds
September 06, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Brought out from storage, two objects from the first mission to the moon reflect Armstrong's enduring legacy
September 05, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
The Institution's award-winning channel offers up a month of premium programs, featuring the Hope Diamond, Titanoboa and a rainforest exploration
September 05, 2012
| By Guest Blogger
Artist Rick Bartow's pair of sculptures, "We Were Always Here," will sit at the museum's entrance
September 05, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Take a stroll through North America's majestic biodiversity
August 31, 2012
| By Jeanie Riess
Lightbulbs are nice, but it was Edison's kinetoscope 115 years ago today that brought us Hollywood and boxing cats
August 31, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
Follow the Smithsonian experts as they gather memorabilia in Tampa
August 30, 2012
| By Tom Frail
Alex Parker at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics takes his work home with him -- and makes stunning visualizations
August 30, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
A new exhibit at the Freer examines the adoption of Buddhism in China through richly detailed paintings
August 29, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
The great American pastime of politics and posturing has deep roots, but have we become more or less civil?
August 28, 2012
| By Jeanie Riess
With 2012's national party conventions and subsequent coverage upon us, curator Amy Henderson from the National Portrait Gallery looks back at the most trusted man in news
August 27, 2012
| By Amy Henderson
Senior curator of the Air and Space museum remembers the man who united a country and walked on the moon
August 27, 2012
| By Guest Blogger
New work from Jananne Al-Ani exposes a complicated history within the Middle Eastern landscape
August 24, 2012
| By Leah Binkovitz
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