Curator Finds Murphy Bed's Place in American History

The Murphy Bed was born of necessity—the inventor had a driving desire to hide his bed, so he could entertain his lady

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C.S.I. Smithsonian on Forensic Fridays

The ivory pleated dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1955 comedy “The Seven Year itch” is the most popular attraction at the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Motion Picture Museum.

Hollywood on Exhibit

Movie memories come to life inside the filmmaking collections of these seven museums

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Craft Show Artist Kate Bishop Makes Elegantly Eccentric Hats

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Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 Passed by House of Representatives

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Science Education Grant Brings Sesame Street Planetarium Show

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The Winner Revealed - ATM's Third Caption Contest Closed

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Geared Grasshoppers: Q and A with Craft Fair Artist Mike Libby

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Night at the Museum: The Video Game

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"On Tax Day, Render to Caesar...."

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The Space Art of Wang Ming

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Two Days Left to Enter ATM's Third Caption Contest

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They Call Him "The Starfish Guy"

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Nikki the Bear Lost 110 Pounds on the National Zoo Diet

When Nikki the spectacled Bear came to the National Zoo in December 2006, he looked more like Winnie the Pooh than Smokey the Bear

The Zoo’s three pandas, here Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, require a constant supply of bamboo, a plant that is not very nutritious, especially for animals, like pandas, that are natural carnivores.

Feeding the Animals at the National Zoo

After hiring the first animal nutritionist 30 years ago, the National Zoo prepares specific, well-balanced meals for each animal

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100 Hours of Astronomy Webcast

The Many Faces of Mami Wata

To win the favor of Mami Wata, one must be clean and sweet-smelling both inside and out

Ceramist Emily Rossheim uses luminescent underglazes to make her bowls shimmer.

What's Up

A juvenile tapetail in the process of becoming an adult grows a huge liver.

A Fish Tale

A curator discovers that whalefishes, bignose fishes and tapetails are all really the same kind of fish at different life stages

Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi sat down with Smithsonian magazine to discuss the upcoming exhibition "Design for a Living World."

Q and A: Isaac Mizrahi

Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi's salmon skin dress is on display in a new exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

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