Joseph Stromberg

Joseph Stromberg

 

Joseph Stromberg was previously a digital reporter for Smithsonian.

Come see the Bay Jazz Project perform at the American Art Museum

Events Oct. 17-20: YouTube Mania, Worms From Hell, Women in Hong Kong and Bay Jazz Project

This week, come to an interactive art event, discuss life on meteorites, learn about Women in Hong Kong and take in some live jazz

The final landing of NASA's space shuttle program, at the Kennedy Space Center

At Air and Space: The Final Space Shuttle Crew Is In The House

The crew of NASA's final space shuttle flight dropped by the Air and Space Museum to discuss their experiences

Come to Family Day at the Postal Museum

Weekend Events Oct 14-16: Latino Reading and Open Mic, Postal Museum Family Day and Henna Body Art

This weekend, attend a virtual reading of Latino literature, come to a day of activities at the Postal Museum and create your own henna design

An 1894 exhibition of automobiles at what is now the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building

The List: The Smithsonian Institution Celebrates American Archives Month

From automobiles to beards, check out some of the more unusual artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Come hear Yumi Kurosawa play the koto, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument.

Events Oct. 11-13: Stories From the Mine, Baseball Americana and the Music and Arts of Japan

This week, come to a panel discussion with the Chilean miners, a talk about baseball, and join in an evening of Japanese culture

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe: Pioneer, Genius, Oddity

On this day in 1849, America lost an innovative, unique and utterly strange literary giant

A tree shrew recently born at the National Zoo

Zoo Celebrates Birth of Baby Tree Shrews

A pair of tiny mammals emerge from their nest fully grown at the Zoo

The film Shadow Magic features the arrival of motion pictures in China.

Weekend Events Oct. 7-9: Native Americans and the Courts, Balloons and Blimps and Shadow Magic

Understand how the U.S. courts system has affected Native Americans, learn about the science of balloons and take in a Chinese film at the Freer gallery

The eight cotton hoods worn by Confederate conspirators after Lincoln's assassination

The Civil War 150 Years: The Washington Eight

After plotting to kill Lincoln and other Union leaders, a group of Confederate conspirators was put on trial

Visit the Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum

Events Oct. 3-6: Butterfly Pavilion, Quiltmaking Demonstration, America in Black and White and African Drumming

This week, see exotic insects, learn a new craft, be part of a thought-provoking discussion on race and join a drum circle

Some animals at the National Zoo detected the east coast earthquake before it hit.

Did Zoo Animals Anticipate the August East Coast Earthquake?

Did Zoo Animals Anticipate the August East Coast Earthquake?

Shih Chieng Huang's installations are featured in an exhibit at the Natural History Museum through January 8, 2012.

What's Up

Visitors to Greenland don't have to forgo modern comforts. Pictured is a 24-year-old restaurant in the capital, Nuuk, home to a quarter of the nation's residents.

Climate Change Tourism in Greenland

With 80 percent of the ice that covers the island melting, Greenland has become a hot travel destination

Dr. Pierre Comizzoli, one of the two Smithsonian scientists to receive the Presidential Award, at work in the lab.

Two Smithsonian Scientists Receive Presidential Award

An astrophysicist and a conservation biologist each receive one of the highest honors in science

Meet Pili and Damini, pictured here with their mother Shama.

Zoo’s Red Panda Cubs Get Their Names

The newest additions to the Zoo's red panda family are named for the stormy night they were born

See the documentary "Columbus Day Legacy" this Saturday at the American Indian Museum.

Weekend Events Sept. 30 – Oct. 2: Treasures at the Museum, Columbus Day Legacy, and Portrait Discovery

This weekend, get a book autographed, see a thought-provoking documentary, and see the Portrait Gallery in a whole new way

An Isleta woman and her children sell goods alongside a train track, circa late 1880s to early 1900s

A Community’s Common Heritage at the Heye Center in New York City

At the American Indian Museum in New York City, a new exhibition illustrates the changes at Isleta Pueblo brought by the arrival of the railroad in 1881

The original penicillin mold discovered by Fleming is in the collections held at the American History Museum

The List: Medical Innovations at the Smithsonian

On the anniversary of the legendary discovery of polio, take a tour of the most significant medical inventions in history

Performer Diosa Costello, honored at a donation ceremony last week

Legendary Performer Diosa Costello Donates Wardrobe to Smithsonian

A pioneer of theater, nightclubs and Broadway gives her costumes to the American History Museum

An early pair of Levi Strauss & Co.'s "Duck Trousers"

The Origin of Blue Jeans

On the anniversary of Levi Strauss' death, learn the creation story of one of the most popular articles of clothing

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