From boilermaking to fixing up an angel's wing, Les Compagnons hone marketable skills in a medieval brotherhood brought up to date
An exhibition showcasing works by members of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators opens at the Smithsonian's Ripley Center
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Architect Douglas Cardinal hopes to realize his plan for making the National Museum of the American Indian into a Washington landmark
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Not to mention patience, as 40 of them go from the Freer Gallery to six workshops in Japan to undergo a complete overhaul
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A curator hunts down the American photography collection of her dreams
The Smithsonian Institution, of course. A search of the archives has produced these lighter looks at life behind the scenes
When competition for customers' attention gets ferocious, that bottle, carton or can is a lot more than just another pretty face
It doesn't get hyped big-time like other sports, but at the grass-roots level, where it thrives, softball is in a league of its own
In ancient times, those in the know called on the many spirits of the underworld to make their curses, hexes and spells come true
Welcome to the Hechinger Collection, where hammers are brittle, saws never get old and wrenches mimic baby birds
Speeding through the Great Books on the road to higher learning
For years they were shuttled from one hiding place to another to escape the Japanese and then the Communists - now they're coming here
It's harder than you think, but even more rewarding, as the Stocker family foundation shows in Lorain, Ohio, and points West
Within a generation, the rural Mississippi tribe has created thousands of jobs and transformed itself into an economic dynamo
Everything was open to them in postwar Paris, as a new exhibit in New York proves
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After a spectacular collection was given to a Paris museum, the story emerged of how a princess kept the flame of love burning
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