Shaped by persecution, tribal strife and an unforgiving landscape, Iraq's Kurds have put their dream of independence on hold-for now
The triumphant return of the Lewis and Clark expedition
A look back at the world in Smithsonian Magazine's first year
When orbiting pranksters Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford launched into "Jingle Bells," Mission Control almost lost control
The Indians who first feasted with the English colonists were far more sophisticated than you were taught in school. But that wasn't enough to save them
He took the blue-collar approach to the great monuments of Egypt
A former civil rights activist revolutionizes the teaching of mathematics
Momentous or merely memorable
From the beginning, Smithsonian has looked beyond the Institution
Smithsonian's birth, 35 years ago, only hinted at the splendors to follow
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a writer looks back at the repercussions of another great disaster, the Mississippi flood of 1927
We mark Smithsonian's 35th anniversary by revisiting scientists, artists and scholars who've enriched the magazine and our lives
October anniversaries momentous or merely memorable
Guided by the Nez Percé, the men and women of the corps reach the Columbia amid threats for their lives
An exhibition of portraits from Latin America highlights the region's many contributions to U.S. cultural life
Almost from birth, Andrew Jackson was in training to become democracy's champion
Underwater archaeologists ready a crashed B-29 for visits by scuba-wearing tourists at the bottom of Lake Mead
Cesar Chavez' black nylon satin jacket with the eagle emblem of the United Farm Workers is held in the Smithsonian collections
Thanks to renovations of its classical venues, the Eternal City has never looked better
An amateur archaeologist discovers the field where wily Germanic warriors halted the spread of the Roman Empire
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