2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
The actor turned director creates a genre-busting horror movie with a terrifying twist—silence
Jazz, race and an unlikely friendship inspire the new film about navigating Jim Crow America
Thaddeus Cahill's Telharmonium may not have been a huge success, but it was an important achievement in music history
Chris Pine stars as the Netflix film’s eponymous hero, who secures his country’s independence but leaves behind a tangled legacy
D.C. chef Erik Bruner-Yang interviews Jill-of-all-trades Kaitlyn Hova about her plan to infuse STEM education with open source, 3-D printable instruments
While the movie has been critiqued for flattening the legacy of Queen, see the band come to life in historic photos
70 classical musicians. 200 acres of windblown prairie. And the bracing spirit of the heartland. A Kansas symphony in six movements
The unprecedented conservation of the <i>Wizard of Oz</i> shoes involved more than 200 hours, and a call from the FBI
Award-winning filmmakers, Smithsonian folklorist Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner, explore impact of craft in <em>Good Work</em>, airing now on PBS
The first of its kind, the late-October event brings together perspectives both historical and contemporary
The "Ghost with the Most" has been haunting movie watches—and one small Vermont town—for 30 years
Smithsonian ethnomusicologist Dan Sheehy poignantly recalls the brutal outcome of a nation divided
When the FBI asked museum conservators at the American History Museum for assistance, they discovered the two pairs are twins
Aretha Franklin dies at 76; her memory lives on at the Smithsonian in artwork, photographs and other ephemera
The Beatles’ biggest single hit skyrocketed on the charts in August of 1968
Sometimes the understudy exceeds expectations
Don't call it a comeback. With a new movie and new music on the way, ABBA remains as relevant as ever
The San Gabriel Mountains lure lots of Angelenos looking for some quiet seclusion. One of the more famous was Leonard Cohen who spent five years there
Bees tend to get all the attention, but Marvel turns the spotlight on one of nature’s most devious masterminds
Pounce on the opportunity to celebrate contemporary African-African filmmaking at the National Museum of African American History and Culture this fall
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