Smithsonian
Innovators of Our Time
We mark Smithsonian's 35th anniversary by revisiting scientists, artists and scholars who've enriched the magazine and our lives
One of a Kind
From the beginning, Smithsonian has looked beyond the Institution
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New Faces
Artists, emerging and renowned alike, will vie to display their works in the National Portrait Gallery when it reopens next July
The Price of Ambition
From the beginning, the cost of increasing and diffusing knowledge exceeded even Smithson's generosity
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From the Secretary: Guiding Light
New palm-size computers show videos and maps to lead visitors around even to a good cup of joe
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July 1970
A look back at the world in Smithsonian Magazine's first year
Reversing the Clock
Taking care of the nation's treasures requires art, history and even molecular science
Science Matters
The Institution decides to focus on four basic questions
Invention at Play
The Lemelson Center celebrates a decade of nurturing the inventor in each of us
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Child of Wonder
Cristián Samper's lifelong love of flora and fauna inspires creative new displays of the world's largest collection
Turrets and Towers
The fanciful design of the Smithsonian Castle150 years old in Decemberbucked the neo-classical trend of Washington's other monuments and buildings
New Digs
Introducing a new department and the editor who runs it
Great Finds
Celebrating a magazine's good fortuneand a nation's
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A Task for Every Talent
Since the Smithsonian's earliest days, the help of volunteers has been essential
Will Power
Estate bequests by donors past and present keep the world's largest museum and research complex humming
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Fascinating Relics
Smithsonian's wide-ranging mummy collection still speaks to us from centuries past
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Man's Reach
The Cooper-Hewitt explores the wide-ranging impact of historical and contemporary designs
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James Smithson's Legacy
The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
Torn Asunder
Enslaved Africans endured the largest forced migration in history
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