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The Best and Brightest
A small museum illuminates Las Vegas' past by restoring the city's classic neon signs
March 2006 |
By Lauren Wilcox
Dresden's Crowning Glory
Sixty years after it was reduced to rubble by Allied bombing, the reconstructed Baroque Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady, once again dominates the historic city's skyline
March 2006 |
By Andrew Curry
Christmas Cards
When orbiting pranksters Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford launched into "Jingle Bells," Mission Control almost lost control
December 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
John Lennon's First Album
A recently acquired stamp collection opens a new page on the teenage Beatle-to-be
September 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
Casualty of War
A sculptor's provacative memorial acknowledges the high cost of conflict
May 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
Shore Bird
Architect Santiago Calatrava created an urban landmark in the guise of an addition for the Milwaukee Art Museum
April 2005 |
By Terah U. DeJong
Romance And The Stone
A rare Burmese ruby memorializes a philanthropic woman
February 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
New Leash on Life
In an innovative program, prison inmates are raising puppies to be guide dogs for the blind
August 2004 |
By Christina Cheakalos
Doris Duke's Islamic Art Retreat
The Honolulu hideaway built by "the richest girl in the world" is now a museum showcasing her unique collection of Islamic art
March 2004 |
By Doug Stewart
The epic of Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center symbolizes the heart of Manhattan
March 2004 |
By Owen Edwards
Prize Fight
Raymond Damadian refuses to take his failure to win a Nobel Prize, for a prototype MRI machine, lying down
December 2003 |
By Rick Weiss
A Century's Roar and Buzz
Thanks to an immigrant's generosity, the Steven Udvar-Hazy Center opens its massive doors to the public
December 2003 |
By Lawrence M. Small
James Smithson's legacy
The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
September 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Master Class
Like generations of painters before them, artists from around the globe go to Paris to copy the masterpieces at the Louvre
October 2002 |
By Joseph A. Harriss
Rising Sun
Opening this month on Alexandria's Mediterranean waterfront, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina reflects the spirit of its ancient forebear
April 2002 |
By Bruce Watson
Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!
The story of how the Smithsonian came by its mask rivals in interest the way the Lone Ranger got his
October 2001 |
By David H. Shayt
Head's Up
From a computer-generated model, sculptors cast a bronze triceratops that Looks like the real thing
October 2001 |
By Michael Kernan
Meet Me at the Automat
Horn & Hardart gave big city Americans a taste of good fast food in its chrome-and-glass restaurants
August 2001 |
By Carolyn Hughes Crowley
