Television
Big Things Ahead… But Keep Your Shirt On
Americans in the 1940s had wondrous expectations about the post-war world. Meet one author who advised them to curb their enthusiasm
May 25, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield
Twenty-five years after The Simpsons made their TV debut, the show's creator talks about Homer's odyssey—and his own
May 2012 |
By Claudia De La Roca
Titanoboa, the 48-Foot Monster Snake, Slithers Into the Natural History Museum
See the giant prehistoric snake everyone's been talking about at the Natural History Museum, starting Friday, March 30 through January 6, 2013
March 29, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Snake Found in Grand Central Station!
Sculptor Kevin Hockley unveils his fearsome replica of Titanoboa—the star of an upcoming Smithsonian Channel special and National Museum of Natural History exhibition
March 22, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
A History Lesson is Passed Down to Another Generation
The real prize for Kaleb Harris, winner of the American History Museum and Smithsonian Channel's Black History Month essay contest, was meeting Joseph McNeil, one of the leaders of the 1960 Greensboro sit-in
March 20, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
The Super Bowl’s Love Affair With Jetpacks
Thankfully, this Super Bowl spectacle never had a wardrobe malfunction
February 03, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
What Makes an Ad Successful?
With over 30 years of experience in the industry, John Adams shares what it takes to make a great Super Bowl advertisement
January 27, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Trade Your Trouble for a Bubble
Sightseeing across the country in an atomic-powered "pleasure ball"
January 13, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Moving Sidewalks Before The Jetsons
The public's fascination with the concept of "movable pavement" extends back more than 130 years
January 11, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Giant Automatic Highway Builders of the Future
Arthur Radebaugh's vision of a road-creating machine may not have been a figment of just his imagination- a Disney-produced television program had a similar idea
December 16, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
Arthur Radebaugh’s Shiny Happy Future
For five years, a popular comic strip gave us a preview of life in Suburbatopia
November 04, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
Debating on Television: Then and Now
Kennedy and Nixon squared off in the first televised presidential debate 50 years ago and politics have never been the same
September 14, 2010 |
By W. Barksdale Maynard
"The Rivals" Premieres on the Smithsonian Channel
Kids are back to school. Cravings for homemade chili and freshly picked apples kick in. And across the country, football season officially begins. (If you haven't seen high school and college players, strengthened by arduous two-a-days, suiting up for their season openers, you've surely witnessed o...
September 10, 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
Wednesday Roundup: Spam, Apps and Anthropologists
The Secret Life of Anthropologists—Along with the entomologists, oceanographers, biologists, physicists and other scientists in the Natural History Museum are the anthropologists, who work furiously to research, curate and put order to the vast collections at the Smithsonian museums. Right now...
August 18, 2010 |
By Jess Righthand
The Natural History Museum is 100 Years Old
One hundred years ago today, the doors of a magnificent, new Beaux Arts building located at 10th Street on the National Mall swung open and parade of 4,000 visiting dignitaries, including the German, Japanese and Swiss ambassadors, entered. It was the grand opening of a new National Museum. Six yea...
March 17, 2010 |
By Beth Py-Lieberman
"Running with Wolves" premieres on Smithsonian Channel
When field biologist Gudrun Pflueger found out, in 2005, that a cancerous tumor the size of a golf ball was growing in her brain, her chances for survival looked bleak. Many might have even said that recovery was impossible. But Pflueger—sweet, and yet tough as nails—fought, and remained hopeful.“A...
March 05, 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
Smithsonian Channel: Pearl Harbor from Above
On Saturday night, Aerial America: Hawaii premiered on the Smithsonian Channel. The segment, one in a series devoted to viewing the country’s natural and manmade marvels from air, delivers on its promise to capture breathtaking footage. The video crew travels in a helicopter over Kilauea, one of th...
December 07, 2009 |
By Megan Gambino
Meet Sesame Street's Global Cast of Characters
Over the course of the 40 years that the program has been on the air, Sesame Street has spawned versions in countries around the world
November 06, 2009 |
By Abby Callard
DC Latin American Film Showcase Screens "The Accordion Kings"
As part of the Latin American Film Showcase, "The Accordion Kings: The Story of Colombian Vallenato Music," a Smithsonian Networks film, will be shown at the Georgetown Business School - Lohrfink Auditorium tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. The film captures an annual festival of accordion music that takes pla...
October 27, 2009 |
By Abby Callard
The Polls Are Open. Vote for Your Favorite Hope Diamond Setting
The Hope Diamond, the crown jewel of the National Museum of Natural History’s internationally recognized gems collection, is soon to be viewed in a new setting. But which setting will be chosen? In an unusual move, museum officials say the selection will be decided by the public, in a first-ever, p...
August 25, 2009 |
By Abby Callard
