On Hudson Bay's frigid shores, scientists track the animals to better understand how the environment is shaping their chances of survival
The Black Banjo Reclamation Project aims to put banjos into the hands of everyday people
A gown worn by the first First Lady reveals a dimension of her nature that few have been aware of
Shaka King's upcoming film dramatizes Black Panther leader Fred Hampton's betrayal by an FBI informant
The carnival season holds the possibility for renewal during the Covid-19 pandemic
Jim McDowell, known to many simply as “the Black Potter,” is a ceramicist who specializes in a craft with deep connections to lost histories
The shell was played for the first time in millennia after being rediscovered in the collections of a French museum
From online exhibitions to panel discussions, here are more than a dozen events hosted by museums and other cultural institutions
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Freer and Sackler Galleries host virtual events
Julia Kwon’s interactive art projects facilitate solidarity and community
The massive indoor aquaculture facility is an effort to boost food security for the small island city-state
A new project seeks to elevate artists like Harry T. Burleigh and Florence Price, whose work has been ignored by white audiences
One of the greatest archaeological finds in British history, the Anglo-Saxon burial changed historians' view of the Dark Ages
The acclaimed reformer stoked the white, middle-class feminist movement and brought critical understanding to a “problem that had no name”
From the storage vaults of the National Museum of the American Indian, a small, copper sculpture points to a different sense of place
Pirates did roam the Gulf Coast, but more myths than facts have inspired the regional folklore
Admas draws from and rearranges “golden era” Ethiopian music with then-fairly-new synthesizer and drum-machine rhythms.
From 1619 to 2019, this collection of essays, edited by two of the nation's preeminent scholars, shows the depth and breadth of African American history
An evening with Matthew McConaughey, multi-part courses, studio arts classes and virtual study tours
This episode from the sixth season of the Smithsonian's "Sidedoor" podcast delves into the history of Barbara Dane's revolutionary Paredon Records
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