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Stories from Erica R. Hendry

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How Urban Sculpture Might Clean up the Air We Breathe

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A Tour of the Solar System at Air and Space

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The History Behind a Slave’s Bill of Sale

On a worn, aged piece of paper dated 1835, a judge describes the sale of a 16-year-old girl named Polly, with “yellow complexion and black eyes”

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Lion Cub Dies at the National Zoo

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Muhammad Ali’s Gear Headed to the Permanent Collections

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Wednesday Roundup: New Animals, New Museums and New Andean Cub Names

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It’s Your Turn to Be the Inventor at the American History Museum

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National Zoo’s First Baby Lion Cub in 20 Years Born This Morning

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Today in History: Jackie Cochran Breaks the Sound Barrier

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Go Green to the Grave

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Wade in the Water Saturday at SERC

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Introducing: Smithsonian Blog Roundup

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Get Your Vote On: Naming the Andean Bear Cubs

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Hirshhorn Museum Open Today After Last Night’s Truck Crash

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Have You Ever Met a Kiwi Who Was Just Named Hiri? (Down By The Zoo!)

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A Centennial Birthday for the “First Lady Of Jazz”

Did You Know? Cinco de Mayo Celebrates the Battle of Puebla

The lesser known backstory behind the popular holiday

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May the Fourth Be With You at American History Museum

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Zoo News: It’s a Boy! And a Girl!

Anthropologist Bruno Frohlich with a 1920 Czech viola at the National Museum of Natural History.

Scanning a Stradivarius

Medical 3-D imaging makes it possible to study the world’s greatest stringed instruments – and uncover the secrets of its makers

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