Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

Cover of the autobiography of Beba Epstein written in the 1933-34 school year, with a picture of her. (Photo credit: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania is the custodian of Beba Epstein’s autobiography, which was digitized with their consent as part of the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project)

How the Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Girl Inspired an Exhibition

The discovery of a forgotten document leads to an online exhibition and a deep dive into a family's history that was all but lost.

Jessica Cox sitting in her Ercoupe. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Cox)

Jessica Cox Flies in the Face of Challenges

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Digital Restoration Gives New Life to America’s Oldest Theater Curtain

The Time is Now for Tackling Historical Illiteracy and Creating a New Type of Civic Participation

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