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Portrait of country western singer Wanda Jackson from 1971.

Q and A: Wanda Jackson

In the 1950s, Wanda Jackson was one of the first women to record rock ‘n’ roll.

Michelle Delaney holding the original 1888 Kodak and Larry Bird holding a display of campaign buttons.

American History Museum: Pieces of Our Past

Smithsonian curators probe the meanings of telltale objects

Roy Lichtenstein, Modern Head, 1974/1989-1990.

Roy Lichtenstein: Making History

A well-known sculpture works its way back from 9/11 damage

Andy Warhol, Founding Collection, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.

Warhol’s Pop Politics

Andy Warhol’s political portraits anticipated today’s blurred boundaries between public office and stardom

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Tadashi Kawamata Builds Tree Houses in New York City

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Photographer Chris Jordan Captures Over Consumption

Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers

Bernini’s Genius

The Baroque master animated 17th-century Rome with his astonishing sculpture and architecture

An Underwood's long-tongued bat feeds on Mucuna flowers while in flight.

Making History: Bats to the Rescue

Scientists discover insect-eating bats may help sustain forests

Bonnie Erickson with Statler in 1975.

The Woman Behind Miss Piggy

Muppet designer Bonnie Erickson on puppet storytelling and inspiration

"Spirits are taking up residence in the museum; nothing is as it seem, even in this photograph," says game director John Maccabee

Get Your Game On

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, tech-savvy players gather clues in the alternate reality game “Ghosts of a Chance”

Paradisea raggiana is one of the many images at the Galaxy of Knowledge Web site.

Life Lines

"No one else would be up here"—Montana's Little Belt Mountains in winter—except Gerald Mack, with his horse, Sky, and dog, Cisco Kid, a rancher told the photographer.

The Cowboy in Winter

Gerald Mack lived the life—and photographer Sam Abell went along for the ride

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Letters

Readers respond to the August Issue

Jeff Koons Takes Over Versailles

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Pisan Artist Resurrects the Lost Art of Fresco

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Kenneth R. Fletcher on “Four for a Quarter”

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David DeVoss on “Macau Hits the Jackpot”

Crown from the Tillya Tepe, Tomb VI, 1st century BC - 1st century AD. Crown is gold and imitation turquoise

Lost & Found

Ancient gold artifacts from Afghanistan, hidden for more than a decade, dazzle in a new exhibition

Sea spiders (pycnogonids) were found on the slope and base habitats of Davidson Seamount, California.

Most Likely To

A quick guide to the standouts of the National Museum of Natural History’s “Ocean Hall Class of 2008”

Nancy Knowlton

Nancy Knowlton

The renowned coral reef biologist leads Smithsonian’s effort to foster a greater public understanding of the world’s oceans

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