Review of ‘Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science’
Review of ‘Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science’
It’s Hard to Believe One Man Held Sway Over All This Land
But it’s true. In the mid-1800s Lucien Maxwell, a dauntless former mountain man, ruled a huge chunk of New Mexico and lower Colorado
One Thousand and One Ways of Saying Uncle
Sam meddles shamelessly in U.S. politics and carries on with Miss Liberty, but nobody knows for sure exactly where he came from
Smithsonian Perspectives
As part of our 150th-anniversary celebration, we’re going to take 150 museum treasures on the road
Around the Mall & Beyond
The Smithsonian Associates have a ‘national treasure’ in their midst, but shhh, don’t tell…
The Dying Tecumseh and the Birth of a Legend
A sculpture in the Smithsonian collection reveals much about how the Indians of the West were viewed in the early ages of the United States
My Dog Has Fleas, Also My Cat, My Bird, My…
These tiny prehistoric parasites have evolved a bold array of weapons, the better to torture their hosts
Masters of the Quick Guffaw
Gag writers and cartoonists are good pen pals as long as they can get a laugh in seven seconds (tick, tick …)
Mondrian and the Eternal Rectangle
In search of the transcendent, the Dutch painter created grids of red, blue and yellow that are very much with us
‘America Beats By Far Anything,’ Said the Ex-POW
In WWII, thousands of captive Germans found our prison camps so hospitable that they later became U.S. citizens
Smithsonian Perspectives
The Festival of American Folklife is a popular model for presenting grass-roots culture to the public
Around the Mall & Beyond
In 1939 Moritz Schoenberger, a Hungarian Jew living in Vienna, wanted to join his family in America. His ordeal is told at the National Postal Museum
Flutter by and Be Counted!
At the Fourth of July Butterfly Count, devotees census swallowtails, wood-nymphs and all their colorful kin
Science Defined by the Hands of a Book Artist
You can’t always tell a book by its cover; in fact, it may not even have a cover. These artists’ books convey their message in unexpected ways
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