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In a Kickstarter campaign, 5,300 backers raised $300,000 to help the Smithsonian conserve the Ruby Slippers worn by actress Judy Garland in the popular 1939 film.

The Ruby Slippers Return to the Museum of American History

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“Cliff” the Triceratops Finds a Good Home

The National Archives at Kew

Rewriting History in Great Britain

Recently uncovered documents in the British archives reveal dark secrets from World War II. One problem: they are forgeries

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Long Before Pepto-Bismol — Dinosaur Poop, Revisited

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And the Next Species Predicted to Be Lost to Climate Change is…

…the antilopine wallaroo, a type of kangaroo that lives in wet, tropical areas of Australia

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What’s Up at the Smithsonian This Week, 11/17-22

The large eyes of a red dragonfly.

Bugs, Brains and Trivia

No detail is too small for students at the Linnaean games, an annual national insect trivia competition

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Insect Trivia

Test your insect knowledge by answering these trivia questions

Sunrise over South Texas, by Hugh Powell. That’s right - a sunrise. In every ending there’s a new dawn, after all. See you at Food and Think)

Gisting Off Into the Sunset

Picture of the Week - Deep-sea Octopi

Megeleledone setebos (bottom left), an octopus species endemic to the Southern Ocean, surrounded by related octopus species that evolved in the deep-sea

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Make Campaign History, Share McCain/Obama Election Night Memories and Stories Here

Aerosteon

A Kerfuffle Revisited, and an Update on Tracks

In 2006, it was discovered that the hippocampus had been stolen from its case and replaced with a fake. This counterfeit is now on display at the Usak museum.

Chasing the Lydian Hoard

Author Sharon Waxman digs into the tangle over looted artifacts between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Turkish government

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DIY Cartoons on a Budget

The latest installment of the Hirshorn’s Art Lab

Slow Monsoon Seasons Led to End of Chinese Dynasties

Like ice cores or tree rings, stalagmites (those are the ones that grow up from the cave floor) can record ancient history

Tyrannosaurus rex

Dinosaurs Ain’t What They Used to Be

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To Be A Successful Art Collector

39 highly conceptual paintings, sculptures, wall drawings, installations and films

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Turok: Realistic Dinosaurs, Unrealistic computer game

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Spend Your Veteran’s Day Holiday at Air and Space

Chilled-Out Dinosaurs in the Alaskan Tundra

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