From its gentle 16th-century acoustic origins to the souped-up ‘Frankenstein,’ a Smithsonian scholar strums the historic chords of the guitar
Alexander Gardner’s photography, a record of sacrifice and devastating loss, prompts a new creativity from the show's curator
A film with black history at its core and created by African Americans opens up a "national conversation"
Tony-award, winning playwright Ken Ludwig says he's injecting Indiana Jones cinematic adventure into the theatrical experience
A Smithsonian curator is asked to select just one artifact
Curator Dorothy Moss gives a hint at what the jurors might be thinking in this high-stakes competition
The film follows a well-trodden path, says Smithsonian space historian Cathleen Lewis, who gives it a thumbs up
The artist's famous sculpture is both on view and the subject of a new theatrical performance
Smithsonian photographer Laurie Penland details the exhausting, but rewarding, work of scraping invasive species off the hull of a boat
When animal keeper Nicole MacCorkle became a parent, she looked to Bao Bao's mother for inspiration
Millennials have got nothing over the Me Generation, says cultural historian Amy Henderson after touring two new shows on Boomers and the '60s
Humans are proficient problem solvers—but so far that trait has come at a cost. Can our species remain resilient without destroying the world?
For the Chinese, who invented both gun powder and fireworks, foregoing old traditions may clean up the air—just a bit
Smithsonian geographer Doug Herman proposes a return to sustainable solutions, based on the path laid by Indigenous peoples for millennia
National Portrait Gallery historian David Ward writes a new ode for the Anthropocene
The director of the Smithsonian Latino Center weighs in on the disproportionate burden that climate change brings to Latino populations
In "The Roosevelts", Burns examines the towering but flawed figures who really understood how character defined leadership
Hundreds of thousands of protestors formed a giant red and yellow V, symbolizing the "Way Forward" and marking the region's national holiday
Born of the horrors of trench warfare, a ghoulish tale of scavengers and scofflaws took hold 100 years ago
Smithsonian geographer Doug Herman explains the traditional science of traversing the ocean seas
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