That’s The Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite
A look back at the most-trusted man in news
Amy Henderson: Team USA!
Guest blogger and Portrait Gallery historian Amy Henderson reflects on the Gallery’s Olympian collection
Remembering Doc Watson, Folk Guitar Hero (1923-2012)
Smithsonian Folkways honors the blind folk musician who died yesterday at the age of 89
Amy Henderson: The Shock of the Old
For generations immersed in social media, culture means a different thing than it did in 1940
Amy Henderson: Satchmo at the National Press Club
Guest blogger and Portrait Gallery historian Amy Henderson discusses Louis Armstrong and the meaning of stardom
Amy Henderson: “Downton Abbey” and the Dollar Princesses
A curator tells of 19th-century American socialites, who like Cora Crowley, found noble husbands and flushed Britain with cash
Amy Henderson: The Medium is the Message
The Portrait Gallery’s Cultural Historian Amy Henderson discusses the museum’s vision—to tell America’s stories as “visual biography”
National Portrait Gallery’s David C. Ward: Historian Turns to Poetry
In a new book of poetry, a Smithsonian scholar renders his thoughts on family, nature, celebrity and anonymity
From the Castle: Forward Thinking
The Smithsonian enters a new era of expansion—on the Web
Scanning a Stradivarius
Medical 3-D imaging makes it possible to study the world’s greatest stringed instruments – and uncover the secrets of its makers
How Do Smithsonian Curators Decide What to Collect?
The Star Spangled Banner and John Glenn’s spacesuit were clearly musts. Other artifacts are less obvious
A Compass Saves the Crew
A WWII sailor’s memento recalls the harrowing ordeal when his ship, the SS Alcoa Guide, was struck by a German U-Boat
From the Castle
Smithsonian 2.0
‘South Park’ Hits the Natural History Museum, Aims for the Hope Diamond
“About Last Night” South Park episode sheds light on the recent election
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