Smithsonian Perspectives
As part of our 150th-anniversary celebration, we’re going to take 150 museum treasures on the road
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
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
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
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The Festival of American Folklife is a popular model for presenting grass-roots culture to the public
‘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
The Soap Box Derby
The Soap Box Derby, a peculiarly American institution, thrives on the U.S. teenage passion for anything that has four wheels and goes fast
Chris Evans vs. the Southern Pacific
He’s not well known today, but a century ago this unpredictable train robber and killer was sensational front-page news in California
Gifts of Remembrance at the Wall
Near the base of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, comrades and loved ones leave their poignant tokens of remembrance
25 Years of Looking for the Unexpected
Over the past quarter-century, the magazine has published more than 2,000 major articles
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The talent and commitment of our volunteers add immeasurably to the well-being of the Smithsonian
The Floods That Carved the West
In a geological catastrophe, a lake exploded through an Ice Age dam, and its waters swept across the Pacific Northwest; signs of its passage visible
If You Can’t Bear to Part With It, Open a New Museum
Because the chances are, if you love your Mario Lanza albums or your old skate key, there are others who feel the same way
“Do You Swear That You Will Well and Truly Try…?”
Trial by jury has had some ups and downs, but it beats what led up to it—trial by combat, and ordeal by fire, water or poison
Howard Hughes’ H-1 Carried Him “All the Way”
A silver speedster from the 1930s evokes the golden age of flight, a pair of world-class speed records and the early triumphs of Howard Hughes’ life
One Man’s Private Cache Pays Off For The Rest of Us
From the muddy yard of a private collector to the dresser drawers of a dealer, Mitchell Wolfson ransacks the world for his finds
Ruth? He Is Still In The Spotlight, Still Going Strong
A century after his birth, four decades after his death, the amazing Babe maintains a powerful grip on America’s imagination
It’s a New Battle Every Day In The War on Whiskers
Razors have come a long way in 7,000 years, but preparation and a steady hand remain the survival skills each time steel meets skin
Around the Mall & Beyond
At the site of a new Smithsonian museum, a team of archaeologists dug up traces of a 19th-century neighborhood
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