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This aerial photograph shows 68 whale sharks feeding (and four snorkelers swimming) at the Afuera in August 2009.

How Do You Feed A Whale Shark?

Whale sharks gather off of the Yucatán Peninsula every summer for one big feeding frenzy

Eddie Van Halen recently donated his custom-made guitar named Frankenstein 2 to the National Museum of American History.

Q and A with Eddie Van Halen

The rock guitarist talks about his custom-made Frankenstein 2 that is now in the collections of the American History museum

The Peacock Room, named for the birds James McNeill Whistler painted on its shutters and walls, reflects the tension between the artist and his first significant patron.

Freer|Sackler: Reopens

The Story Behind the Peacock Room’s Princess

How a portrait sparked a battle between an artist–James McNeill Whistler—and his patron–Frederick R. Leyland

A new Folkways album is one of many offerings for the war sesquicentennial.

Civil Discourse

Peace Corps volunteer Laura Kutner rallied the community to stuff plastic bottles with trash. In all, the Guatemalan students turned 8,000 bottles into building materials.

How to Turn 8,000 Plastic Bottles Into a Building

Peace Corps volunteer Laura Kutner demonstrates how she turned trash into the building blocks for one community’s revival

Eileen Collins, the first female pilot and first female commander of a space shuttle mission, photographed by Annie Leibovitz, 1999.

Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, Norman Rockwell Featured in NASA|ART

These famous artists and many others are among those with works in the Air and Space Museum’s newest art exhibit

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 exravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit.

Events May 31-June 3: Space Race, George Ault, Mummies Sneak Peek, Meet a Scientist

The event listings for the week of May 31, 2011

Continuum, the 2011 National Design Award winner in the Product Design category, designed the air bladder fit control system for the Reebok Pump sneaker in the late 1980s, among other successful products.

National Design Award Winners Announced

The Cooper-Hewitt’s 2011 National Design Award winners are an impressive group of thinkers

Damai, the Zoo's newest tiger

Roar! A New Tiger Named Damai is Greeting Visitors at the Zoo

An animal keeper of cats and bears discusses the Zoo’s latest addition

Abraham Lincoln's top hat

Weekend Events May 27-30: Lincoln, Spark!Lab, Friendship Dance, Dinosaurs

Weekend Events May 27-30: May 30 is your last chance to see Abraham Lincoln, An Extraordinary Life exhibition at the Museum of American History.

Helmet worn by Peter L. Robinson in World War I

Eleven Artifacts of Heroism from America’s Wars

A selection of artifacts on display in “The Price of Freedom: Americans at War,” an exhibit currently on display at the American History Museum

An adorable elephant shrew

A New Shrew at the Zoo

Small Mammals curator Bob King talks about the short-eared elephant shrew, a new addition to the National Zoo

Pictures of children were used in these 19th-century advertising cards.

“Pictures for Everyone” Takes a Look Back

The American History Museum explores what happened when pictures became widely available in the U.S. in the 19th century

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Dance of the Dumbo Octopod Decoded

Zoologist Michael Vecchione, director of the NOAA Lab at the Natural History Museum, sheds some light on the mysterious deep-sea creature

Events for the Week of May 23-27: Grand Canyon, Aviator’s Lecture, Lincoln and More

Events for May 23-May 27 include the annual Lindbergh lecture, film screenings and the close of the Lincoln exhibit at the American History Museum

Wrap Your Mind Around African Headwrapping at Africa Underground

Experience the flavors and traditions of West Africa and the Caribbean tonight at the National Museum of African Art’s Africa Underground event

Nancy Wilson signs the deed of gift, donating two of her gowns to the American History Museum, alongside museum director Brent Glass, at the Music Center at Strathmore.

Style and Song Maven Nancy Wilson Donates Gowns to the American History Museum

Wilson’s dresses join the museum’s collection of famed ensembles, including gowns from: the First Ladies, Ella Fitzgerald, Beverly Sills and the Supremes

Celebrate Hawai'i Festival is at the American Indian museum.

Weekend Events May 20-22 Celebrate Hawai’i, Very Special Arts, Renwick Craft Invitational

Events for the weekend of May 20-22 include a celebration of Hawaiian culture and the Renwick Craft Invitational

Mount St. Helens

The List: Five Volcanoes to Watch

On the anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the ATM blog team, has compiled a list of five volcanoes that currently threaten population centers

Still from Laurent Grasso's Polair, 2007

Laurent Grasso’s Own Reality at Hirshhorn’s Black Box

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