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At the Smithsonian

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“Portraits Alive” Closes Today at the National Portrait Gallery

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National Zoo Elephant Tours New Home

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Art Out of a Vending Machine?

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Drowning McDonalds in the Hirshhorn

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Wednesday Roundup: Conspiracies, Leopards and Chop Suey

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Who Was James Smithson?

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“Word, Shout, Song” Opens at the Anacostia Community Museum

Elvis Presley promoting Jailhouse Rock, the 1957 movie that helped to make his–and Parker’s–fortune.

Events: Elvis, Frank Capra, Hong Kong Film Fest and More!

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Weekend Events: Latin Jazz, A Silent Movie with Live Music and the Hong Kong Film Festival

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The Mysterious Death of Robert Kennicott

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Ferrets Have a Record-Breaking Breeding Season at the National Zoo

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Q and A With Young Native Writers Essay Contest Winner

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Wednesday Roundup-Shark Week, More Facial Hair and a Show in the Sky

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Two New Onagers Born Thanks to Artificial Insemination

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Get a Lift From Folkways’ Songs About Elevators

Don French, a buyer for the consumer electronics chain Tandy Radio Shack (TRS), believed that Radio Shack should offer an assembled personal computer and hired engineer Steve Leininger to design it.

August 3, 1977: The TRS-80 Personal Computer Goes on Sale

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Events: FONZ Photo Club, Portraits Alive, an African Art Drawing Session and More!

Nina Simon advises museums how to involve visitors in the design of exhibitions.

Nina Simon, Museum Visionary

The author helps museums create systems in which visitors participate in exhibition design

Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (on his farm in 1984) enjoyed diffusing knowledge.

From the Castle: Forward Thinking

The Smithsonian enters a new era of expansion—on the Web

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Weekend Events: Hong Kong Slapstick, An Argentine Design Festival and Gullah Recipes

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