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At the Smithsonian

Fakes are an all too real part of the museum world. “There are always artists capable of making and selling things that seem old,” says anthropologist Jane MacLaren Walsh.

Why the Smithsonian Has a Fake Crystal Skull

The Natural History Museum’s quartz cranium highlights the epic silliness of the new Indiana Jones movie

Thomas Alva Edison by Alfred S. Seer Engraver; Copy after: Mathew B. Brady, Color woodcut poster, c. 1878

All in a Word

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Interview with G. Wayne Clough

Smithsonian Institution’s 12th Secretary discusses his new role, his distinguished career in education and his favorite artifact

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A Dream to Remember

At Hirshhorn exhibit, “the cinematic is in the way we perceive the world, in the way we speak, in the way we dream.”

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This Sloth is No Slacker

A Passion For Postcards

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Build a Better Bike Rack

Build a better bike rack

Crash and Burn

 So a master kite builder, I am not. I found that much out at the 42nd Annual Smithsonian Kite Festival this past Saturday

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It’s Plane to See

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Love Was Not in the Cards For Mei Xiang

Was the insemination successful?

“I Just Want to Fly”

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Color Crazed

The show that opens today at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, “Color as Field: American Painting 1950-1975,” is to say the least, colorful

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Rose Marie’s Black Bow Now in the Smithsonian

Nine legendary actresses donate artifacts from their work on the stage and screen

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