The Most Anticipated Museum Openings of 2024
Scheduled to launch this year are new institutions dedicated to astronomy, Nintendo and women artists
One Artist’s Colossal Quest to Share Her Love of Roadside Americana
At her quirky outpost in Lucas, Kansas, Erika Nelson displays the world’s largest collection of the world’s smallest versions of the world’s largest things
More Than 200 Years After He Toured Florida, America’s First Great Environmentalist Is Inspiring Locals to Reconnect With Nature
A new generation is discovering the rambling Southern route of William Bartram and his legendary 1791 travelogue
Alps-Style Hut-to-Hut Travel Is On Its Way to Alaska
Several ambitious projects are poised to bring a long trail and 25 new huts to the Last Frontier
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Grab Your Hot Cocoa and Enjoy These 15 Gorgeous Images of Snowy Landscapes
These highlights from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest feature winter wonderlands
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Appreciate Awesome Architecture With These 15 Photos
No passport is needed for this virtual tour of beautiful buildings around the world
The Ten Best Books About Travel of 2023
Take a trip without leaving home with these adventurous reads from this year
How Stone Walls Became a Signature Landform of New England
Originally built as barriers between fields and farms, the region’s abandoned farmstead walls have since become the binding threads of its cultural fabric
This California Museum Is Home to Hundreds of Nature’s Scents
Perfumer Mandy Aftel’s spellbinding collection of rare essences and artifacts is on display at the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in Berkeley
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Treat Yourself to 15 Eerie Images Celebrating Halloween
These highlights from the Smithsonian Photo Contest are sure to scare up some smiles
Groundhogs Are Old News. In This Tiny Town, Caterpillars Predict the Weather
Thousands of people flocked to Banner Elk, North Carolina, this year to watch the nation’s biggest woolly worm caterpillar race
Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment
The works of the recently knighted filmmaker address contemporary issues in two different Smithsonian museums
The Sphere Is Here. Are We Ready for More High-Tech Architecture?
The new Las Vegas performance venue challenges musicians and visual artists to produce content for its demanding format
With Renovated Galleries, the Smithsonian Expands Its Approach to Contemporary American Art
The historic hall in the American Art Museum where President Abraham Lincoln held his second inaugural ball welcomes more diverse voices and visions
How an Ohio Cow Pasture Gave Rise to a Monument to Aviation History
The National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, celebrates 100 years
Following British Explorer Isabella Bird’s Footsteps Through the Rockies, 150 Years Later
The intrepid Victorian-era author proved that a lady’s life could be in the mountains, and I am forever grateful for that
Five Places Worth Traveling to This Fall
New museums, a monumental exhibition and a skywatcher’s dream festival beckon in the coming months
The Nectar of the Gods Is Coming to a Bar Near You
How mead, one of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages, could become the drink of the future
To Mark the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech Goes on Display
The draft on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture was produced a few hours before King took to the podium
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These 15 Photos Capture the Joy of the Fair
It’s fair to say these highlights from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest are worth a trip down the midway
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