CURRENT ISSUE
March 2019
Features
:focal(2845x-217:2846x-216)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/95/db/95db068e-79d6-4f3e-8898-0c3a2b273b68/mar2019_f11_extended_lg_americanlawerence.jpg)
Revisiting America's Lawrence of Arabia
Archaeologist Wendell Phillips traveled throughout Yemen in the 1950s, where he found ancient treasures and controversy
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/46/3b/463b4487-9ada-4368-8419-2aa593310fee/womens-objects-lead-image-for-web_resized.jpg)
The Power and the Passion
Thirteen artifacts from the National Museum of American History chronicle profound changes in the life of the nation
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/1f/7d/1f7d6d16-f29e-4ebd-b005-f0cf2092a70c/mar2019_g04_malawi_resized.jpg)
The Mystery of Lake Malawi
In the second-largest lake in Africa, fish evolution is taking place at an explosive rate. Why? Scientists are diving into the question
:focal(607x1689:608x1690)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/39/46/3946116e-9fc0-4cd5-8bdd-679eb0126391/mar2019_horizontal_rhiannongiddens.jpg)
String Theory
Inspired by long-lost folk melodies, gospel, opera and bluegrass, the electrifying singer and banjo player gives fresh voice to old American traditions
Departments
Discussion
Your feedback on our military issue
America's First Poster Child
In 1855, Mary Mildred Williams energized the abolitionist movement
Publish or Perish
Can an obscure 19th-century literary form help solve a 21st-century problem?
Written Out of History
A recent study broke down each state’s educational standards to see whose ‘herstory’ was missing
Veiled Meaning
Artist Medina Dugger finds joy in a colorful yet complicated symbol of faith
Inside the Marble Palace
As the first female justice retires from public life, read about her debut on the highest court in the nation
Ask Smithsonian
You asked, we answered