Dolls | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/dolls/RSS feed for DollsenTue, 28 Oct 2025 18:03:21 +0000These Creepy Dolls Are on the Loose, Haunting the Halls of a Minnesota Museum This Halloweenhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-creepy-dolls-are-on-the-loose-haunting-the-halls-of-a-minnesota-museum-this-halloween-180987580/To mark its seventh annual Creepy Doll Contest, the History Center of Olmsted County is inviting its vintage toy dolls to act as "amateur curators" and roam freely through its collectionsTue, 28 Oct 2025 18:03:21 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-creepy-dolls-are-on-the-loose-haunting-the-halls-of-a-minnesota-museum-this-halloween-180987580/Take a Virtual Tour of This Lavish Dollhouse, the Centerpiece of a New Exhibition on Everyday Life in the 17th Centuryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/take-a-virtual-tour-of-this-lavish-dollhouse-the-centerpiece-of-a-new-exhibition-on-everyday-life-in-the-17th-century-180987562/Helena Bonham Carter provides an English-language tour of the Rijksmuseum's miniature masterpiece, which stands at about six and a half feet tallFri, 24 Oct 2025 20:45:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/take-a-virtual-tour-of-this-lavish-dollhouse-the-centerpiece-of-a-new-exhibition-on-everyday-life-in-the-17th-century-180987562/Meet the First Barbie With Type 1 Diabetes. Her Colorful Accessories Showcase the Tools People Use to Treat the Chronic Diseasehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-first-barbie-with-type-1-diabetes-her-colorful-accessories-showcase-the-tools-people-use-to-treat-the-chronic-disease-180986986/The new doll boasts a pink continuous glucose monitor to track blood sugar levels and a pink insulin pumpTue, 15 Jul 2025 18:58:40 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-first-barbie-with-type-1-diabetes-her-colorful-accessories-showcase-the-tools-people-use-to-treat-the-chronic-disease-180986986/Barbie's Feet Have Become Less Arched Over Time, According to a New Study by Podiatristshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/barbies-feet-have-become-less-arched-over-time-according-to-a-new-study-by-podiatrists-180986655/By the 2020s, only 40 percent of Barbie dolls were designed with permanently arched feet for wearing high heelsFri, 23 May 2025 15:21:05 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/barbies-feet-have-become-less-arched-over-time-according-to-a-new-study-by-podiatrists-180986655/The Museum of Bad Gifts Is a Celebration of Outlandish Objects, From Ceramic Clowns to Cat Nail Clippingshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-museum-of-bad-gifts-is-a-celebration-of-outlandish-objects-from-ceramic-clowns-to-cat-nail-clippings-180985759/Presented like pieces of fine art, the peculiar presents are mounted on the walls of a gallery in Toronto. Many of them will ultimately be sold at auctionFri, 03 Jan 2025 15:23:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-museum-of-bad-gifts-is-a-celebration-of-outlandish-objects-from-ceramic-clowns-to-cat-nail-clippings-180985759/The Creepy Doll Contest Is Back—and It's Time to Cast Your Vote for the Most Terrifying Toyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-creepy-doll-contest-is-back-and-its-time-to-cast-your-vote-for-the-most-terrifying-toy-180985315/Step right up and see the spooky circus dolls—from creepy clowns to frightening fortune-tellers—in a Minnesota museum's vintage toy collectionThu, 24 Oct 2024 17:08:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-creepy-doll-contest-is-back-and-its-time-to-cast-your-vote-for-the-most-terrifying-toy-180985315/Travel Through Barbieland at London's Design Museumhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/barbieland-takes-over-londons-design-museum-180984664/A new exhibition traces the evolution of one of the world's most famous dolls over six decadesMon, 08 Jul 2024 20:12:43 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/barbieland-takes-over-londons-design-museum-180984664/How the First Black Barbie Was Bornhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-the-first-black-barbie-was-born-180984587/A new documentary tells the story of Black Barbie, and why she has meant so much to so manyFri, 21 Jun 2024 18:16:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-the-first-black-barbie-was-born-180984587/Tennis Icon Venus Williams Scores Her Own Barbie Dollhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tennis-icon-venus-williams-scores-her-own-barbie-doll-180984402/The plastic (and fantastic) version of Williams is one of nine new Mattel dolls celebrating female athletesWed, 22 May 2024 16:22:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tennis-icon-venus-williams-scores-her-own-barbie-doll-180984402/Which of These Vintage Dolls Do You Find the Creepiest?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/creepy-doll-contest-2023-180983168/Now in its fifth year, an annual contest spotlights a Minnesota museum's historical doll collectionTue, 31 Oct 2023 20:06:46 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/creepy-doll-contest-2023-180983168/