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Do Our Brains Find Certain Shapes More Attractive Than Others?
A new exhibition in Washington, D.C., claims that humans have an affinity for curves—and there is scientific data to prove it
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Animal Specimens, From Fish to Birds to Mammals, Get Inked
Inspired by Japanese fish rubbings, two University of Texas biologists make spectacular prints of a variety of species at different stages of decay
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Why We Missed America’s National Treasures During the Shutdown
The Smithsonian’s Richard Kurin reflects on the recent shutdown and the icons that have shaped American history
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Smithsonian Museums and the Panda Cam are Back in Business Today
After the 16-day government shutdown, visitors can once again visit the Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo relaunches the panda cam
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Macro or Micro? Test Your Sense of Scale
A geographer and a biologist at Salem State University team up to curate a new exhibition, featuring confounding views from both satellites and microscopes
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5 Smithsonian Scientific Research Projects Shut Down by the Shutdown
The federal government shutdown has affected astronomy, paleontology fieldwork and research into animal behavior at the Smithsonian
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Former Grateful Dead Drummer Mickey Hart Composes Music from the Sounds of the Universe
Hart teams up with a Nobel Prize-winning cosmologist to translate light and electromagnetic waves into octaves humans can hear
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The Muppets Take the Smithsonian
Elmo, Fozzie Bear, the Count, Miss Piggy and 17 other Jim Henson puppets are coming to the American History Museum
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Inside America’s Great Romance With Norman Rockwell
A new biography of the artist reveals the complex inner life of our greatest and most controversial illustrator
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Remembering an Iconic Era Lost to Time: The Stars and Films of the Silent Pictures
Curator Amy Henderson reminds us of power and influence and glory of the celebrities that pioneered the silent film era
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Sonic Bloom! A New Solar-Powered Sculpture
Dan Corson’s latest installation in Seattle—flower sculptures that light up at night—show that solar energy is viable even in the cloudy Pacific Northwest
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The Gorgeous Shapes of Sea Butterflies
Cornelia Kavanagh’s sculptures magnify tiny sea butterflies—ocean acidification’s unlikely mascots—hundreds of times
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Why David Hockney Has a Love-Hate Relationship With Technology
A new retrospective highlights the artist’s two, seemingly opposite passions
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Bust Loose at Chuck Brown Birthday Party at American Art Museum
The museum remembers D.C.’s own “Godfather of Go-Go” with a concert today
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Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and the War That Changed Poetry, Forever
The two titans of American poetry chronicled the death and destruction of the Civil War in their poems
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When America Entered the Modern Age
Obsolescence yaps at the heels of every dazzling invention, says curator Amy Henderson as she considers the birth of modernism a century ago
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Sharks Made Out of Golf Bags? A Look at the Big Fish in Contemporary Art
Intrigued by the powerful hunters, artists have made tiger sharks, great whites and hammerheads the subjects of sculpture
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Landscape Through a Car Window, Darkly
A new exhibition presents 1970s photography that challenged the traditional American landscape
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Hurry In! These Smithsonian Exhibitions Won’t Be Here Much Longer
Spend your remaining summer days at the museums, and don’t miss out on the Smithsonian’s soon-to-be-closed exhibits
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