Articles tagged as Cultural Preservation

Now more of the Princeton Battlefield, where Washington and his troops scored a pivotal victory, will be preserved.

Most of the Princeton battlefield where Washington’s troops fought will be saved from development

December 13, 2016

Much of Belgium's beer is made by Trappist monks.

The move celebrates the tiny country’s huge love of suds

December 2, 2016

The factory Oskar Schindler used to shelter over 1,000 Jews during World War II will finally become a Holocaust memorial.

Long abandoned, the dilapidated factory is where the industrialist put over 1,200 threatened Jews to work during World War II

November 10, 2016

An artist's rendering of the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope atop the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea.

This alternate fate could help smooth tensions over the embattled instrument

November 2, 2016

Armenia

A Taste of the Wild Side: Finding Local Flavor in Armenia’s Edible Highlands

October 27, 2016

Ray Bolger's widow, Gwendolyn, donated the costume to the Smithsonian Institution after the comedian's death in 1987.

Smithsonian Will Stretch to Save Scarecrow’s Costume, Too

Turns out the Ruby Slippers were just the beginning of an epic journey of cultural preservation

October 24, 2016

The Great Hall of the People in Beijing is now on a 20th-century cultural preservation list in China.

A country with an uneasy relationship to its past will preserve 98 buildings of the 20th century for future generations

October 17, 2016

Clyde R. Meyers, Denham Springs flood survivor, holds a photograph of his parents, saturated with floodwater from the 2016 historic flooding in Louisiana.

It isn’t easy to save cultural heritage from the ravages of nature, but a national task force thinks it’s worth trying

October 7, 2016

Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba

What to Read, Watch and Download Before Your Trip to Cuba

Know before you go

October 6, 2016

And for good reason

October 3, 2016

The Cultural Expressions exhibition celebrates the everyday.

Breaking Ground

How Did Smithsonian Curators Pack 200 Years of African-American Culture in One Exhibition?

The curators of the Cultural Expressions exhibition collected stories and artifacts and brilliantly packed 200 years into one round room

September 30, 2016

Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr in Kakadu National Park.

New Research

New DNA Analysis Shows Aboriginal Australians Are the World’s Oldest Society

The group was the first to split after a single wave of migration out of Africa took place between 51,000 and 72,000 years ago, study shows

September 23, 2016

Cool Finds

Four Finds from University of Kansas’ Collection of Radical Zines

The university’s Solidarity! Radical Library boasts a collection of almost 1,000 alternative papers

September 14, 2016

Aleppo, Syria, in 2010. Since 2012, the city has been home to a fierce battle in Syria's civil war.

Will the once-regal city survive this moment in the spotlight?

September 8, 2016

Learn to Be a Viking (Without the Pillaging) in Ribe, Denmark

Travel back in time in this Viking village

July 29, 2016

An artist's rendition of the Rio Olympics facilities for the 2016 Summer Games. Some of the media accommodations were apparently built on top of remnants of Brazil's slave history.

As Brazil looks forward to an Olympic future, it buries its past

July 22, 2016

Eleven Persian qanats are being preserved by Unesco.

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Unesco Names New World Heritage Sites

Rock art, irrigation and education add to the organization’s growing list of sites worthy of protection

July 15, 2016

There’s a new attempt to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece

July 13, 2016

One of the most stunning features of Taiwan's Lukang Longshan Temple is its extravagant wood caisson ceiling.

Experience the Secrets of a Threatened Taiwanese Temple

New 3D reconstructions make it possible to look inside Lukang Longshan

June 30, 2016

Cool Finds

Japan Honors the Creator of the California Roll

Some may see it as an affront against sushi, others see an ambassador for culture

June 16, 2016