Articles tagged as Museums | Smithsonian Magazine

Filing cabinets full of fakes at the Museum of Fakes

At the Museum of Fakes, what’s not real is still art

May 7, 2008

Dag Spicer, senior curator at the Computer History Museum, discusses 1950s mainframes, an original Apple One and Steve Wozniak’s baby shoes

June 30, 2007

Jeweler Harry Winston donated the famous Hope Diamond—the largest-known deep blue diamond in the world—to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958. It arrived in a plain brown package by registered mail, insured for one million dollars. Surrounded by 16 white pear-shaped and cushion-cut diamonds and hanging from a chain with 45 diamonds, the rare gem attracts 6 million visitors a year to the Natural History Museum.

Diamonds Unearthed

In the first installment of a multi-part series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post explains how the rare crystals form

December 2006

Ways of Seeing

Inviting artists to help showcase its collections is just one way the Hirshhorn Museum is expanding its vision

November 2006

Jewish Museum Berlin

Architect Daniel Libeskind’s zinc lightning bolt of a building is one of the most revolutionary structures built since the war in Germany or anywhere

May 31, 2006

The Best and Brightest

A small museum illuminates Las Vegas’ past by restoring the city’s classic neon signs

March 2006

One Per Customer

February 2005

Americans at War

A new exhibition explores the personal dimensions of war: valor and resolve—but also sacrifice and loss

November 2004

The hall combines natural history with state-of-the-art technology.

New Hall on the Mall

A dazzling exhibition space celebrates mammalian diversity through re-creations of habitats on four continents

November 2003

The condition of the main facade in 1979, showing absence of the main steps

Boss

The New York City courthouse that caused his downfall has been returned to its former glory, and Tweed’s odious reputation has been refurbished

February 2002

Star-Spangled Principles

November 2001

Generosity and Standards

July 2001

Destination: Cruising through the Archives

June 2001

Smithson’s Best Bet

March 2001

Destination: Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Taking a short “Smithsonian Journey” through the museums’ amazing collections

March 1, 2001

An Oasis of Art

Long Island City’s best-kept secret, the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum offers a rare insight into the sculptor’s work

January 1, 2001

The Liveliest Museum

December 2000

Backstage at the Museum

Behind the scenes, an expert unites teams and budgets, treasures and cases—reality and dreams

March 1998

Museums and Marketing

As philanthropy ebbs, the Smithsonian Council advises prudence in our search for corporate sponsorship

January 1, 1998

In Praise of Shadows

Artfully balancing them is just one of the tricky tasks faced by designers of museum lighting

September 1997