What You Need to Know About the September 24 NMAAHC Grand Opening
Entry Passes are all gone for today, but there is plenty to see and do on the National Mall
‘Hamilton’ Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda Joins the War Against Bots
Ticket-buying bots are snatching up seats and jacking up the price of concert and theater tickets
A Giant Flock of Pigeons Is Lighting up New York’s Night Sky
The show is meant to illustrate that pigeons aren’t rats with wings
A New Production of “King Lear” Features 18th-Century Special Effects
The Bristol Old Vic’s thunder run hasn’t been used since 1942
Watch ‘Swan Lake’ Transform Into a Spectacular Light Show
The classic ballet has never looked so stunning
Watch George Clinton’s P-Funk Mothership Get Reassembled For Its Museum Debut
A timelapse video shows Smithsonian curators rebuilding one of music’s most iconic stage props—the Parliament-Funkadelic Mothership
There Are Indeed Side Effects to Sword Swallowing
From “sword throat” to putting a hole in your pharynx, sword swallowing comes with a few risks
Why Reality TV May Bring Team USA Its First Gold in Ice Dancing
Amy Henderson, curator of the Smithsonian’s “Dancing the Dream” exhibition, chronicles the meteoric rise of a dazzling sport once considered vulgar
The Puppeteer Who Brought Balloons to the Thanksgiving Day Parade
A Thursday morning tradition came with strings attached
The Patents Designed to Make Carving Your Pumpkin a Little Less Messy
A group of innovators set out to simplify how we make classic Jack-o-Lanterns and their ghoulish grins
The Architectural History of Pepsi-Cola, Part 2: Edward Durell Stone and the Corporate Campus
Employee morale rose but architecture critics were repulsed upon the opening of the company’s new campus in Purchase, New York
How the Coffee Cup Sleeve Was Invented
The cardboard sleeve became the ubiquitous finger-saver for coffee fanatics everywhere
Lego Architecture Studio Brings Modernism to the Play Room
The childhood toy becomes an architect’s dream come true
Shark Repellent: It’s Not Just For Batman Anymore
It was actually first developed during World War II in an effort to help save the lives of seamen and pilots who had to await rescue in open water
The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary
You aren’t alone in your fear of makeup-clad entertainers; people have been frightened by clowns for centuries
Would You Like Arches With That? When Famous Architects Design McDonalds
Franchises of the fast food behemoth become roadside art
The Golden Arches of McModernism
A brief history of the McDonald’s Golden Arches and the influence of Modernist ideals
The Daily Planet in Film and Television
The real buildings that played the Daily Planet in film and television
The Architecture of Superman: A Brief History of The Daily Planet
The real-world buildings that may have inspired Superman’s iconic office tower workplace
5 1/2 Examples of Experimental Music Notation
In the 1950s progressive composers broke from the 5 line music staff to experiment with new, more expressive forms of graphic music notation
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