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June 1995

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Features

Around the Mall & Beyond

In 1939 Moritz Schoenberger, a Hungarian Jew living in Vienna, wanted to join his family in America. His ordeal is told at the National Postal Museum

'America beats by far anything,' said the ex-POW

In WWII, thousands of captive Germans found our prison camps so hospitable that they later became U.S. citizens

Science Defined by the Hands of a Book Artist

You can't always tell a book by its cover; in fact, it may not even have a cover. These artists' books convey their message in unexpected ways

Mondrian and the Eternal Rectangle

In search of the transcendent, the Dutch painter created grids of red, blue and yellow that are very much with us

Masters of the Quick Guffaw

Gag writers and cartoonists are good pen pals —as long as they can get a laugh in seven seconds (tick, tick . . .)

The Toll You Pay to Enter This Eden is Sweat, Pain and Fear

Not far from Siberia, our second-largest national park is a haven for bear, moose, wolf . . . but not tourists

On Loan From the White House, a Collection of 77 Craft Artists' Works is at the National Museum of American Art

Review of 'The Hot Zone'

Smithsonian Perspectives

The Festival of American Folklife is a popular model for presenting grass-roots culture to the public

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