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Nine Artists on What It Means to Create
Forty years of bringing critical attention to the nation's best-known makers in the arts is celebrated...
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This Quirky Contraption Lifted 19th-Century Pilots Into the Air for a Short, Exhilarating Glide
The rare Lilienthal glider, one of only a few originals known to exist, is newly conserved...
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The Trailblazing Sisters Who Founded the Nation's First Woman-Led Museum
A new exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, tells the story of founders Sarah...
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New Artifacts Document the Soaring Popularity of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Smithsonian bestows its Great Americans Award on the former associate justice of the U.S. Supreme...
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How Do Birds Stay Upright When They Are Sleeping?
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How Baseball Put Its Stamp on the American Psyche
An exhibition at the National Postal Museum examines the history of the nation’s favorite pastime
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When Patsy Cline Broke Through as a Country Music Sensation
The recording star sported a homemade suit as spectacular as her voice
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Art Sensation Yayoi Kusama Wraps Visitors in Polka Dots, Pumpkins and a World Without End
A new Infinity Mirror Room with its forever-repeating lights and imagery opens at the Hirshhorn with...
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What the History of Science and Religion Reveals About Today’s Divisive Covid Debates
A new Smithsonian book and exhibition explores the ongoing conflicts and reconciliations between faith and technology...
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The Music and Freedom We Experienced on the Streets of Kyiv
The story of a joint Smithsonian-Soviet-Ukrainian program in 1990 lends poignant resonance to Russia’s brutal invasion...
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Studio Executives Did Not Want Marlon Brando for the Title Role in 'The Godfather'
On the film's 50th anniversary, a Smithsonian historian reflects on the cultural phenomenon of the blockbuster...
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How Black Men Changed the World
A Smithsonian traveling exhibition powerfully dismantles corrosive myths with triumphant portraits and the stories of African...
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The Smithsonian's Planned Return of the Benin Bronzes Comes After Years of Relationship Building
The ground-breaking move heralds a new path for interactions between African and Western institutions
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A Museum Show Takes Visitors on a Hunt for the Birds of Prey Populating Centuries of Artworks
From an ancient Egyptian plaque to a Ming dynasty scroll, explore the central role that falcons...
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Smithsonian Tells Museum and Zoo Visitors Masks Are Now Optional
Face coverings mandate is lifted this Friday, as more museums resume daily visiting hours
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Artist Preston Singletary Sheds New Light on the Tlingit Raven Tale
Stunning glassworks and custom soundscapes create an immersive reimagining of an ancient oral tradition
