A Portrait of Eliza Hamilton and a Costume Worn by Lin-Manuel Miranda for ‘Hamilton’ Arrives at the Smithsonian By adminArts & Culture Paying homage to the spirit of philanthropy, the museum honors the Eliza Project and the Graham Windham orphanage Ноябрь 5, 2017 Details
These Photographs Capture the Complexities of Life at Guantánamo By adminArts & Culture In a new book, photographer Debi Cornwall casts the naval base as “Camp America” Ноябрь 5, 2017 Details
In Defense of Keeping the Indiana University Mural That Depicts (But Doesn’t Glorify) the KKK By adminArts & Culture American artist Thomas Hart Benton thought it crucial to highlight the dark spots in the state’s history Ноябрь 2, 2017 Details
The History of Five Uniquely American Sandwiches By adminArts & Culture From tuna fish to the lesser-known woodcock, food experts peer under the bread and find the story of a nation Ноябрь 2, 2017 Details
How a Ripped-Off Sequel of Don Quixote Predicted Piracy in the Digital Age By adminArts & Culture An anonymous writer’s spinoff of Cervantes’ masterpiece showed the peril and potential of new printing technology Ноябрь 2, 2017 Details
What a Smithsonian Folklorist Thinks about Marvel’s Cleaned-Up Version of Thor By adminArts & Culture In Hollywood’s hands, the Thor of ‘Ragnarok’ is a hunk with a heart compared to the brutish thug of lore Октябрь 31, 2017 Details
The Mysterious Murder Case That Inspired Margaret Atwood’s ‘Alias Grace’ By adminArts & Culture At the center of the case was a beautiful young woman named Grace Marks. But was she really responsible for the crime? Октябрь 31, 2017 Details
Where Do New Ideas Come From? By adminArts & Culture With close study, the genealogies of even the most original ideas can be traced Октябрь 30, 2017 Details
These Breathtaking Images are the Cat’s Meow in Nature Photography By adminArts & Culture Sixty incredible outdoor scenes are now on view at the National Museum of Natural History Октябрь 29, 2017 Details
How Mobile Wine-Tasting Rooms Could Revolutionize Armenian Wine Country By adminArts & Culture “Wine Cubes” will be popping up on Armenian vineyards—and building up the country’s enotourism industry Октябрь 26, 2017 Details
Burials Unearthed in Poland Open the Casket on The Secret Lives of Vampires By adminArts & Culture What people actually did to prevent the dead from rising again was very different than what Hollywood would have you think Октябрь 26, 2017 Details
Fats Domino’s Infectious Rhythms Set a Nation in Motion By adminArts & Culture This Rock ’n’ Roll maverick was a true New Orleans original Октябрь 25, 2017 Details
Who Really Wrote “Merry Christmas, Baby” By adminArts & Culture The co-author of a classic holiday song still can’t catch a break Октябрь 25, 2017 Details
Hidden in a Basement for 70 Years, Newly Discovered Documents Shed Light on Jewish Life and Culture Before WWII By adminArts & Culture The 170,000 pages found might be “the most important collection of Jewish archives since the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Октябрь 25, 2017 Details
How Elysian Brewing Company Turns a 1,790-Pound Pumpkin Into a Keg By adminArts & Culture And is this insane thing really a pumpkin? Октябрь 25, 2017 Details
How Kara Walker Boldly Rewrote Civil War History By adminArts & Culture The artist gives 150-year-old illustrations a provocative update at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Октябрь 25, 2017 Details
How to Eat Like a Local in Vienna, Austria By adminArts & Culture Instagrammer Sothany Kim dishes on nicotine breakfasts, third-wave coffee houses and enemy bakers in Austria’s capital Октябрь 25, 2017 Details
The Healing Power of Greek Tragedy By adminArts & Culture Do plays written centuries ago have the power to heal modern day traumas? A new project raises the curtain on a daring new experiment Октябрь 24, 2017 Details
At This Spectral Subway Platform, Trains Approach But Never Arrive By adminArts & Culture An otherworldly art installation debuts at the Renwick just in time for Halloween Октябрь 24, 2017 Details
Why Did So Few Novels Tackle the 1918 Pandemic? By adminArts & Culture Surprisingly few U.S. writers touched by the 1918 pandemic wrote about it. But flu lit appears more popular today than ever Октябрь 23, 2017 Details
A Fresh Look for Smithsonian’s Oldest Art Museum By adminArts & Culture The Freer’s renovation comes with a new thematic presentation of Asian Art—and the Peacock Room is reopened, as well Октябрь 23, 2017 Details
What a Pair of Empty Blackboards Can Teach Us About Art and Social Change By adminArts & Culture Can art alter the course of history? Should artists even try? Joseph Beuys said yes and yes Октябрь 22, 2017 Details
These Collegiate Innovators Are at the Vanguard of Technology and Art By adminArts & Culture A massive three-day festival spotlights the achievements of the Atlantic Coast Conference Октябрь 18, 2017 Details
How This Vienna Suburb Became the Center of the “Raw Art” Movement By adminArts & Culture Once a psychiatric clinic, the Art Brut Center Gugging now serves as a museum exhibiting the works of some of the world’s best self-taught artists Октябрь 17, 2017 Details
Every Modern Architecture Lover Should Take This Three-Day Road Trip By adminArts & Culture In Connecticut, works by some of the most notable architects of the 20th century are hiding in plain sight. Take the wheel for this sightseeing tour Октябрь 17, 2017 Details
How Korean Fried Chicken, AKA “Candy Chicken” Became a Transnational Comfort Food By adminArts & Culture A new Smithsonian Folklife Project, Forklife, traces the journeys of immigrant food traditions taking root in the United States Октябрь 17, 2017 Details
The Minister Who Invented Camping in America By adminArts & Culture How William H.H. Murray accidental bestseller launched the country’s first outdoor craze Октябрь 16, 2017 Details
This Ambitious Landmark Hip-Hop and Rap Anthology Was Successfully Funded By adminArts & Culture Smithsonian’s nonprofit record label launched a Kickstarter for help and got it Октябрь 16, 2017 Details
Funding This Landmark Hip-Hop and Rap Anthology Will Be a Community Effort By adminArts & Culture Smithsonian’s nonprofit record label launches a Kickstarter for help with its most ambitious project yet Октябрь 16, 2017 Details
Inventing a Vocabulary to Help Inuit People Talk About Climate Change By adminArts & Culture One team is working with Inuvialuit elders to come up with a renewable energy terminology—and maybe revive a dying language Октябрь 16, 2017 Details
These Never-Before-Seen Photos From “The New York Times” Offer a New Glimpse Into African-American History By adminArts & Culture The editors of the new book, “Unseen” talk about recognizing the paper of record’s biases Октябрь 16, 2017 Details
Home Is Where the Corpse Is—At Least In These Dollhouse Crime Scenes By adminArts & Culture Frances Glessner Lee’s ‘Nutshell Studies’ exemplify the intersection of forensic science and craft Октябрь 15, 2017 Details
Inside Taiwan’s Craft Beer Renaissance By adminArts & Culture Once a state-run industry, beer-making in Taiwan is blending globally-minded brewing with local flavors Октябрь 12, 2017 Details
Take a Tour of the Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific Collections this Autumn By adminArts & Culture Diverse artifacts all across the Smithsonian Institution captivate and confound in equal measure Октябрь 11, 2017 Details
Collection of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Writing Captures the First Lady’s Lasting Relevance By adminArts & Culture On the 133rd anniversary of her birth, “ER”‘s influence lives on Октябрь 10, 2017 Details
Why the Ancient Egyptians Loved Their Kitties By adminArts & Culture A show opening at the Sackler dramatizes the various meanings that the people of Egypt once associated with cats Октябрь 10, 2017 Details
America’s Undead Are Immortalized at the Smithsonian By adminArts & Culture The cast of “The Walking Dead” donates a set of perfectly macabre Halloween gifts Октябрь 9, 2017 Details
Check Out These Massive Straw Art Sculptures on Japan’s Honshu Island By adminArts & Culture Art students are giving leftover rice wara a second life Октябрь 9, 2017 Details
How Artificial Intelligence Is Improving Magic Tricks By adminArts & Culture Computer scientists have designed a trick that uses an algorithm to search the internet for the words most associated with images Октябрь 5, 2017 Details
Get Lost Inside These Golden Spires Transforming the Sackler Pavilion By adminArts & Culture Terminal,the work of acclaimed artist Subodh Gupta, recalls an urban cityscape Октябрь 5, 2017 Details
The Wondrous Complexity of the New York Public Library By adminArts & Culture A new documentary captures the sweeping human impact of one of the country’s largest library systems Октябрь 4, 2017 Details
A Rare Collection of Bronze Age Chinese Bells Tells a Story of Ancient Innovation By adminArts & Culture These rarely played ancient bells are newly analyzed with their acoustics remastered and digitized for a new exhibition at the Sackler Gallery Октябрь 4, 2017 Details
You’ve Never Tasted “Street Food” Like This Before By adminArts & Culture For its grand reopening, a hub of Asian-American culture serves up a culinary wonderland Октябрь 3, 2017 Details
Thought Lost to History, These Rare, Early Films Survived Thanks to a Crafty Showman and a Savvy Collector By adminArts & Culture A new documentary focuses on the incredible story of Frank Brinton Октябрь 3, 2017 Details
New Sackler Buddhist Exhibition Doubles the Immersive Experiences By adminArts & Culture Film of Sri Lankan site joins popular shrine room as part of three-year exhibition and we finally learn why one Buddha’s hair is blue Октябрь 3, 2017 Details
Are Blade Runner’s Replicants “Human”? Descartes and Locke Have Some Thoughts By adminArts & Culture Enlightenment philosophers asked the same questions about what makes humans, humans as we see in the cult classic Октябрь 2, 2017 Details
How Cultural Resilience Made a Difference After Hurricane Hugo And Could Help Again By adminArts & Culture When the 1989 hurricane devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, Smithsonian folklorists were working on an upcoming Folklife Festival Октябрь 2, 2017 Details
Explore the Secret Lives of Animals With These Marvelous Maps By adminArts & Culture A new book considers how sophisticated tracking technology and the data it collects can improve conservation strategies Октябрь 2, 2017 Details
Tom Petty, Standard-Bearer for Classic Rock, Dies at Age 66 By adminArts & Culture In Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen Bill Bentley remembers the singer-guitarist who forged a unique place in American rock Октябрь 2, 2017 Details
What Can Cities Do to Go “Blue”? By adminArts & Culture In a number of projects and proposals, architects and urban planners are working with water instead of against it Октябрь 1, 2017 Details
Want to Learn Cherokee? How About Ainu? This Startup Is Teaching Endangered Languages By adminArts & Culture Tribalingual founder Inky Gibbens explains how saving languages is a means of preserving different worldviews Сентябрь 28, 2017 Details
One Hundred Years Later, the Tense Realism of Edgar Degas Still Captivates By adminArts & Culture For this groundbreaking artist, greatness was always one more horizon away Сентябрь 28, 2017 Details
The Chemistry and Physics Behind the Perfect Cup of Coffee By adminArts & Culture How science helps your barista brew your espresso perfectly every time Сентябрь 27, 2017 Details
A Rainbow Shines Anew in National Portrait Gallery’s Iconic George Washington Portrait By adminArts & Culture A glistening Lansdowne Portrait refresh harkens the reopening of “America’s Presidents” Сентябрь 27, 2017 Details
Tom Brokaw’s Journey From Middle America to the World Stage By adminArts & Culture The history-making path of the former NBC Nightly News anchor is honored with a Smithsonian Lewis and Clark compass Сентябрь 26, 2017 Details
The Summer of Yoko Ono Ends with Shrieks and Screams By adminArts & Culture A concert, a broken vase and unfettered adoration for the avant-guard artist marks the Hirshhorn’s finale to its appreciation Сентябрь 25, 2017 Details
These Origami Clothes Grow With Your Child By adminArts & Culture Designer Ryan Yasin is creating pleated garments that could save on money and waste Сентябрь 24, 2017 Details
Check Out These Stunning Photographs of a Tibetan Horseback Sport By adminArts & Culture Kings in ancient Tibet promoted the sport to save money on military training Сентябрь 24, 2017 Details
The True Story Behind Billie Jean King’s Victorious “Battle of the Sexes” By adminArts & Culture Smithsonian sports curator Eric Jentsch offers a look at her legacy beyond the legendary match Сентябрь 21, 2017 Details
How U.S. and German Art Experts Are Teaming Up to Solve Nazi-Era Mysteries By adminArts & Culture Specialists in WWII art loss and restitution will discuss provenance research in Berlin Сентябрь 21, 2017 Details