George Hurrell’s photographs of actors from the 1930s and 1940s dazzle in a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
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A new exhibition at the National Museum of American History aims to inspire the next generation of innovators
A Smithsonian folklorist looks back and finds stories that explain how a darkening of daytime skies provokes a foreboding of evil
How deep faith created one of the loveliest—and most curious—sacred objects in the Smithsonian collections
The first image of the black hole taken in polarized light, the new view shows the supermassive structure's magnetic fields and hints that it could be hiding an enormous jet
A self-described "little man in a hurry," Joseph Hirshhorn built a premier modern art collection
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George Hurrell’s photographs of actors from the 1930s and 1940s dazzle in a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
Mabel Boll, a wealthy New York socialite, dreamed of making aviation history. But Earhart beat her to the finish line, completing the trans-Atlantic journey as a passenger in June 1928
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum brings together the Black Modernist painter’s most famous series for the first time in more than 75 years
The inaugural exhibition at the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum seeks to shine light on lesser-known historical figures
The human hand is an incredible tool—and a deadly threat
Mary Cardwell Dawson created unprecedented opportunities for aspiring Black musicians
The report provides recommendations regarding the return of human remains in the Institution’s collections
Historian Camilla Townsend separates fact from fiction in the life of the Powhatan "princess"
A Smithsonian curator and a historian discuss the links between the Johnson-Reed Act and Executive Order 9066, which rounded up 120,000 Japanese Americans in camps across the Western U.S.
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Smithsonian Gardens’ 28th annual orchid exhibition is underway at the Kogod Courtyard
Charles Lewis Tiffany purchased the surplus cable from the 1858 venture, turning it into souvenirs that forever linked his name to the short-lived telecommunications milestone
A chic light fixture reveals how female designers remade the Tiffany brand—and went largely uncredited for nearly a century
The only mythical creature in the Chinese zodiac, the dragon has long been associated with prosperity and imperial power
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