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Visitors dressed as Star Wars characters attending the National Air and Space Museum’s annual Air & Scare event. It returns ...
As a deadly fungal disease ravages wild frog populations around the globe, scientists have identified potential locations in ...
Kirk Johnson announced today that he will step down as the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural ...
Johnson (1940–2021) was a scholarly collector, antitrust attorney, autism advocate and resident of Washington, D.C., for ...
The story of Oiwa, the faithful wife who returned as a ghost to haunt her murderous husband, was told in the 1825 kabuki ...
Participants of the Teacher Innovator Institute learning and doing activities in the GE Aerospace Classrooms within the ...
Kirk Johnson is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History where he oversees the world’s largest natural history collection. He is an advocate for science, nature and ...
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) was a gifted American jazz artist. She had a warm and lovely voice, with notable rhythmic sense, versatility, and intonation, as well as exceptional talent at scat singing.
Leading up to the 1920s, African American music came to the attention of the white music industry and white music audiences. In 1912 W. C. Handy became the "Father of the Blues" with his composition, ...
The National Museum of American History will commemorate the 250th anniversary the Gunboat Philadelphia’s sinking at the Battle of Valcour Island with a special opportunity to go behind the scenes, ...