Rigorously trained, this artist makes works that look woefully broken
The legendary trail has carved itself into American history—and, in some places, into the earth itself
The curators of the Cultural Expressions exhibition collected stories and artifacts and brilliantly packed 200 years into one round room
John Noltner has driven across the country in an effort to document the many definitions of peace
The sculptor's showstopper is naked, overweight and grumpy
In the visual arts exhibition the tone and the ambience suddenly shift
The 46-year-old architect and his crew build multi-story climbing structures for museums and malls around the world
Photographer Henry Leutwyler usually shoots his camera at celebrities. For this book, he looked at their stuff
Watch the live stream of today's museum opening
Star Trek's fictional tricorder is far from becoming a reality. But a $10 million prize from the XPRIZE Foundation is hoping to motivate inventors
The collections in the show "Musical Crossroads" at the African American History Museum are near encyclopedic in their scope
In Burma, goldworking skills have been passed down over generations
A celebrated architect goes out on a limb with a bold new take on building tall
Smithsonian historian David Ward reflects on the work of Langston Hughes
Born 150 years ago, H.G. Wells predicted, and inspired, inventions from the laser to email
An eerie vision of the luminous magic we find in ourselves
As safari parks encroach on their ancestral lands, indigenous groups struggle to maintain their ways of life
The renowned travel writer journeys the length of the U.S.-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at life along the blurry 2,000-mile line
The 1968 Hunger Wall is a stark reminder of the days when the country's impoverished built a shantytown on the National Mall
The sculptor behind the American landmark had some unseemly ties to white supremacy groups
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