Smithsonian Provost John Davis takes a closer look at the painter, who described herself as a "garden-thirsty soul."
Even after a terrible barrier comes down, an artist conjures its haunting presence
Read <i>Smithsonian</i> contributor Tony Perrottet's coverage of the Caribbean island
What's Ernesto Guevara, son of the world's most recognizable revolutionary, doing on a Harley Davidson? Leading a whirlwind tour around his native island
How Spain chooses to memorialize Francisco Franco and the victims of his authoritarian regime is tearing the nation apart
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The newly acquired instrument, played by the father of bebop, is on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
A tragedy at home led one intrepid historian to find and catalog precious correspondence for future generations to study
In 1897, the California native went to the frozen North looking for gold. What he found instead was the great American novel
Before Texas fought for its independence, thousands of settlers from the east entered the country unlawfully in search of land and agricultural opportunity
Alex Llamas, Gustavo Brambila and Amelia Ceja arrived as migrant workers and today thrive as entrepreneurs in the California wine industry
Fifty years after Native American activists occupied the island, take a look back at the old prison in San Francisco Bay
How a covert U.S. Army intelligence unit canvassed war-torn Europe, capturing intelligence with incalculable strategic value
Eileen Collins talked to <i>Smithsonian</i> about her career in the Air Force and NASA, women in aerospace and more
Invented by rink owner Frank Zamboni, the ice-clearing machine celebrates its 70th anniversary this year
More than 3,000 years ago, soldiers appear to have traveled hundreds of miles from southern Europe to fight in what is now northern Germany
Historian Ashley Rose Young shares research from the Smithsonian’s 23-year-long ‘American Food History Project’
The Shelby family is fictional, but a real street gang operated in Birmingham at the turn of the 20th century
Beautiful and insightful, the illustrations of the German naturalist helped shape a new understanding of the world
Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes that Native people are the first inhabitants of the Americas, including the lands that later became the United States
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