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Education experts help children, their teachers, parents and grandparents get the most out of a museum visit - real or virtual
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South Pacific villagers worship a mysterious American they call John Frum - believing he'll one day shower their remote island with riches
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Photographic plates discovered in a dusty shed offer an astonishing look at life in the American woods more than a century ago
Readers respond to the November issue
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Franklin's 300th birthday this month reminds us of common ideals and artifacts that reflect themfrom a simple suit to an iconic lunch counter
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Once upon a time, Miss America reigned supreme
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As his army faltered and his cabinet bickered, Lincoln determined that "we must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued." In 1862, he got his chance
The secret diary of William Clark
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The triumphant return of the Lewis and Clark expedition
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When orbiting pranksters Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford launched into "Jingle Bells," Mission Control almost lost control
The Indians who first feasted with the English colonists were far more sophisticated than you were taught in school. But that wasn't enough to save them
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A former civil rights activist revolutionizes the teaching of mathematics
Momentous or merely memorable
From the beginning, Smithsonian has looked beyond the Institution
Smithsonian's birth, 35 years ago, only hinted at the splendors to follow
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a writer looks back at the repercussions of another great disaster, the Mississippi flood of 1927
We mark Smithsonian's 35th anniversary by revisiting scientists, artists and scholars who've enriched the magazine and our lives
October anniversaries momentous or merely memorable
Guided by the Nez Percé, the men and women of the corps reach the Columbia amid threats for their lives
Almost from birth, Andrew Jackson was in training to become democracy's champion
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