CURRENT ISSUE
July 1996
Features
Seeing the Chesapeake as a whole
At a 2,600-acre research site near Chesapeake Bay, Smithsonian scientists are answering basic questions about how ecosystems work
Taking Liberties With An American Goddess
Mocked, martyred and marketed, our favorite statue is still hard at work "enlightening the world"
The Inverted Jenny
How an upside-down biplane on a 24-cent stamp, at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum, seemed to jinx early attempts at carrying the mail by air
Smithsonian Perspectives
In the Smithsonian's long history of studying cultures, we've learned to help people represent themselves
Around the Mall & Beyond
After many an 18-hour day 'tinkering,' and more than 500 patents to his name, Jerome Lemelson is America's most prolific living inventor