Our pop culture curator Amy Henderson strolls the halls of the Old Patent Building imagining the scene of Lincoln's 1865 inaugural ball
The stage is set. Enter Martha Levinson, a character described as rich, crass and brassy.
Amy Henderson
The idyllic scenes of the dreamy holiday tune were painted by a Russian Jewish immigrant named Israel Baline, better known as Irving Berlin
Artist Everett Raymond Kinstler's portrait of the legendary performer Christopher Plummer joins the collection as Kinstler is honored in New York City
The beloved actress takes to the stage as a witty Molly Ivins just in time for election season
It was Diana Vreeland, whose skill, imagination and discipline, defined the job of a modern fashion editor
A look back at the most-trusted man in news
Guest blogger and Portrait Gallery historian Amy Henderson reflects on the Gallery's Olympian collection
Smithsonian Folkways honors the blind folk musician who died yesterday at the age of 89
For generations immersed in social media, culture means a different thing than it did in 1940
Guest blogger and Portrait Gallery historian Amy Henderson discusses Louis Armstrong and the meaning of stardom
A curator tells of 19th-century American socialites, who like Cora Crowley, found noble husbands and flushed Britain with cash
The Portrait Gallery's Cultural Historian Amy Henderson discusses the museum's vision—to tell America's stories as "visual biography"
In a new book of poetry, a Smithsonian scholar renders his thoughts on family, nature, celebrity and anonymity
The Smithsonian enters a new era of expansion—on the Web
Medical 3-D imaging makes it possible to study the world's greatest stringed instruments – and uncover the secrets of its makers
The Star Spangled Banner and John Glenn's spacesuit were clearly musts. Other artifacts are less obvious
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