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This year’s award-winning "Mank" attracts new attention to the 80-year-old American classic; two Smithsonian curators share insights
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From medieval European theater troupes to American minstrelsy, the harmful tradition has a surprisingly long history
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On the anniversary of her 50th birthday, honoring the legacy of the first Tejana singer to top the U.S. Billboard charts with her Spanish-language album
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The Smithsonian's Human Studies Film Archive houses eight million feet of film which can help future generations reflect on the past
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How the world’s handiest instrument took over American music
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The much-loved event kicks off this weekend online with the first indigenous film from Hawaii and extends through May with 45 offerings
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The shell was played for the first time in millennia after being rediscovered in the collections of a French museum
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From online exhibitions to panel discussions, here are more than a dozen events hosted by museums and other cultural institutions
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A new project seeks to elevate artists like Harry T. Burleigh and Florence Price, whose work has been ignored by white audiences
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"Sunrise Semester" gave a generation of women a second chance at higher education
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The blockbuster saw the superhero working as a museum anthropologist. But how accurate was its depiction of the Institution at the time?
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Smithsonian scholar says the time is ripe to examine the man's complexities for a more accurate and more inspirational history
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The childhood home of the musician who put New Orleans jazz on the map will soon open to the public
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The Marvel superhero pounced on the scene in the '60s and never looked back
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Canonical books, songs and films became free to use in 2021
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On the 250th anniversary of the famous composer’s birth, the story of how his music first took hold across the Atlantic
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A new television special hearkens back to the nearly 50 years of Christmas thievery from the Dr. Seuss classic
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The unlikely Hollywood visionary of 'Bambi' fame designed what would become some of the most popular holiday stationery of all time
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The fashionable garment conjures the guitarist's dazzling performance at the Monterey County Fairgrounds
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Studio arts workshops, holiday décor making and a guided wine tasting with an award-winning sommelier to kick off the season
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