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See the Dazzling Diamond Necklace With Possible Ties to Marie Antoinette That Just Sold for $4.8 Million
Some of the gems may have featured in a royal scandal known as the "affair of the diamond necklace" that damaged the French ...
Smithsonian Magazine3h
How Fallingwater Gave Frank Lloyd Wright a Second Wind
The architectural wonder re-established the designer as a titan of his generation and shifted the public's view of Modernism ...
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Abraham Lincoln’s Legendary Gettysburg Address Promised ‘Government of the People, by the People, for the People’
The president's humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled with profound reverence for the Union's ideals—and ...
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What the Smithsonian (and the Public) Have Learned About Pandas in More Than 50 Years at the National Zoo
Cue the panda cam: The Zoo’s two newest residents, Bao Li and Qing Bao, will make their debut in January Lonnie G. Bunch III ...
Smithsonian Magazine18h
Endangered Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frogs Are Making a Comeback
Scientists are celebrating the recovery of the species in Yosemite National Park, where they were decimated by the ...
Smithsonian Magazine19h
New Statue Honoring Civil Rights Activist John Lewis Unveiled in His Home State of Alabama
The life-sized bronze sculpture of the congressman joins statues of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks in the Equal ...
Smithsonian Magazine19h
The Far Side of the Moon Was Volcanically Active, New Studies Confirm
Scientists analyzed the first and only rock samples from the region, which were brought back to Earth as part of a recent ...
Smithsonian Magazine20h
A Federal Agent’s Laptop Held the Keys to Seize $3.6 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin. Here’s How it Ended Up at the Smithsonian
Soon to be on display at the National Museum of American History, the laptop is the centerpiece of a criminal case that shows ...
Smithsonian Magazine22h
These Historic Sites in the U.S. Were Once Endangered. Now They’re Thriving
Since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has been naming America’s most endangered historic places, ...
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This Forgotten Sculpture Was Used as a Doorstop in a Scotland Shed. It Turned Out to Be a Masterpiece Worth Millions
The marble bust was made by the celebrated sculptor Edmé Bouchardon nearly 300 years ago. After a small town purchased it in ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Australian Zoo Asks Residents to Capture the World’s Most Venomous Spider: the Deadly Sydney Funnel-Web
While this quest may scare away arachnophobes, public donations of funnel-webs are critical to the mission of the Australian ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Pesto the Enormous, Viral King Penguin Molts His Baby Feathers
The 50-pound penguin at Australia's Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is now roughly 9 months old and losing his downy fluff in favor of adult plumage. (Credit: Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium) Explore ...