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You Can See a Swirling Sculpture Made of 8,000 Books at a Library in Prague – Smithsonian Magazine
Trending Today You Can See a Swirling Sculpture Made of 8,000 Books at a Library in Prague Officials are managing an influx of tourists coming to see “Idiom,” a seemingly infinite tunnel of books by the artist Matej Krén, at the Municipal Library By Christian Thorsberg, Correspondent January 16, 2026 Get our newsletter! Nearly 30…
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The Ten Best Children’s Books of 2025 Feature a Story of Untrustworthy Fish and a Tribute to a Beloved Bus Driver – Smithsonian Magazine
The Best Books of 2025 A Smithsonian magazine special report The Ten Best Children’s Books of 2025 Feature a Story of Untrustworthy Fish and a Tribute to a Beloved Bus Driver This year’s top titles run the gamut and include an adaption of a Korean folk tale, a highly entertaining question-and-answer book and much more…
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This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – Smithsonian Magazine
This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach – The 20-foot-tall installation, titled “Library of Us,” featured titles that hold personal meaning for British artist Es Devlin—who invited visitors to sit on nearby benches and read By Ella Feldman – Daily Correspondent, December 8, 2025 A glowing…
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The Ten Best History Books of 2025 – Smithsonian Magazine
The Ten Best History Books of 2025 Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today By Meilan Solly – Senior Associate Digital Editor, History November 25, 2025 Get our newsletter! Next July, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its…
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American Library Association Names 2022’s Most Banned Books | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
As book censorship soared, titles with LGBTQ themes were the most targeted By Teresa Nowakowski, Daily Correspondent, April 25, 2023 Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel Gender Queer: A Memoir documents Kobabe’s coming out as nonbinary and asexual. Since the book’s publication in 2019, readers have been regularly reaching out to Kobabe to express their appreciation for…
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The Science Behind the Oldest Trees on Earth | Science| Smithsonian Magazine
How experts have determined that bristlecone pines, sequoias and baobabs have stood for thousands of years By Jared Farmer, January 3, 2023 What and where are the oldest known trees on the planet? If you include plants that can regenerate, the upper age limit could be ten thousand years or more. Such superorganisms, including the…
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The Ten Best Science Books of 2022 | Science| Smithsonian Magazine
From a detective story on the origins of Covid-19 to a narrative that imagines a fateful day for dinosaurs, these works affected us the most this year By Joe Spring, Carlyn Kranking, Riley Black, Dan Falk, Bridget Alex and Shi En Kim December 7, 2022 This year in science was filled with amazing discoveries, sobering…
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Archive of Ernest Hemingway Writings, Photos Opens to the Public for the First Time | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Privately owned for decades, the materials include a short story featuring F. Scott Fitzgerald, personal effects and rough drafts By Molly Enking, Daily Correspondent, September 26, 2022 3:13 p.m. A veritable treasure trove of papers, artifacts and photos linked to Ernest Hemingway is now accessible to scholars and the public for the first time. As…
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The Real Story of Pinocchio Tells No Lies | Travel | Smithsonian Magazine
Forget what you know from the cartoon. The 19th-century story, now in a new translation, was a rallying cry for universal education and Italian nationhood By Perri Klass, Photographs by Simona Ghizzoni The town of Collodi, Italy, about 45 miles west of Florence, is set on a slope behind a fabulous 17th-century villa. The garden,…
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After 35 Years of Recovery Efforts, Bald Eagles Are No Longer Considered Endangered in Vermont | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
The state first listed the raptors as endangered in 1987 By Margaret Osborne, Contributor. February 16, 2022 Bald eagles have been removed from Vermont’s list of threatened and endangered species after years of restoration work in the state, per the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. “The bald eagle’s de-listing is a milestone for Vermont,” says…
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The Quest to Protect California’s Transcontinental Railroad Tunnels | Travel | Smithsonian Magazine
Built by Chinese immigrants in the 1860s, the caverns cutting through Donner Summit helped unite the country By Shoshi Parks, Freelance writer, January 12, 2022 A summer hike led me straight to the yawning maw of the Donner Summit tunnels high above Donner Lake in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Not even the longer of the…
