Learn about the work of Alexander Calder in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C., in this podcast of curator Evelyn Hankins discussing the Calder's work. [15:35]

Learn about the American abstract painter Morris Louis in this podcast of the curator of the exhbition "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited" at the Hirshorn Museum, talking about the exhibition.

Selections from the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive which has been interviewing British and Commonwealth Korean War veterans.

What is Thanksgiving? Find out in an interview with National Museum of the American Indian curator Paul Chaat Smith. [4:38]

A comprehensive site from the National Museum of American History about the rights of citizens and the power of states as seen in the Japanese American internment. Primary resources abound in interactive multimedia galleries.

In natural history museums around the world, art and science intersect in the design of dioramas and other exhibits. We'll talk with some of the artists and scientists involved.

The work of Nikola Tesla is described, and the crowdfunding campaign led by Matthew Inman, who created The Oatmeal humor website. He succeeded in raising over one million dollars to buy Tesla's laboratory in New York, and turn it into a...

The Watergate Trial Conversations are excerpted Nixon White House tape conversations that were played in open court in U.S. v. Mitchell, et al. and U.S. v. Connally. The segments are a portion of the approximately 60 hours of tape...

As part of a series of podcasts featuring the remembrances of veterans of World War I, this podcast tells the inspirational story of the Christmas Truce in December 1914, when the soldiers from both sides met in No Man's Land to...

Background about the German painter Anselm Kiefer his works and the Heaven and Earth art exhibit.

This NPR site gives information on the time capsules that Warhol left. They are now in the Andy Warhol Museum. Every year the museum opens up a box of memorabilia, pictures, birthday cake, and whatever else Warhol felt like leaving behind.

The Bishop Museum in Honolulu is in a quandary. Do they display ancient, rare artifacts from Hawaii's history, or do they return these items to the sacred burial caves per the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act?

Hear some of President Truman's speeches, including the surrenders of Germany and of Japan, from the Harry S. Truman digital archive. Other speeches cover post-war issues such as price controls, and the opening of the United Nations.

Philadelphia's Mutter Museum has a lot of heart, and other organs too. [5 mins. 3 secs.]

How good is your hearing? Take a hearing test to determine the range of frequencies that you, other humans, and other animals can hear.

Multidisciplinary exhibition about sound, making music, the noises that animal make, and what it's like to be a musician.

Soundwalk is an interactive, acoustic walk through American pop culture. Listen to soundbites captured from popular movies, political speeches, famous quotes, and notable broadcasts.

Provides an overview of the events surrounding the deaths of three young civil rights workers who dissappeared while taking part in the Mississippi Summer Project. Includes audio files.

Hear about the First World War from those who were there. Discover how the war affected everyone who lived through it in these podcasts, featuring original recordings from IWM's sound collection. The series takes you from the outbreak of...

Presents a brief description of the issue of civil rights and its place in a variety of campaign commercials between the years 1956-1976. You can either listen to the commercial itself or just read the transcript.

The arts and people and things pertaining to the arts are the focus of this vocabulary tutorial. Colorful pictures interact with audio of the correct Spanish pronunciation when the mouse is moved over each illustration. Some more...

This report focuses on the French painter Pierre Bonnard, his methods and his work, in honor of a large exhibition of his work at the Washington, D.C., modern art museum.

At this site from NPR you can learn all about the Constitution Center that opened in Philadelphia on July 4, 2003. This interactive museum teaches visitors about the Constitution and has live shows, fascinating exhibits, and videos.

Ancient Egyptian stela with text in Greek, hieroglyphs and demotic. The Rosetta Stone is one of the British Museum's best known objects and a valuable key to the decipherment of hieroglyphs. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum...