'Creatures of Light' Glow in New Exhibit Of all the wondrous survival strategies natures creatures have evolved, one of the most dazzling is the ability of some animals to generate light to find their prey, avoid becoming prey and to attract a mate....
Exhibit Traces Horse's Impact on Tribal Life The image of a Native American warrior, racing across the Western plains on horseback, is an iconic one. A Song for the Horse Nation, at the National Museum of the American Indian, looks at the history beh...
Exhibit Showcases Islamic Gift-Giving Tradition Islam has spread to cultures and regions far beyond its birthplace on the Arabian peninsula. Among its traditions is the value placed on gift giving These gifts, from over the centuries, are works of ar...
Exhibit Could Be King Tut's Last Tour, For a While As Egypt goes through fundamental political change, people fascinated by the country's ancient civilization worry that a new government might restrict loans to museums overseas. Among the most succes...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play love songs for Valentines Day And answer a question from China about bullet train development in the United States But first an exploration o...
STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we travel through city streets all over the world to explore street art, a popular and lively art movement. (MUSIC) BARBARA KLEIN: Street art can be found on buildings,...
A new exhibit in New York explores the city's long history of cultural and political connections with Spain and Latin America - ties that have affected virtually every aspect of the city's development. Whether it's the bilingual signs, the ever-prese...
Photo: National Portrait Gallery-Smithsonian Institution In this wooden sculpture by Marshall D. Rumbaugh, Rosa Parks is held by two policemen. Parks was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white male bus rider in Montgomery, Alabama. On...
Most histories of African Americans at sea focus on slave ships, which transported their human cargo from Africa to the United States or other parts of the world. But a new exhibit in the port city of Philadelphia expands that story to reveal the su...
