The Smithsonian has opened up their world — and yours — with their new initiative.

We bring you the winners of the largest photo competition in the world, Wiki Loves Monuments.

We dig through the vaults and bring you Robert Loebel’s wonderful short animation, Wind

A new release from Marwood Williams graces our pages for the Thing of the Week.

Who will rebuild Syria, and how? Where will five million displaced Syrians live? This week’s free thing explores the rebuilding of Syria.

This week’s free thing brings you some dreamy music from Iran.

We go to India and bring back dictionaries of endangered languages for you in this week’s Free Thing.

A dark electronic musical tribute to the great Isabelle Adjani is our Free Thing of the Week.

Gerald Horne’s excellent book on the great Paul Robeson’s life of art and activism is our Free Thing of the Week.

The Free Thing is back again! We dig into the recent past for these cool posters of women scientists.