Alt er godt på Natural History Museum i New York: Tidligere nattevagt Larry Daley står i spidsen for de ”visuelle effekter”, da museet holder en gallamiddag i anledning af deres nye planetarium. Visuelle effekter, som i virkeligheden er museets udstillede dyr og historiske karakterer, der ved hjælp af en magisk tavle vækkes til live om natten. Imidlertid er tavlen ved at miste sin kraft, og midt under gallamiddagen går alle figurerne amok, og de ved efterfølgende ikke, hvad der er sket.
Nattevagten Larry er skal igen holde styr på hele museet, mens alle genstandene under en ombygning midlertidigt flyttes til verdens største museumskompleks 'The Smithsonian Institute'. Larry er den eneste der kender til den forbandelse, der gør at genstandene om natten bliver levende. Sammen med Roosevelt og piloten Emilia Erhardt forsøger han at undgå at flytningen ender i det totale kaos...
Dette magiske eventyr handler om den talentfulde 10-årige kartograf og amatør opfinder T.S. Spivet. Han bor på en gård i Montana sammen med sin følelseskolde cowboy far (Callum Keith Rennie) og sin insekt-fikserede mor (Helena Bonham Carter). En dag får T.S. et brev om. at en af hans opfindelser har fået en pris fra Smithsonian museet i Washington. Naturligvis tager han alene afsted mod storbyen for at få modtage sin pris!
The grand opening dedication ceremony of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Some of them move. Others make noise. One weighs in at 700 pounds. Collectively, they represent the future of contemporary craft. Go behind the scenes of the "40 under 40: Craft Futures" exhibition, featuring traditional and non-traditional works of decorative art created by the top 40 American craft artists under the age of 40. Observe this wildly creative and diverse exhibition, assembled for the 40th anniversary of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, and witness the challenges and rewards of bringing together 40 unique artists at the top of their craft.
John Cohen, founding member of the ‘50s folk troupe the New Lost City Ramblers, started making films in order to bring together the two disciplines he was heavily active in: music and photography. The End of an Old Song brings us to North Carolina, and demonstrates the power of old English ballads sung with gusto while soused in a saloon.
Welcome to Yellowstone, America's oldest and largest national park. Lose yourself in the majestic landscapes that serve as a giant natural laboratory, with over three million geysers, fifty species of mammals, and three hundred species of birds.
In 2018 Japan’s NHK television network was given unprecedented access to the Freer Gallery of Art’s collection of works by Katsushika Hokusai so they could film the details of paintings using a state-of-the-art 8K video camera. The resulting documentary is hosted by actor Iura Arata and features commentary from the James Ulak, former curator at the National Museum of Asian Art, and Tim Clark, former curator at the British Museum. The film’s intended premiere in April 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic. We are proud to finally screen it. Explore masterpieces at a never-before-seen level of detail and enjoy new insights into the artist’s genius.
It was announced today that a team of scholars has confirmed that a fourth century codex written in the ancient Egyptian Coptic language refers to the wife of Jesus. This is the first reference to Jesus being married that has been found in an ancient text, and while it is not evidence of the historical Jesus, it suggests some early Christians believed Jesus had a wife. Dr. Karen King, the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, unveiled her findings today at the Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies in Rome.
Could Dracula have actually been a woman' In this fascinating investigation, archaeologists, historians, and forensic scientists uncover evidence that the legendary vampire was not modeled on a medieval count from Transylvania--but on the bizarre fate of a real 18th-century bohemian princess named Eleonore von Schwarzenberg.