Topic: Amelia Earhart

Earhart, Lindbergh in spotlight as Smithsonian overhauls 'Pioneers of Flight' galleryAmelia Earhart was, of course, a famous pilot and pioneer for women. Her time as a fashion designer, though, usually isn't something people remember about the woman who disappeared during a 1937 ...

Amelia Earhart’s Irish Sojourn

On May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart set off in her Lockheed Vega from Newfoundland intending to fly to Paris. This morning, seven members of the Gallagher family arrived at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. to present curator Dorothy ...

Bad Hair Day

What was thought to be a lock of Amelia Earhart's hair, on display at a Cleveland museum, is merely thread. Last week we reported that a sample of hair from Amelia Earhart had been provided by IWASM to The International Group for ...
Amelia Earhart's mystique has captured imaginations for generations and the story of this groundbreaking aviator who disappeared during a 1937 flight around the world still holds some serious pop culture clout. Battle for the Smithsonian and featured a bubbly Amy Adams filling ...
An aviation museum inthe US state of Ohio that believed it was displaying a hair sample from famed flyer Amelia Earhart made an unfortunate discovery, after DNA analysis revealed it to be a piece of thread. "In a disappointing turn of events," ...
An aviation museum inthe US state of Ohio that believed it was displaying a hair sample from famed flyer Amelia Earhart made an unfortunate discovery, after DNA analysis revealed it to be a piece of thread. "In a disappointing turn of events," ...
Why are we Around the Mall bloggers so excited about the upcoming Dreamworks 20th Century Fox film, Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian, set to be released next May? ) The National Gallery of Art has a casting of The ...

May 2009

Ferling has also been a contributing author to Smithsonian magazine, most recently in 2007 with his piece, "100 Days That Shook the World. Her body was preserved and is now on view at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.. The spirit of ...

Q and A: Amy Adams

Actress Amy Adams, 34, has appeared in 25 films and received two Academy Award nominations-most recently for her role as a young nun in 2008's Doubt. " I think that's something that gets lost when you first learn about Amelia. It was ...