Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

A performance in an opera hall, looking sideways across the orchestra pit. The performers are both on stage, lit in blue on the left, and in the first rows of red seats, on the right.

A Catalan Opera Adapts Greek Myth to Understand the Refugee Crisis

Since 1993, 33,293 people have drowned in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic trying to reach a safe place to start a new life.

American Sign Language alphabet

Hearing the Voices of Deaf Culture at the 1981 Folklife Festival

(Photo courtesy of Sandra Chandler)

A Folkways Challenge Reveals a Love for Sacred Harp Singing in Georgia

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Shared Experiences Through the Ongoing Virtual Mother Tongue Film Festival

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