Our mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening.
Since 2003, over 50,000 people have shared life stories with family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, and millions listen to our broadcasts on public radio and the web.
is a new educational web site created by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in collaboration with the University of VA that allows teachers and students to explore the 1930s through paintings, artist memorabilia, historical documents, newsreels, period photographs, music, and video. It even allows students to create their own videos.