Smithsonian World

{{Short description|American TV series}} {{italic title}} '''''Smithsonian World''''' was a one-hour science, arts, and humanities documentary series which aired on PBS television stations in the United States from 1984 to 1988. The series was co-produced by the Smithsonian Institution and WETA-TV and periodically hosted by future Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian David McCullough. The program addressed topics related to the Smithsonian Institution in some way.<ref>{{cite web |title='Smithsonian World' Premieres |url=https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_1539 |website=Smithsonian Institution Archives |access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' described it as being similar to the Smithsonian Institution, "ambitious, eclectic and chockablock".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Corry |first=John |date=1984-01-18 |title=TV: 'SMITHSONIAN WORLD' STARTING |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/18/movies/tv-smithsonian-world-starting.html |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It was nominated for and won an Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smithsonian World |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/smithsonian-world |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref>

== See also == * ''Smithsonian'' magazine

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