American Civilization: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is dedicated to "promoting the understanding and continuity of diverse, contemporary grassroots cultures in the United States and around the world". Activities include producing the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, coordinating the distribution of Moe Asch's essential Folkways Recordings, and conducting ethnographic and cultural heritage policy-oriented research. Various online exhibitions cover such subjects as mid-Atlantic maritime culture and the notion of what "borders" are. <http://www.folklife.si.edu/index.html>