To mark the 2024 presidential election, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present “Picturing the Presidents: ...

Fiber has long inspired women artists, although their ingenuity with threads and cloth was often dismissed as domestic work ...

In 1945, the Monuments Men established two primary central collecting points, in Munich and Wiesbaden, Germany, where shipments of stolen artwork and other loot—such as books, decorative arts, and ...

National Museum of American History Archie Bunker's Chair from All in the Family National Museum of American History Thomas Jefferson, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, Extracted textually ...

Bathing, from the early 19th to the early 20th centuries, required stamina and fortitude. Without indoor plumbing, bathing involved filling small portable tubs with water, bucket by bucket. This, as ...

The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) collaborates across the Institution to improve the Smithsonian's ability to respond to emergencies and recover from disasters. OEM works closely with ...

Jackie Robinson made history on April 15, 1947, when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. While winning Rookie of the Year honors and helping the Dodgers ...

Running on a progressive platform, Herbert C. Hoover was enormously popular. His economic acuity was especially respected as he had established his capable good judgment during his tenure as secretary ...

Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and ...

Violins by famous makers such as Stradivari, Guarneri, Maggini, Amati, or Stainer had numerous followers and imitators. Often a disciple placed a facsimile label in his violin to acknowledge or honor ...

Many elaborately embroidered and painted parlor throws and bed covers of velvet, satin, and other fancy silks that were so popular in the late Victorian era have been treasured and preserved. Because ...