Museum staff discuss the reception of a difficult work that showed the vivid and painful documentation of a Nazi death camp
Bunch’s new memoir details the tireless work it took to build NMAAHC and offers insights into his priorities as Smithsonian Secretary
In 1933, Burmah White was punished harshly—and amidst a media frenzy—after she and her husband committed a spree of crimes in Los Angeles
Long before online quizzes and Myers-Briggs, Robert Woodworth’s “Psychoneurotic Inventory” tried to assess recruits' susceptibility to shell shock
The "world’s most honored woman astrophysicist" worked tirelessly for decades to measure the makeup of the sun and the stars
As the 2019 recipient of the Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal, the musician divulged he still has one more song to write
The metallurgist came to the Roanoke settlement looking for raw materials to support the English war effort
An exclusive excerpt from the Smithsonian Secretary’s new book, ‘A Fool’s Errand’
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A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War
A new curriculum from the American Indian Museum brings greater depth and understanding to the long-misinterpreted history of indigenous culture
Inside the little-known story of the Green Corn Rebellion, which blazed through the Sooner State a century ago
The legendary newswoman, who died at 75, appeared on a Smithsonian podcast earlier this summer to speak about a favorite topic, the first ladies
William O'Dwyer was beloved by New York City. So why did he abruptly leave office and head to Mexico?
After two years of documenting the nation’s craft brewing industry, curator Theresa McCulla makes ready for a public debut
Ever since the 17th century, educators and architects designed university housing with societal mores in mind
William Stimpson created a fraternity of young scientists and named it for an extinct North American sloth
Even centuries before Captain Cook’s arrival, its resources were exploited by outsiders
A new show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum reflects on iconic events including JFK's assassination, flag raising at Iwo Jima and Custer's last stand
Was his close friendship with William Rufus King just that, or was it evidence that he was the nation's first gay chief executive?
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