American History

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Text President Lincoln

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Bobcat Company Archives Goes to Smithsonian American History Museum

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Smithsonian Events Week of June 15-19: Stamps, The Wright Flyer, Weddings and Rocknoceros

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Sit-In Training at American History

Four men asked to be served at a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina, and when they were refused, they just continued to sit

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Weekend Events: Ralph Eubanks, Legends of Vaudeville and a Family Arts Festival

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Smithsonian Events Week of June 1-5: Parthenon, Photography, Asia and an Arts Festival

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Weekend Events: Amelia Earhart, Addison Scurlock and George Washington

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Smithsonian Events Week of 5/26-29: Dirt, Sweaters, Fine China and Amelia Earhart

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Honoring Memorial Day

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Weekend Events: Forensics, Muppets and Seamen

Using this small compass, survivors of the SS Alcoa Guide were rescued after being attacked by a German submarine.

Finding One’s Way Through War-Torn Waters

A small compass that guided a lifeboat full of World War II seamen to safety goes on display at the Museum of American History

American Idol Desk Goes to the Smithsonian

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Carol Burnett—We Just Can't Resist Her!

Graphic designer Jessica Helfand collected over 200 scrapbooks dating from the nineteenth century to the present.

The Cherished Tradition of Scrapbooking

Author Jessica Helfand investigates the history of scrapbooks and how they mirror American history

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Smithsonian Events Week of 5/11-15: Portraits, Presents, Star Trek and Sailing

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Behind the Scenes with American History's Entertainment Curator

Dwight Blocker Bowers is responsible for preserving the museum's most eclectic collection

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Curating Pandemic at the American History Museum

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O Say Can You Sing? Semi-Finalists Announced

Pensacola, its anchorage first admired by the Spanish 450 years ago. In 1686, Spanish navigator Juan Jordán described Pensacola's bay as "the best I have ever seen."

Harboring History in Pensacola

In Florida's panhandle, vibrant Pensacola stakes its claim as the oldest European settlement in the United States

Big Sur's dramatic vistas entrance residents and day-trippers alike. In 1912 or so, watercolorist Francis McComas described the landscape as the "greatest meeting of land and water in the world."

Big Sur's California Dreamin'

Untrammeled wilderness and new age enclave, Big Sur retains its rugged beauty and quirky charm

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