European History
How Marie Tussaud Created a Wax Empire
From France, to Britain, to the world, Tussaud's waxworks endure
An Exhibit in Illinois Allows Visitors to Talk with Holograms of 13 Holocaust Survivors
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois, opened the new Survivor Stories Experience this fall
Is There Humanity to Be Found Within Serial Killers?
A new book tells the complex stories behind murderous women, the so-called “femmes fatales.”
Archaeologists Discover Where Julius Caesar Landed in Britain
A large camp along Pegwell Bay is the likely spot where 20,000 Romans landed in 54 B.C.
Square Dancing is Uniquely American
Like the culture it came from, square dance has roots in European, Native American and African practices
How WWII Created the Care Package
Technically, the innovation was originally trademarked
Ratko Mladic, Known as the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Found Guilty of War Crimes and Genocide
A United Nations court found that Mladic had directed the murders of thousands of Muslims in the 1990s
You Can't Get Closer to Picasso's "Guernica" Than This 436-Gigabyte Image
The new "Rethinking Guernica" website also includes 2,000 documents and photos charting the painting's 80-year history
Voltaire: Enlightenment Philosopher and Lottery Scammer
The French government was trying to raise money by running a bond lottery, but a group of intellectuals had other ideas
The Real-Life Story of Maria von Trapp
"The Sound of Music" was based on the true story of her life, but it took a few liberties
New Portrait of Lord Nelson Found, Scars and All
One of many Nelson portraits by Leonardo Guzzardi, the painting has been restored to include his war wounds
Oldest Evidence of Wine Making Found in Georgia
The discovery of grape residues on pottery suggest Neolithic people had a taste for wine 8,000 years ago
The Forgotten Women Scientists Who Fled the Holocaust for the United States
A new project from Northeastern University traces the journeys of 80 women who attempted to escape Europe and find new lives in America during World War II
Was Vichy France a Puppet Government or a Willing Nazi Collaborator?
The authoritarian government led by Marshal Pétain participated in Jewish expulsions and turned France into a quasi-police state
Pop-Up VR Museum to Bring Dutch and Flemish Masterpieces to the Masses
The Kremer Museum was imagined up after its creators grew disillusioned with constraints associated with showcasing a collection in a physical building
A Union Captain Nearly Dragged the British Into the Civil War In 1861
As if the country didn't have enough to worry about
Hermann Rorschach’s Artistic Obsession Led to His Famous Test
Rorschach's high school nickname was "Kleck," which means "inkblot" in German
200 Artifacts of Witchcraft Cast a Spell in Cornell's “The World Bewitch’d”
The exhibit, full of manuscripts, photographs and posters, highlights the history of witchcraft in Europe
Envisioning Vermeer, Master of Genre Painting, at the National Gallery of Art
Exhibition explores the Dutch artist's connections with his contemporaries
The Public Can Finally See Works From the Infamous Nazi-Looted Art Trove
Two exhibitions are exploring the treasures and context behind the cache of "degenerate" art uncovered in a Munich apartment in 2012
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