Meet the Female Inventor Behind Mass-Market Paper Bags
A self-taught engineer, Margaret Knight bagged a valuable patent, at a time when few women held intellectual property
Hitting the High Notes: A Smithsonian Year of Music
How the Music of Hawaiʻi’s Last Ruler Guided the Island’s People Through Crisis
A prolific composer, Queen Liliʻuokalani created some of the most popular Hawaiian tunes and compositions of all time
In the Home, a Woman’s Work Is Never Done, Never Honored and Never Paid For
Two historic firsts at the American History Museum; a woman steps into the director’s seat and a new show examines the drudgery of housework
Who Was the First Woman Depicted on Currency and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
Hitting the High Notes: A Smithsonian Year of Music
A special report pulling together our coverage of music within the Smithsonian collections and around the world
The Complex Role Faith Played for Incarcerated Japanese-Americans During World War II
Smithsonian curator of religion Peter Manseau weighs in on a history that must be told
Aretha Franklin’s Decades-Old Documentary Finally Comes to Theaters in 2019
The 2019 nationwide release, 47 years after it was made, means audiences at last will see the Queen of Soul’s transcendent masterpiece
Why the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Makes for a Complicated History
Charged with manslaughter, the owners were acquitted in December 1911. A Smithsonian curator reexamines the labor and business practices of the era
Columnist David Brooks interviews the political historian about what we can learn from negative political engagement in our country’s history
The Practically Perfect Political Timing of Mary Poppins
Disney warned of reading too much into the timing of his films, but just now everyone could use a little “spit spot” from America’s favorite British Nanny
New Molina Family Latino Gallery Opens in 2021 at the National Museum of American History
New Molina Family Latino Gallery to Open at National Museum of American History in 2021
The Somber History of the Presidential Funeral Train
This grand tradition has allowed Americans across the country to pay their respects to the chief executive
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Recognized as Part of America’s Cultural Heritage
Artifacts from the Broadway musical come to the collections of Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
Why This Body-Surfing, Sound-Blasting, Cake-Throwing DJ Belongs in a Museum
Just as his new release tops the charts, Electronic Dance Music DJ Steve Aoki says he is “blown away” to have his turntable technology in the collections
Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2018
Here are eleven titles that intrigued and thrilled Smithsonian’s knowledge seekers this year
Stan Lee Helped Shape the Story of What It Is to Be American
Smithsonian curator Eric Jentsch weighs into the legacy of the comic-book mastermind
The History of First Ladies’ Memoirs
Freed from the political constraints of living in the White House, these famous women have over the decades shared their personal opinions with the public
Hartley Edwards Played “Taps” on this Bugle After World War I to Honor the Fallen
But the bugler remembered the story a bit wrong. A century later, a curator sets the record straight
When Pulling a Lever Tallied the Vote
An innovative 1890s gear-and-lever voting machine mechanized the counting of the ballots so they could be tallied in minutes, not hours or days
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