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A Family, a Colony, a Life of Good Works in the Holy City
Founded more than a century ago, the American Colony in Jerusalem has endured hardships, wars, upheaval, and the ebb and flow of empires
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A Stout Ship’s Heartbreaking Ordeal by Ice
Heading north for the pole, the Jeannette was frozen fast for 21 months, then sank; for captain and crew, that was the easy part
A war crimes tribunal sent forensic scientists to investigate mass graves in the former Yugoslavia. What happened there?
As financial demands soar, the Institution seeks corporate dollars while safeguarding its integrity
Tucked into an Elgin, Illinois, office building, Ralph Muchow’s Historical Radio Museum houses the world’s foremost antique collection
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Cleopatra: What Kind of a Woman Was She, Anyway?
Serpent of the Nile? Learned ruler? Sex Kitten? Ambitious mom? African queen? History is still toying with the poor lady’s reputation
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A Nova Crew Strains, and Chants, to Solve the Obelisk Mystery
The public television team put theories to the test to uncover the secrets of how the ancient Egyptians moved and raised the giant blocks
Sir Francis Drake is Still Capable of Kicking Up a Fuss
Westward the corsair of England’s empire made his way, plundering Spain for Queen and country; now modern moralists are nibbling at his fame
Let Us Now Praise the Romantic, Artful, Versatile Toothpick
Flirting, scale modeling, putting on the dog through the ages, the device has been used for a lot more than dental hygiene
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A Woman Writ Large in Our History and Hearts
The free-spirited author George Sand scandalized 19th-century Paris when she defied convention and pioneered an independent path for women
Three’s a Crowd, They Say, but Not at Coney Island!
The old place has had its downs and ups, from a wild man from Borneo to glittering Luna Park, but it’s still happily roller-coasting along
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Union Colonel Phil Sheridan’s Valiant Horse
A young war-horse helped Phil Sheridan win the day in the Shenandoah Valley and, made famous by a poem, helped Abraham Lincoln win re-election
Over 150 years, the Smithsonian has evolved as a visitor-friendly place that reflects a diverse nation
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A new show at the Renwick Gallery features a rare repository of textile history
The Rise, and Fall, of a Fervid Third Party
In the 1850s, a burgeoning coalition of self- proclaimed nativists, or Know-Nothings, swept into office and called out for radical change
At the Young Collectors Tent, they’re on the lookout for even more antique ice skates, African dresses, chopstick rests, cowboy hats, snow globes…
The Smithsonian is uniquely suited to run long-range research programs that monitor the state of the natural world
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In the war-shattered city of Nuremberg, in November 1945, an Allied tribunal convened to seek justice in the face of the Third Reich’s monstrous war crimes
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