Alan B. Shepard's historic Mercury spacesuit undergoes hours of conservation work for its debut when the National Air and Space Museum opens this fall
A new analysis identifies four life-size human figures and an 11-foot rattlesnake drawn on the ceiling of an unnamed cavern
Though founded by Confederates, Julian became a place of opportunity for people of color—and a model for what the U.S. could look like after the Civil War
The 1972 Watergate break-in that led to Richard Nixon's resignation is the subject of a new exhibition
Fearful that the Able Archer 83 exercise was a cover for a NATO nuclear strike, the U.S.S.R. readied its own weapons for launch
Travel through time by lifting like passengers on the Titanic or swimming like the sixth U.S. president
A pivotal letter from Oscar Howe, whose work is the focus of a new exhibition, demanded the right to free expression and the art world began to listen
For 75 years, images of bunker life have reflected the shifting optimism, anxieties and cynicism of the Atomic Age
The revenge saga blends traditional accounts with the supernatural to convey the lived experience of the Viking age
A portrait reveals the dignity behind the maligned woman who stepped up to tell the truth
Sixty years after Seattle's Century 21 Exposition, world's fairs have largely fallen out of fashion in the U.S.
The still life went unnoticed at an Australian school for 150 years
A new book explores how immunity to the disease created opportunities for white, but not Black, people
The new series dramatizes the White House years of Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama
A scholar traces the folk figure's history from the Neolithic era to today
Under the pseudonym Mayn Clew Garnett, author Thornton Jenkins Hains published a maritime disaster story with eerie parallels to the real-life tragedy
The rare Lilienthal glider, one of only a few originals known to exist, is newly conserved and ready for its public debut
A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. showcases 130 works by artists from 24 countries
A new exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, tells the story of founders Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt
The Red Ball Express' truck drivers and cargo loaders moved more than 400,000 tons of ammo, gas, medicine and rations between August and November 1944
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