Industrial Revolution | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/industrial-revolution/RSS feed for Industrial RevolutionenTue, 31 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000Charles Dickens Searched the Streets of London and Found Inspiration for His Evocative Fictionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/charles-dickens-searched-the-streets-of-london-and-found-inspiration-for-his-evocative-fiction-180988451/A three-part BBC series will examine how real events shaped the 19th-century British author's writing. The show is part of the National Year of Reading in the U.K.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/charles-dickens-searched-the-streets-of-london-and-found-inspiration-for-his-evocative-fiction-180988451/Feeling More Hate Than Love This Valentine's Day? Send Snarky 'Vinegar Valentines' to Your Enemies Like the Victorians Didhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/feeling-more-hate-than-love-this-valentines-day-send-snarky-vinegar-valentines-to-your-enemies-180988172/These oft-anonymous messages took aim at pretentious poets, unhelpful salespeople, suffragists and secessionists alikeThu, 12 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/feeling-more-hate-than-love-this-valentines-day-send-snarky-vinegar-valentines-to-your-enemies-180988172/How Do You Wear a Gown Made of Glass? Marvel at the Eye-Catching History of This Unlikely Fashion Trendhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-do-you-wear-a-gown-made-of-glass-marvel-at-the-eye-catching-history-of-this-unlikely-fashion-trend-180986998/In the 20th century, actresses and royals alike donned delicate dresses woven with spun-glass threads. More recently, celebrities have sported impractically fragile handbags on the red carpetTue, 22 Jul 2025 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-do-you-wear-a-gown-made-of-glass-marvel-at-the-eye-catching-history-of-this-unlikely-fashion-trend-180986998/American Schools Have Been Feeding Children for More Than 100 Years. Here's How the School Lunch Has Changedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/american-schools-have-been-feeding-children-for-more-than-100-years-heres-how-the-school-lunch-has-changed-180986583/A new exhibition in Philadelphia explores how nutritional science, technological advances and political debates shaped the foods on schoolchildren's traysMon, 12 May 2025 20:55:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/american-schools-have-been-feeding-children-for-more-than-100-years-heres-how-the-school-lunch-has-changed-180986583/Armed With Just a Badge, Los Angeles' First Policewoman Protected the City's Most Vulnerable in the Early 20th Centuryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/armed-with-just-a-badge-los-angeles-first-policewoman-protected-the-citys-most-vulnerable-in-the-early-20th-century-180986190/Appointed in 1910, Alice Stebbins Wells patrolled dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades and movie theaters, keeping these public spaces free of vice and immoralityThu, 13 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/armed-with-just-a-badge-los-angeles-first-policewoman-protected-the-citys-most-vulnerable-in-the-early-20th-century-180986190/These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Womanhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-stunning-19th-century-artworks-reveal-the-contradictions-of-the-modern-woman-180985827/A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian societyWed, 15 Jan 2025 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-stunning-19th-century-artworks-reveal-the-contradictions-of-the-modern-woman-180985827/How an Extreme Combination of Fog and Air Pollution Brought London to a Standstill and Resulted in Thousands of Fatalitieshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-an-extreme-combination-of-fog-and-air-pollution-brought-london-to-a-standstill-and-resulted-in-thousands-of-fatalities-180985515/On this day in 1952, buses stood still, cars were abandoned in the street, and residents couldn't see even a few feet in front of themselves as the lethal Great Smog descended on the cityThu, 05 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-an-extreme-combination-of-fog-and-air-pollution-brought-london-to-a-standstill-and-resulted-in-thousands-of-fatalities-180985515/The World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster Exposed 500,000 People to Toxic Gas and Claimed Thousands of Liveshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-deadliest-industrial-disaster-exposed-500000-people-to-toxic-gas-and-claimed-thousands-of-lives-180985434/A web of technical failures, human errors and corporate malpractice in Bhopal, India, culminated in an unthinkable tragedy on this day in 1984Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-deadliest-industrial-disaster-exposed-500000-people-to-toxic-gas-and-claimed-thousands-of-lives-180985434/How Artists, Writers and Scientists of the Past Documented Climate Changehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-artists-writers-and-scientists-of-the-past-documented-climate-change-180985199/An exhibition at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens explores how Western intellectuals viewed the climate crisis between 1780 and 1930Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-artists-writers-and-scientists-of-the-past-documented-climate-change-180985199/Inside the Fight to Save the Indiana Dunes, One of America's Most Vulnerable National Parkshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-the-fight-to-save-the-indiana-dunes-one-americas-most-vulnerable-national-parks-180984756/Caught between steel mills, suburbs and a hard place, the 15,000-acre site is a fantasia of biodiversity—and a case study for hard-fought conservationThu, 25 Jul 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-the-fight-to-save-the-indiana-dunes-one-americas-most-vulnerable-national-parks-180984756/