This above lithographic print depicts men in action during the Battle of Gettysburg. Armed Forces History / NMAH This U.S. Army canteen, sporting a bulls-eye design and a painted scene of camp life, ...
The First Lady will present her 2025 inaugural gown to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, where it will join The First Ladies Collection. A brief ceremony will include remarks by ...
Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854) not only began a tradition of “gunboat diplomacy” so often associated with mid-nineteenth century American expansionism, it also ...
WTOP’s Matt Kaufax takes an even deeper dive into the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s “Ocean Library” through DNA collection.
(Black PR Wire) The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) launched a powerful new exhibition celebrating the legacy of historically Black colleges and ...
Lenore Tawney, postcard to Maryette Charlton (1970) (All images courtesy of Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, from Pen to Paper: Artists’ Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian’s Archives of ...