Discover the fascinating story of penicillin, an antibiotic that revolutionized the medical world. From its humble beginnings ...

For Barbara Beirne, being a photographer meant building a relationship of trust and collaboration with her subjects and using ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently collected the laptop used by an IRS Criminal Investigation ...

For more than 500 years, waves of new Americans arrived by sea. In that time, the nation’s seacoasts, rivers, lakes, and ...

The American Presidency opened in November of 2000, and is a large exhibition measuring 7,500 square feet. The main entrance features the exhibition title and is adjacent to the First Ladies ...

The Gunboat Philadelphia exhibition has been reinterpreted and updated to include its recovery in 1935, a history of its display at Lake Champlain as well as early preservation and acquisition by the ...

Obverse Image: Dot in the center, surrounded by four Chinese characters in a circle; Chinese text above denoing the date and below denoting mint; small rosaces to the right and left.

Blue shirt worn by David Newell in the role of Mr. McFeely on the television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. One of the neighbors who made frequent appearances on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Mr.

To count revolutions of the shafts that ran machinery, engineers used counters like this one. The manufacturer, L. S. Starrett Company of Athol , Mass., called the device a speed indicator, although ...

Physical Description: wood, ash (overall material)Measurements: overall: 35 in x 2 1/2 in; 88.9 cm x 6.35 cm ...

When the British attacked Long Island in August, Washington’s troops faced heavy volleys of musket fire, fusillades of ...

The war for independence had begun. Our mission is to empower people to create a just and compassionate future by exploring, ...