Through an extraordinary gift, The New York Historical, New York’s first museum, can now advance its mission of history and ...

Featuring iconic and everyday items, including a Revolutionary War gunboat and a first-generation iPod, “In Pursuit of Life, ...

In ‘A Voice in the Wilderness,’ Joseph L. Graves Jr. discusses his scientific journey, how he debates racists, and more.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame features over 300 members in its famous Plaque Gallery, but the path for 35 of them was a little more circuitous than the rest. Learn more about the each of the 35 ...

Family members at the Taylor family home on Martha’s Vineyard. Credit: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American ...

Commentary: For all of the rights we talk about, the only right specified in the original Constitution is actually the ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. In the 1880s, a little-known ...

This episode examines the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 and the government’s authority to classify private patents. It claims that more than 6,000 inventions are currently restricted under secrecy ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Mistakes are in the DNA of the ...

WASHINGTON (Amazing America) — It’s hard to imagine where we would be without some of the things we use every day. The saying goes that “necessity is the mother of invention.” And that proves itself ...

This ivory dress decorated with swirls of handmade fabric rose vines was designed by Ann Lowe. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black ...

A new display honoring Black History Month is now up in City Hall. With Black History Month underway, Mayor Daria Devlin and community leaders wanted to do their part to educate people about the month ...