In 1620 an English mathematician and astronomer named Edmund Gunter described a surveyor's chain with 100 links, measuring 66 feet (22 yards or 4 poles) overall. By this design, one square chain ...

Collections Chromolithograph Entitled "Custer's Last Fight" Custer’s Last Fight is considered one of if not the most reproduced lithographs of the late 19th and most of the 20th Centuries with over a ...

People with disabilities and ideas related to disability are everywhere in American history. Just as ethnicity and race are not Either/Or rigid classifications, neither is disability. A person is not ...

Benjamin Franklin's remarkable scientific accomplishments were, in part, enabled by slavery, pervasive in the British colonies both North and South. He chose to take advantage of that system. His ...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the National Museum of American History’s Smithsonian Food History Gala and the ...

The museum was designated as the steward for the medal by public law. The medal depicts five service members in silhouette standing over a crowd of people waiting to board a C-17 aircraft with the ...

New and future voters are sharing their perspectives to shape the world in many ways this election season. They join a long ...

A costume worn by actress Mariska Hargitay in her role as Capt. Olivia Benson in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is donated ...

Open every day, except December 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free and no tickets are required. Our mission is to empower people to create a just and compassionate future by exploring, ...

El museo está abierto todos los días excepto el 25 de diciembre, de 10:00 a.m. a 5:30 p.m. La entrada es gratuita y no se requieren boletos. Wegmans Wonderplace está abierto de miércoles a domingo de ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently acquired several significant artifacts that reflect key moments in American history and culture. These additions include objects from the ...

George Foster Peabody Award medal presented to Imogene Coca in 1953. The award is a medal stamped with a side profile portrait of George Foster Peabody and the text "GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY/LOVER OF MEN ...