Evidence indicates the wheel was created to serve as potter's wheels around 3500 B.C. in Mesopotamia—300 years before they were used for chariots.

A Salute to the Wheel

Always cited as the hallmark of man’s innovation, here is the real story behind the wheel – from its origins to its reinvention

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Text President Lincoln

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Air and Space Museum Curator Releases Book on Spacesuits

National Museum of American History

Flag Day at the National Museum of American History

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Hawaiian Music Legend Comes to National Museum of the American Indian

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Sit-In Training at American History

Four men asked to be served at a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina, and when they were refused, they just continued to sit

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A Piece of Coney Island Comes to the Smithsonian

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Honoring Memorial Day

Jonathan Singer's Botanica Magnifica has earned a spot in the National Museum of Natural History's rare book room.

Flowers Writ Large

With his Botanica Magnifica, podiatrist-turned-photographer Jonathan Singer captures flowers on the grandest of scales

Author of "The Triumph of Frank Lloyd Wright," Arthur Lubow.

Arthur Lubow on “The Triumph of Frank Lloyd Wright"

Author of "Hola, Buenos Aires," Daniel Politi.

Daniel Politi on “Hola, Buenos Aires"

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Design for a Living World at National Design Museum

American Idol Desk Goes to the Smithsonian

Graphic designer Jessica Helfand collected over 200 scrapbooks dating from the nineteenth century to the present.

The Cherished Tradition of Scrapbooking

Author Jessica Helfand investigates the history of scrapbooks and how they mirror American history

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American Art Museum Acquires Work of Nam June Paik

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Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Award Winners Announced

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Field Trip to Plummers Island

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Jean Shin: Common Threads at Smithsonian American Art Museum

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O Say Can You Sing? Semi-Finalists Announced

Suits like these worn in 1966 by Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell (right) were made to resist the extreme conditions of space travel for only a short period.

After Space, Saving Suits, Boots and Gloves

The spacesuits that kept U.S. astronauts alive now owe their survival to one woman

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