A digital-savvy historian discusses his popular @HistOpinion Twitter account
Families from all over the country arrive to celebrate the grand opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Smithsonian historian David Ward reflects on the work of Langston Hughes
Why President Obama won’t cut a ribbon when the new museum opens this Saturday
During the days of China's Han dynasty, when a ruler died his corpse was carefully packed with jade "plugs"
On the 60th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s secret landing on Cuba’s southern shore, our man in Havana journeys into the island’s rebel heart
The renowned travel writer journeys the length of the U.S.-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at life along the blurry 2,000-mile line
The 1968 Hunger Wall is a stark reminder of the days when the country's impoverished built a shantytown on the National Mall
A banner from the Smithsonian collections lays out the stakes of Jefferson vs. Adams
The sculptor behind the American landmark had some unseemly ties to white supremacy groups
Almost two hundred years ago, James Smithson devised a method for better brewing. We recreated it.
The Nabataeans worshipped powerful female deities and built lavish shrines in their honor
The future Prime Minister became known throughout Britain for his travails as a journalist during the Boer War
The Longmen Grottoes remain one of the most sacred places in China
In a new book, “A Whole World Blind,” the American photographer documents the tragedy in the Middle East
Over 7,000 people were accused of witchcraft in Basque Spain
Fifty years after H.F. Verwoerd was assassinated in Parliament, the nation he once presided over reckons with its past
A Bible belonging to the enslaved Turner spoke of possibility says curator Rex Ellis of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Brought into service just five months after Pearl Harbor, the USS Wahoo was built for size
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