Recent research helps reveal the origins of humans, determine what ancient people ate and monitor historical sites from the sky
From a 16-million-year-old tree to Confederate soldiers’ diaries, voracious snakes and England’s warrior king, these were the most-read stories of 2019
A Smithsonian symposium asked experts to weigh in on the strength of the community museum and chart its way forward
For San Francisco’s Court of Historical Opinion, no case was too frivolous or too controversial
Need podcast recommendations for travel or the treadmill? Here’s what Smithsonian experts listen to
The beloved Christmas short story may have been dashed off on deadline but its core message has endured
It was a fateful December a century ago, when the Red Sox-Yankees trade launched a dynasty; a Smithsonian curator reflects on the legendary home-run hitter
Ballooning expert Tom Paone says the film brings the bravado of balloon flight, but takes some artistic license
The 1966 Honda Super Hawk featured in Robert Pirsig’s book on values was recently acquired by the National Museum of American History
A story shared by director Sam Mendes' grandfather, a veteran of the Western Front, inspired the new World War I film
Earlier this year, a group of organizers led by a daring performance artist donned 19th-century clothes and recreated the 1811 revolt
The rent of less than one Euro per year at the Fuggerei, located in Augsburg, Germany, hasn't changed either
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A century after Prohibition, we uncork a history of the nation’s shifting relationship with booze
Archaeologists believe the 7,000-year-old structure was intended to protect settlements as sea levels rose
The online resource will offer vital details about the toll wrought on the enslaved
Experts disagree on the hit musical's merits; four of the original production’s slinky, feline costumes are held by the Smithsonian
The impact of one heroic flight would take decades to reconcile
Surprising new clues point to the arrival taking place thousands of years earlier than previously believed
A notorious quack peddled cures at an Arkansas resort in the 1930s. Nowadays the con game is all for show
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