Marking the centennial of Marcella Hazan’s (1924–2013) birth, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has ...

Watch four short videos to learn about the story of the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired the National Anthem. During the presentation, Mary Pickersgill (a historical figure with a ...

In this webcast, students will hear from Freedom Rides veterans Congressman John Lewis, Jim Zwerg, Rev. James Lawson, and ...

Tell the story of early American science with an online exhibition and digital reproduction of the oldest surviving Anglo-American star map. This hand-drawn star map, created in 1780, reflects a story ...

The gunboat is an open wooden vessel with a pointed bow and stern; it is 54 feet long, 15 feet at midship and about five feet deep. The planks that comprise its hull run horizontally, stacked one ...

A Great Leap of Faith traces the unfolding of America’s experiment with government “of, by, and for the people” and illustrates the fact that democracy involves civic engagement and participation.

On May 22, 1856, during the Bleeding Kansas crisis, Massachusetts Republican Senator Charles Sumner delivered a speech to Congress in which he denounced the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and demanded ...

Marking the 50th anniversary of Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, this special display features his 1966 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle. The temporary ...

The British Short Land Pattern Musket was the standard arm of the British infantry soldier during the American Revolution. The muzzle-loading musket was slow to load, inaccurate, and often unreliable.

On View 1 West Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Hall of Invention and Innovation Invention and technology can make the difference between victory and defeat as well as expand the field of who can ...

In this collection, coverlet is defined as a decorative, woven bedcovering. Sometimes called coverlids or kivers, these bedcoverings have been present in American homes from Colonial times through the ...

Collections 1939-1940 New York World's Fair Souvenir Button, "I Have Seen The Future" A precursor to the modern theme park dark ride, "Futurama" was the Fair's most popular exhibit. Seated in moving ...