A new book about the first lady reveals how she and the ailing President Woodrow Wilson silenced their critics
For historical accuracy, the 33-year-old Brit wears only the cotton dresses, yak wool coats and hobnail boots that her predecessors would have had
Along with celebrations, the centennial offers a chance to consider the effects the rail system has had on the state and its people
Smithsonian podcasts explore the legacy of Executive Order 9066 and the camera that almost didn’t make it to the Juno spacecraft launch
A new book about the first lady reveals how she and the ailing President Woodrow Wilson silenced their critics
A prolific writer, he inspired such luminaries as Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes
The second wife of Thomas Edison, she viewed domestic labor as a science, calling herself a "home executive"
This 19th-century vessel, made to store meat, carries a powerful backstory of Drake's defiance of the laws of enslavement
Intricate designs painted by biscuit artist Ella Hawkins are part of a lengthy baking tradition
The Nenana Ice Classic, started in 1917, is a high-stakes guessing game over the date, hour and minute of the ice breakup on the Tanana River
Untold Stories of American History
Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy publicly apologized after restaurants refused to serve Black representatives of newly independent nations
The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and its partners are aiding in the fight to protect the country's history and to document attempts to erase it
Decades before paleontology’s formal establishment, Black and Native Americans discovered—and correctly identified—millennia-old fossils
From ancient Greece to Shrove Tuesday celebrations, the sweet or savory flat cakes have long been a culinary staple
For more than a century, New Orleans' Black residents have donned Native-inspired attire to celebrate Carnival
The Fat Tuesday tradition centered around eating fried, filled Polish pastries is celebrated across the Midwest, but especially in Chicago
Untold Stories of American History
A new book tells the definitive history of an Alabama community founded by survivors of the slave trade
A sweeping book offers a provocative new history arguing that today's inequality can be traced back to the state's founding
The W.F.K. Travers painting hid in plain sight at a New Jersey town hall for 80 years before it was restored and brought back to Washington
Archival evidence offers clues on the radicalization of the German siblings, who led a resistance movement known as the White Rose
A century ago, a Princeton mathematician created what would become a mainstay of the American playground
Crystals of Siberia
