Museums
For 100 Years, the Alaska Railroad Has Been a Critical Artery Pumping Passengers and Freight Through the State
Along with celebrations, the centennial offers a chance to consider the effects the rail system has had on the state and its people
The Lincoln Memorial Is Getting a New Underground Museum
Crews are starting work on the $69 million project this month and hope to finish by 2026
Did Salvador Dalí Paint This Enigmatic Artwork?
After two curators began doubting the painting's authenticity, they made an unexpected discovery about its origins
David Bowie's 80,000-Item Archive Will Go on Display
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is building a new venue dedicated to the artist
Andy Warhol Exhibition Opens in the Saudi Desert
Critics say the show helps bolster the regime's reputation—and obscure its human rights violations
The Smithsonian Will Temporarily House 77 Repatriated Artifacts Amid Unrest in Yemen
Until the items can be returned, the National Museum of Asian Art will keep them safe
Is This Elementary School Near Pittsburgh the Future of Education?
Ehrman Crest Elementary and Middle School is an innovative blend of children’s museum and classroom
Life-Size 1865 Portrait of Abraham Lincoln Stands Tall at the National Portrait Gallery
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
An Abandoned, Industrial Ruin Bursts With New Life in Delaware
Thanks to a few horticulturalists with an eye for history, a garden lost to time peeks out from the creeping vines
Kandinsky Painting Returned to Heirs of Jewish Collectors Could Sell for $45 Million
The masterpiece once belonged to Johanna Margarete Stern, who died at Auschwitz in 1944
Did Vermeer's 'Girl' Really Have a Pearl Earring?
A real pearl of that size would have been "astronomically expensive," art historian says
Decorated With 4,000 Skeletons, This Roman Church Will Have You Pondering Your Own Mortality
The bones of long-deceased Capuchin friars are painstakingly displayed in a crypt beneath the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
French Museum Will Return 'Talking Drum' to Ivory Coast
Colonial settlers seized the ten-foot-long wooden instrument in 1916
Untold Stories of American History
Inside JFK's Secret Doomsday Bunker
The president's Nantucket nuclear fallout shelter could become a National Historic Landmark—but efforts to preserve its history have stalled
To Spider-Man, With Love
A new exhibition features letters children sent to the superhero’s address in Queens, where a real-life Parker family lived for decades
Follow Pablo Picasso's Footsteps Through Spain
A full slate of events honors the painter's life in timing with the 50th anniversary of his death
Metal Detectorist Discovers Rare Gold Pendant Celebrating Henry VIII's First Marriage
The heart-shaped accessory features the entwined initials of the Tudor king and Catherine of Aragon
S.E. Hinton Is Tired of Talking About 'The Outsiders.' No One Else Is
The author reflects on her classic 1967 novel, its 1983 film adaptation and its legacy today
Never-Before-Seen Photos by Paul McCartney Take You Inside Beatlemania
Hundreds of images from 1963 and 1964 are going on display at London's National Portrait Gallery
Have You Seen This David Bowie Dress? A London Museum Is Looking For It
The Museum of London Docklands is hoping to locate lost garments for an exhibition on Jewish fashion designers