This year marks the 10th anniversary of the National Museum of American History’s Smithsonian Food History Gala and the ...

A costume worn by actress Mariska Hargitay in her role as Capt. Olivia Benson in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is donated ...

This brass semicircular protractor is divided by single degrees and marked by fives from 5° to 180°. The letter X is at the 90-degree mark. The upper right side of the protractor contains a shadow ...

New and future voters are sharing their perspectives to shape the world in many ways this election season. They join a long ...

Our mission is to empower people to create a just and compassionate future by exploring, preserving, and sharing the complexity of our past.

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the association led the black civil rights struggle in fighting injustices such as the ...

The 1950 Studebaker Champion Starlight Coupe attracted attention because of its ultramodern styling. Its center "nose" resembled an airplane, and its wraparound rear window and long, horizontal rear ...

The First Ladies explores the unofficial but important position of first lady and the ways that different women have shaped the role to make their own contributions to the presidential administrations ...

While leg makeup has been commercially available since the 1920s, it wasn't until rationing was introduced during the World War II that the product became an essential commodity for many American ...

LGBTQ+ history is a part of American history that the museum has been documenting since its founding, both knowingly and unknowingly. Our collections span centuries and include objects related to ...

Soon after the attacks of September 11, the National Museum of American History began collecting objects to document and preserve the material record of this important event in American history. The ...

"Diesel Oil is combined with air in a new General Electric fuel cell, generating electricity directly to power the motor at right. Pouring the fuel (commercial 18-cents-a-gallon diesel oil, simply ...