Discover the fascinating story of penicillin, an antibiotic that revolutionized the medical world. From its humble beginnings ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently collected the laptop used by an IRS Criminal Investigation ...

For Barbara Beirne, being a photographer meant building a relationship of trust and collaboration with her subjects and using ...

For more than 500 years, waves of new Americans arrived by sea. In that time, the nation’s seacoasts, rivers, lakes, and ...

The American Presidency opened in November of 2000, and is a large exhibition measuring 7,500 square feet. The main entrance features the exhibition title and is adjacent to the First Ladies ...

The Gunboat Philadelphia exhibition has been reinterpreted and updated to include its recovery in 1935, a history of its display at Lake Champlain as well as early preservation and acquisition by the ...

To count revolutions of the shafts that ran machinery, engineers used counters like this one. The manufacturer, L. S. Starrett Company of Athol , Mass., called the device a speed indicator, although ...

Physical Description: wood, ash (overall material)Measurements: overall: 35 in x 2 1/2 in; 88.9 cm x 6.35 cm ...

Blue shirt worn by David Newell in the role of Mr. McFeely on the television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. One of the neighbors who made frequent appearances on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Mr.

Luciille Angiel Calmes received this Jailed for Freedom pin, a small silver prison door with a heart-shaped lock, after she was arrested and sentenced to five days in a District of Columbia jail for ...

This design did not allow driving from a wheelchair. In the 1970s, the engine was moved to the front of the automobile, which ...

But it also wanted, in the words of President Woodrow Wilson, to “make the world safe for democracy.” The United States ...