Researchers studying the 160-year-old fur of a dog named Mutton in the Smithsonian collections found that the Indigenous breed existed for at least 5,000 years before European colonizers eradicated it
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The long-awaited follow-up to "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" centers on an American aerial group nicknamed the "Bloody Hundredth"
Researchers studying the 160-year-old fur of a dog named Mutton in the Smithsonian collections found that the Indigenous breed existed for at least 5,000 years before European colonizers eradicated it
Election-year items, truth serum, Nigerian art and a pioneering self-driving car are on display this year
Spanish colonizers enslaved the Lucayans, putting an end to their lineage by 1530
For millions of enslaved people, bondage stole more than freedom—it severed a link to the past. Now their descendants are recovering their heritage
For decades, visitors to the Smithsonian could behold the immense size of the sea mammal with their own eyes
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Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal some of the year’s most fascinating findings about human origins
Covering war, hosting presidential debates and conducting uncomfortable interviews, these women speak truths to their community
Gardeners discuss the oft-overlooked symbolism of nature that underlies the Pulitzer-prize winning novel
Powered by compressed air, the system transported millions of letters between 1897 and 1953
A keen sense of what shoppers wanted made her eponymous company the first woman-owned business on the American Stock Exchange
A new Shawn Michael Warren portrait of the legendary talk show host is now on view at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
The award-winning set designer Es Devlin explores the art of creating spectacle
The painter’s streetscapes and neighborhood scenes mesmerize, but now he is being recognized for documenting a changing urban landscape
At his peak, the television icon, who died at 101, reached more than 120 million Americans with shows like "All in the Family"
The celebrated artist’s crusading works, now on view at the Hirshhorn Museum, upend the stereotypes too often foisted on Black women
The first woman justice to serve on the nation's highest court died on Friday at age 93
Curators and staffers satisfied their endless curiosity with novels, short stories, biographies, art collections and journalistic reporting
A new musical composition represents data from three NASA telescopes as a piece that was performed by an orchestral ensemble
Temple of Poseidon
