National Museum of American History Celebrates 10th Annual Smithsonian Food History Weekend and Gala Oct. 17–19 Alice Waters ...

National Museum of American History Celebrates Tenth Annual 
Smithsonian Food History Weekend and Gala Oct. 17-19 Alice ...

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH "Entertainment Nation”/”Nación del espectáculo” Ray and Dagmar Dolby Hall of American Culture ...

Join us Thursday–Saturday, October 17–19, for a series of food history programs. Organized around the theme, “Ten Years of the Julia Child Award: Education, Advocacy, and Community,” the cooking ...

A visitor using one of the exhibition's interactive displays Are you a student or a teacher? Bring the histories, objects, and ideas that inform American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith into your ...

What happens when a people decide to govern themselves? America’s national treasures come to life in this compelling exhibition that examines the bold experiment to create a government “of the people, ...

Baseball fielder's mitt from around the turn of the 20th century. As sports became more popular in the second half of the 18th century, League's were organized, rules were codified, and equipment was ...

More than just waging a war of independence, American revolutionaries took a great leap of faith and established a new government based on the sovereignty of the people. It was truly a radical idea ...

The RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Steamship Company. Designed to be fast and luxurious, the vessel was launched in 1907, and began its first transatlantic voyage on ...

An immense clock, 13 feet tall, towers over visitors to the American Democracy exhibition in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. More striking than its size, though, are its ...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the National Museum of American History’s Smithsonian Food History Gala and the presentation of the Julia Child Award, given by The Julia Child Foundation for ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has accepted the donation of the papers of the late inventor Jerome H. Lemelson, a gift from the Dorothy Lemelson Trust. The Jerome H. Lemelson ...