Vermont's famous Shelburne Museum is joining in the nationwide celebrations of the 250th anniversary of America's ...

A newly released 12-page guide, the Smithsonian’s latest collaboration with USA Today, invites readers to consider the ideals ...

Minnesota Historical Society curators give us a tour of the basement vault that houses millions of off display artifacts.

I have my mother’s satin wedding gown, worn on Oct. 25, 1941 — just six weeks before Pearl Harbor. It’s magnificent, with ...

To mark the opening of the Tang Wing for American Democracy, The New York Historical has expanded hours until 8 pm on ...

Americana is an extremely wide category, encompassing almost anything produced in the country over the past 400-plus years.

American ingenuity is singular — it has elevated the world and made life easier and safer for millions here and around the ...

Dan Hicks, author of The Brutish Museums, has said that Benin bronzes – pieces stolen from Nigeria during the 1897 British ...

The Cape Ann Museum’s reopening is the capstone of its 150th anniversary and coincides with the launch of a major national ...

Far beyond the Milky Way, vast collections of galaxies continue to drift, gather and occasionally collide. One such region ...

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At the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia annual showcase of leading Australian artists under 35, eight artists turn loss ...