Native peoples moved in and out of the area that was to become Yellowstone National Park for ceremonies, hunting, and the medicines, minerals, and plants found there. Yellowstone was established as ...

Explore America and discover people, places, art, history, and other items related to North Carolina in the Smithsonian’s growing digitized collections. Held in trust for the American people, the ...

American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) opened the door to spiritual and emotional expression, creating the foundations of modern dance as she codified inventive ...

Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) are on a four-year quest, much of it aboard philanthropist Mark Rohr’s yacht, the S/Y Acadia, to find out why some corals in the ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882, the only son of wealthy parents James and Sara Delano Roosevelt (although his father had a son from a previous marriage). Roosevelt began studying ...

Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...

For much of the nineteenth century, inventors submitted a model with their patent application to the United States Patent Office. The National Museum of American History’s patent model collection ...

This introductory text is pulled from the 1957 Smithsonian Publication "Automobiles and Motorcycles in the U.S. National Museum" written by curator Smith Hempstone Oliver. At present a large number of ...

With American entry into World War I in April 1917, the country's postal service underwent a number of changes. To accommodate the heavy costs of waging war, the price of a stamp for domestic mail was ...

These porcelains from the collections of the Freer Gallery are part of a 1,500-year-old tradition of making porcelains in Jingdezhen, China. Porcelain production during the Kangxi period (1662–1722) ...

Monique Chism is the Smithsonian’s Under Secretary for Education. As Under Secretary for Education, Chism is responsible for defining the Institution’s educational priorities. She oversees the ...

A world where learning is collaborative and transformative for everyone The Smithsonian is one of the nation’s—and the world’s—most powerful resources to support and enhance learning. With a legacy as ...