The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law on July 2, 1964. President Lyndon Johnson signed the bill using this pen and ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced today that it has acquired the earliest known photograph of a U.S. First Lady for its permanent collection. Likely dating from 1846, the recently ...

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum; photo by Norwood Photography.

Polygraph (cardio-pneumo-psychograph); 1921. Gift of City of Berkeley Police Department. Photo by Jaclyn Nash, National Museum of American History.

A woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultrasonic hearing. • Closed Captioning • Amplified Audio • Descriptive Audio ...

Labor Day was officially established and signed into law by President Grover Cleveland in 1894 to recognize the contributions of American workers. Smithsonian Libraries houses many books dealing with ...

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, artist and cultural provocateur Andy Warhol reveled in challenging traditional conceptions of fine art. Following his success in the 1950s as a graphic artist ...

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

Explore collection items related to Ireland and Irish American history and heritage. Learn how a chance encounter and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival helped launch a revival of Irish American music.

Recombinant DNA is one of the first stories in modern biotechnology history. The National Museum of American History contains collections which trace this foundational technique of genetic engineering ...