The History of the American West Gets a Much-Needed Rewrite Artists, historians and filmmakers alike have been guilty of creating a mythologized version of the U.S. expansion to the west ...

Is America caught in a loop of extreme crisis? Author Neil Howe talks about America's extended moment of crisis and his new book, "The Fourth Turning is Here." ...

The White House sent a letter to the Smithsonian Tuesday unveiling plans to conduct a review of museums and exhibits in ...

In an analysis that spans 20 chapters, more than 300 pages and centuries of American history and public discourse, this emphasis is striking.

During his private tour of the NMAAHC during his first term, President Donald Trump said it served as “a meaningful ...

Thus, to learn American history is to learn to be patriots. With that as a backdrop, education about America’s sins is perilous.

Michelle McDonald, library and museum director at the American Philosophical Society, provided an introduction to her lecture about the role and growing importance of coffee in colonial America ...

Explore common myths about American history and uncover the truths behind them. This discussion challenges popular narratives.

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History made the change as part of a review that it agreed to undertake following White House pressure to remove an art museum director.