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 ...

Julia Child’s home kitchen serves as the opening story for the exhibition Food: Transforming the American Table.

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

Through research, collections, exhibitions, and programs, the American Food History Project at the National Museum of American History invites everyone to join the conversation about food history and ...

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

Bathing, from the early 19th to the early 20th centuries, required stamina and fortitude. Without indoor plumbing, bathing involved filling small portable tubs with water, bucket by bucket. This, as ...

At the center of this gallery is a partially reconstructed house that stood for 200 years at 16 Elm Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 30 miles north of Boston. The house and the exhibition that ...

Collections The Ferris Collection of Prints The Ferris Collection of Prints Stephen James Ferris etched this self-portrait in October of 1880, probably as one of the prints exchanged by members of the ...

This major exhibition examines how transportation—from 1876 to 1999—has shaped our American identity from a mostly rural nation into a major economic power, forged a sense of national unity, delivered ...

The Smithsonian's collection of watercraft plans, maintained by the History of Technology Division of the National Museum of American History, is a valuable resource for the maritime historian, the ...

Learn where to eat, shop, and play during your visit to the museum. The main eatery for the National Museum of American History is Eat at America’s Table, serving a changing menu of American regional ...

Analytical balance in a wood case with glass sides and top. The beam is notched and made of an aluminum alloy. The inscription on the ivory scale reads “WM AINSWORTH & SONS INC. / DENVER, COLO. MADE ...