A simple object can symbolize both despair and promise. That's just what happened for survivors of the holocaust and other genocides, who brought pieces of their past to America. They left their homes ...

At the time that E-J Scott was undergoing gender-affirming surgery in 2014, he was also working as an assistant curator for the U.K.’s National Trust. The charity oversees the conservation of heritage ...

Where better to celebrate America’s 250th birthday and the country’s rich history than the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in D.C. A new exhibit, which opened Thursday, tells the ...