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Last month, one of the great explorers and producers of American vernacular music, Chris Strachwitz, passed away. He was 91 years old. He was the founder and co-owner (with Tom Diamant) of Arhoolie Records which since its first release in 1960, Texas Sharecropper And Songster by Texan bluesman Mance Lipscomb,…

An adorable video of the little mammals looking around has been released by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington DC which is celebrating the births

Guitar-in-hand, EVH demonstrates his most iconic technique and explains its origins in this insightful 2015 clip

A women's petition for peace written after World War I was signed by nearly three-quarters of all the women in Wales. It was then forgotten for nearly a century.

'It is the home of the President, Congress, the Supreme Court and many more must-visits such as the Smithsonian museums, the National Mall and Arlington.'

One of the clearest, darkest places to see the stars in Australia is being showcased at a Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History exhibition about light pollution in the United States.

NASA and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory will debut the TEMPO instrument to monitor air quality like never before.

A massive boom was heard by alarmed residents in McAllen, Texas, US, and a streak of light was seen across the sky. Now fragments of the alien meteorite have been found across the region

DENVER — The remains of Native American ancestors showed up in boxes on the doorsteps of Colorado museums and at yard sales in Denver neighborhoods.

The late singer will be the first Afro Caribbean woman to appear on the U.S. quarter. The U.S. Mint is honoring Cruz through the American Women Quarters Program.

The first lady is donating two outfits worn on the day of her husband's presidential inauguration