National Museum of American History | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/national-museum-american-history/RSS feed for National Museum of American HistoryenMon, 16 Sep 2024 14:38:36 +0000Smithsonian Artifacts Reveal the Historical Significance of Presidential Debateshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2024/09/16/smithsonian-artifacts-reveal-the-historical-significance-of-presidential-debates/Bobbleheads, Magic 8 Balls, chairs and other artifacts in the Smithsonian reveal the historical significance of presidential debates.Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:38:36 +0000The 2024 Political Conventions Find a Home in the Smithsonian Collectionshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2024/08/29/the-2024-political-conventions-find-a-home-in-the-smithsonian-collections/The cheering, clapping and speechifying are over. Historians from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History have returned after their trips to the 2024 political party conventions to collect materials – from balloons to banners to blinking wristbands – at each of them.Thu, 29 Aug 2024 18:08:40 +0000What's Happening in September: Events, Exhibits and More!https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2024/08/26/whats-happening-in-september-events-exhibits-and-more/Here’s what’s happening this month at the National Museum of American HistoryMon, 26 Aug 2024 16:35:17 +0000Smithsonian Curator's Encounters at the Democratic National Conventionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2024/08/26/smithsonian-curators-encounters-at-the-democratic-national-convention/At the 2024 Democratic National Convention alongside politicians and delegates from across the country are political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, who are collecting what museum curators call “ephemera” – items that people wear, carry, hand out, display or otherwise use during the convention.Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:56:30 +0000What Smithsonian Curators Will Be Doing at the Democratic National Conventionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2024/08/15/what-smithsonian-curators-will-be-doing-at-the-democratic-national-convention/Three political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History are heading to the 2024 Democratic National Convention soon to collect stuff – or as the professionals call it, ephemera: everything from balloons to tickets to articles of clothingThu, 15 Aug 2024 15:31:38 +0000What's Happening in August: Events, Exhibits and Resourceshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2024/07/21/whats-happening-in-august-events-exhibits-and-resources/Here's what's happening this month at the National Museum of American HistorySun, 21 Jul 2024 16:04:47 +0000