The search for enslaved ancestors often hits a wall. Can new tools break it?

A writer's search for her Jamaican ancestors reveals how the largest efforts yet to digitize and connect slavery-era records ...
Family Destinations Guide

The Hidden Antique Shop In Alabama That’s Packed With One-Of-A-Kind Treasures

Sometimes it comes in the form of a storefront window in a small Alabama town that stops you mid-stride and makes you press ...

Trump’s Attacks on the Smithsonian Are an Attack on American History

A new report criticizing the Smithsonian is “part of a broader effort that threatens to reduce American history to ...

Decades Late, Museum Scrambles to Return 2,700 Native Remains

The American Museum of Natural History said it would repatriate hair clippings that must be returned to tribes under a 1990 ...

Younger Australians show greater interest in Indigenous histories, but know less about them: new research

It has been 50 years since Australia first marked NAIDOC week. Originating in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander political ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Our Ancestors Loved Shell Trinkets, Just Like Neanderthals. New Research Suggests It’s a Sign of Shared Culture Across Species

Based on artifacts found in a limestone cave on the Mediterranean coast, scientists think the two species might have shared ...